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EDUCATION / ENDORSEMENTS
Bachelor
of Arts, Government – International Affairs/History,
University of Texas at
Austin, Texas, August 1989.
Master
of Divinity with Biblical Languages,
Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, May 1994.
Ordained
to the Gospel Ministry
Trinity Baptist
Church, San Antonio, Texas, November 1995.
MINISTRY
EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW
·
Twenty-four
years of professional ministry experience.
·
Nine
years of staff experience in mega churches (2000+)
·
Twelve
years total church staff experience.
·
Founder
and President of 501(c)(3) non-profit preaching and teaching
ministry.
MINISTRY
OBJECTIVES
- To
serve as a catalyst for revival among the people of God
- To
make new disciples
- To
equip the saints for ministry
CURRENT
MINISTRY DETAIL
Pastor,
Christ Chapel of Bandera, Texas, 7/08 to present.
Founder
and President, Prophet’s Heart Ministries, San Antonio, Texas, 2/96 to
present.
Created
501(c)(3) non-profit ministry dedicated to “Making Disciples for God’s
Pleasure.” Primarily ministering as
an itinerant preacher in local churches, citywide worship gatherings, and Bible
studies. Traveling speaker for
Christian retreats, conferences, camps, and leadership training seminars. Have enjoyed hundreds of preaching
opportunities producing Kingdom fruit of thousands of commitments and
re-commitments to Christ.
Conceived
and implemented “Ekklasia”, PHM’s home-based worship and discipleship ministries
for families from 2003-2007 by serving as pastor to a congregation that met in
our house. Responsible for planning
and leading weekly Sunday morning worship gatherings serving as both music
leader and preacher/teacher.
Celebrated communion, performed baptisms, and conducted funerals. Created and led weekly Wednesday
intensive discipleship course characterized by voluntary accountability,
teaching, prayer, and informed discussion based on an original curriculum of
daily Bible reading (One Year Plan), scripture memory, and other Christian
books. Developed strong sense of
community with frequent fellowships and occasional
retreats.
Planned,
raised financial support, and implemented the “Big World Mission 2003” trip to
Hungary, Romania, and Greece.
Recruited, discipled, and trained a team of students and adults from
Alamo City Christian Fellowship to do construction and renovation work at the
Heart to Heart Mission and Orphanage as well as at a local Baptist church in
Petrosani, Romania. Preached and
provided ministry of encouragement and fellowship to local churches in Petrosani
and surrounding villages. Concluded
trip with educational tour of Biblical sites in Greece.
Helped
The Soul Café (a Gen X evangelistic outreach ministry of Trinity Baptist and
First Baptist Church, Kerrville, Texas) transition from ministry to an
independent local church in 1999.
The ministry experienced phenomenal growth with over 70 new Christians
within just a few months but these new believers were not connecting to existing
local churches. So the decision was
made to make The Soul Café into a church.
Working with a team of pastors, served as the Community Pastor
responsible to research and write a Statement of Beliefs for The Soul Café,
preach periodically, recruit and train lay leaders for various ministries,
create a basic philosophy and structured plan for a cell group ministry, and to
create and establish new members classes.
Continue to serve as itinerant preacher and consultant for The Soul Café
to this day.
Served
as staff member of three churches in various interim capacities through the
church partnership program of PHM:
·
Minister
to Students, Alamo City Christian Fellowship, San Antonio,
Texas,
2002 –
2003.
·
Pastor,
First Baptist Church, Lytle, Texas, 2000.
·
Minister
to Youth, North Side Baptist Church, Weatherford, Texas, 1997 –
1998.
Provided
financial support of global mission efforts in Romania, England, the Czech
Republic, and China. Prophet’s
Heart has been a conduit through which God has provided miraculous financial
help for families in crisis.
Responsible
for the daily financial and legal management of Prophet’s Heart
Ministries.
PREVIOUS
MINISTRY EXPERIENCE DETAIL
Minister
to Students (7th grade-college), First Baptist Church, Amarillo, TX,
1994 – 1995.
Minister
to Youth (Interim), North Side Baptist Church, Weatherford, TX, 1993 –
1994.
Minister
to Youth (Interim), First Baptist Church, Colleyville, TX,
1992.
Minister
to Youth, Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX, 1991.
Trinity
Baptist Church, San Antonio, TX, 1984 – 1990 (various staff
positions)
·
Community
Center Director, 1988 – 1990.
·
Student
Ministry Summer Program Coordinator, 1986 – 1989.
·
Student
Ministry Intern, 1984-1986; 1988
·
Assistant
Graduate Foreign Mission Director, 1985.
SKILLS
SUMMARY
Communication
(public and interpersonal), Leadership, Teaching, Motivating, Counseling,
Problem Solving, Pioneering, Perceptive, Ability to see the big picture and the
implications of actions and ideas, Ability to learn new things quickly,
Organizing, Administering.
INTERESTS
Aviation (private pilot since 2005), Guitar, Travel, Reading, Music,
Computers, Tennis.
PERSONAL
STATEMENT
Blessed
with Christian parents and regular church attendance, the seed of the Gospel was
sown and sprouted early in my life.
I believed Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God in 1974 and
was baptized in Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio, TX.
In
the Summer of 1984, on a mission trip to Eastern Europe, I encountered the
persecuted Church and Christians who either knew Jesus in a way that I did not
or knew another Jesus altogether.
Their total and sacrificial abandonment in following Jesus stood in stark
contrast to the lukewarm mediocrity so common in many American churches. This provoked serious and prayerful
self-examination of my own life resulting in a renewed and deeper level of
commitment to be a passionate disciple of Jesus. While in Budapest, Hungary, seeking the
Lord’s will for my life, God revealed to me that His calling for me was to
strive for revival in the church in America and to make new disciples. It was at that time the Lord implanted
within me the heart of a prophet – one used by God to call His people back to
Himself.
In
24 years of ministry, I have developed a philosophy of ministry that is informed
by the Bible, the Holy Spirit, formal education, and experience. I have been enriched by serving on the
staffs of a wide range of diverse congregations: metropolitan mega churches,
small town churches, and even a home church; churches with worship styles that
were traditional, blended, and contemporary; churches that were vibrant, others
that were in a slumber. As an
itinerant preacher speaking to a spectrum of crowds from thousands to just a
handful, I have experienced even greater diversity of worship and church
expression. All of these have their
own unique strengths and weaknesses, assets and liabilities, with elements that
please and others that displease God.
I am still persuaded that the key to advancing the Kingdom in our world
today is the local church – revived.
Authentic, loving, vibrant, dynamic, and growing congregations are
indisputable evidence that Jesus Christ is Lord. To that end I have devoted my life and
continue to strive to serve as a catalyst for revival among the people of
God.
REFERENCES
– available upon request