I was born in Ohio and then my family moved to West Frankfort, IL and finally to Ocala, FL. I grew up around the church with my father being in ministry for the last 30 years. My mom is a financial supervisor for the city of Ocala and my brother Josh and his wife Jill serve in ministry in Melbourne, FL. I attended Florida Christian College and graduated in 2004. It was about this time that I was ordained and entered ministry, serving a church in Belleview, FL before we moved to the Chicago suburbs. I worked to plant Cornerstone Christian Church in 2005. Soon after, my son, Caleb was born in 2006 and is now a very active 4 year old. Recently I finished a Master’s degree in Historical and Systematic Theology at Wheaton Grad School.