My hope is to glorify God by putting my entire trust in Him and that all of my actions would be an overflow of His grace and fullness in me. I believe that God has equipped me with the ability to lead others toward enjoying Him and developing their individual gifts for His purposes and the edification of the church. The inspired and inerrant Word of God coupled with the gift of the Holy Spirit guides these gifts and passions. This results in a dream to see the Bride of Christ glorify God through excellence driven disciples seeking to fulfill His commission.
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Summer 2006 to Present
I currently work and serve as a Resident Pastor at Fellowship Memphis. This is an intense season of development and experiences designed to prepare and launch the participants into high-level leadership roles. Residents get to experience major roles in several areas of our church and get to feel the weight and heat of leadership. Along with growth, service and leadership development…there is a large focus on self-awareness.
My day-to-day is spent working with the operations of Fellowship. That includes facilitating our communications, executing our Sunday services, managing our facilities, developing and executing Fellowship events, and much of our administrative needs.
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Fall 2004 to Summer 2006
I served as a layman at Fellowship Memphis. I was on the programming team for the church, giving leadership to our weekly service on Sundays and planning and directing special events for the church. I was also an advisor for Greek Fellowship, a ministry at Rhodes College. I discipled and gave counsel to a leadership team of students who over saw a 120 person ministry at a university of 1500 students. I did some speaking for other college ministries in the southeast when my schedule allowed.
Summer 2003 to Summer 2004
I was the College Pastor / Business Manager for Camp Ministries of Sky Ranch in Van TX. My job included discipling collegians, developing the discipleship program for 300 summer staff, hiring summer staff, maintaining budgets, development of new projects, designing and directing conferences, and helping with the development and implementation of Summer Camp.
Summer 2002 to Summer 2003
I was a layman working at the University of North Texas serving in our Residence Life ministry. The target of this ministry is to support each other as Christians living in the university residence halls, encouraging one another to be salt and light to the 4500 residents here at North Texas. I mentored and taught several young men in our college ministry in a one-on-one scenario throughout the year, while acting as a liaison for the other leaders in the college ministry by mentoring, fielding questions for, brainstorming with, and serving the new leaders developing in College Life.
Summer 2001 to Summer 2002
I was on staff as an intern with College Life, the college ministry of Denton Bible Church, as the assistant program director. This was a full time job that included an array of duties. I was given tasks such as directing worship services, managing our office, building and maintaining a staff to run our coffee shop, and updating our website. My programming duties included planning retreats, baptism services, special meetings, celebrations, intramural leagues, and creating the ambiance and environment for each with the art of hospitality.
Summer 2000 to Summer 2001
I served with College Life while in Pastor Tom Nelson’s Bible program at Denton Bible Church. I led small groups, worked with community groups, put on concerts, discipled men, and assisted our program director with the weekly meetings.
Fall 1999 to Spring 2000
I co-led a college ministry called The Cross, a ministry that is fully run by college students. I was the program director and also served as editor and contributing writer for our weekly devotional Breaking Bread. I was a part of a community group with Campus Crusade and taught a weekly bible study in my fraternity.
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August 2004 – August 2006
I was the Vice President of Business Development for a Fair Trade – Organic Coffee Company called Ugly Mug Coffee. I was responsible for overseeing the implementation of 5 of the 7 business lines of the company. I also developed and over saw a College Residency Program that included 8 college seniors from the University of Memphis.
May 2003 – August 2004
I was the college pastor at Sky Ranch in Tyler, TX. This job description is listed under ministry experience.
July 2002 – May 2003
I was a Residence Hall Director at the University of North Texas. Two other hall directors and I lead a staff of 36 for our building of 1000 people. We oversaw programming, discipline, staff development, facility management, and hall improvement for UNT’s Kerr Hall.
June 2001 – June 2002
I was on staff with Denton Bible Church. The job description is listed under ministry experience.
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Masters Work
Union University
Master of Christian Studies
10 of 14 Courses Completed – Current GPA 4.0/4.0
Expected Completion January 2009
Undergradute Work
Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science – May 2000
Major: Political Science / Minor: Communications & Business Administration
Biblical Training
Denton Bible Church
August 2000 to May 2001
Tom Nelson Discipleship Program
Study of the New Testament, the Old Testament, and Systematic Theology
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Foreign Trips
Asia – Fall 2008 (upcoming)
Training local believers in discipleship and church leadership
South Korea – Winter of 2000 – 2001
Taught advanced English to 11,12, and 13-year-old Korean students at a winter camp while developing relationships with them to share the gospel. On the team of 40, I was one of the three male leaders who were given a small group of men to lead in discipleship and accountability during the 5 weeks that we were there.
Brazil – Summer of 1996
I was the lead actor of a drama team that visited schools and communities to share the gospel. We also did door-to-door evangelism and built an orphanage and several churches during our 40 day visit.
Mexico – June of 1995
Part of a youth group that did evangelism in the poverty stricken border towns of Mexico for two weeks. This trip took place before I truly understood what a relationship with Christ was.
Domestic
Habitat for Humanity – March 2001 and March 2002
I was asked to lead groups of 10 college students over spring break for mission trips. We took one trip to Georgia and one to Missouri. Our mission in these trips was to share Christ with the other college students working on-site while assisting in building homes for Habitat.
Community Evangelism – Summer of 1997
Our church youth group teamed with a church in Florida to do backyard Bible clubs in the mornings, community evangelism in the afternoons, and evangelistic meetings at night. I was a student leader for this trip, helping organize many logistics for the trip.
