The passion that fuels my calling as an author, speaker, and Bible teacher amongst other things is one rooted in my personal experience with transformation as a result of embracing and experiencing God’s supernatural grace through faith in the Biblical Jesus.
Though I didn’t grow up under the influence of any formal religion, I always had a curiosity about spiritual things and a passion for truth and authenticity.
It was during a very challenging time in my life when I was in the sunrise of my adult years that this curiosity coupled with enduring the pain of a personal crisis landed me on my knees with the intent of offering up a prayer to “God” to ask if He was real and to invite Him to reveal the truth to me followed by a commitment to give him the rest of my life if He would.
“The passion that fuels my own calling as an author, speaker, and Bible teacher is one rooted in my own personal experience with transformation as a result of embracing and experiencing God’s supernatural grace through faith in the Biblical Jesus.”
At twenty years old I found myself in the middle of one of the most challenging times of my life to that point and I was desperate for some answers. I will never forget kneeling in my bedroom and saying this prayer, “God if you’re real, show me who you are.” I also made a decision that day to fully commit my life to following God if He revealed himself to me. It wasn’t overnight, but over the next few months, I found myself on a quest for truth and in search of peace and both my remote control and radio dial were leading the way.
I would flip the channels on the television and radio looking for something to feed my soul and heal my heart and I began to watch what may be called Christian television and pause for those Christian segments that somehow found their way onto secular radio stations. I would spend hours listening and watching, and over time, my heart became open and receptive to what the TV hosts and evangelists were saying. Eventually, the information traveled from my head to my heart and I decided to fully and completely surrender my life to God in the name of Jesus, who the Bible teaches is the embodiment of God who walked the earth, proclaimed and demonstrated God’s heart and intentions towards man, and was arrested, tortured, crucified and died as a result of religious persecution, but was later supernaturally raised from the dead, showing himself to his disciples and many other witnesses.
I also learned that Jesus taught his disciples that by believing in him, we too could be raised from the dead, not just in the literal sense in a life after this one, but also in the spiritual, sense meaning that our very souls would become alive as result of turning our hearts to Him and believing in who he was and what he said. So I did it, I did it and I meant with every part of my being and I made that decision and it was over twenty-five years ago and my life has been in a process of ongoing transformation ever since.
CREDENTIALS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND EDUCATION
MINISTERIAL CREDENTIALS
CITY ON A HILL CHURCH – KNOXVILLE, TN
Appointed Staff As An Associate Pastor (2006 )
REDEMPTION MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL – GREENVILLE, SC
Licensure (2007) Ordination (2008)
VICTORY MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL – BALTIMORE, MD
Licensed & Ordained (2010)
VISION GLOBAL ALLIANCES – LAWRENCEVILLE, GA
Licensed and Ordained (2016 – Current & Perpetual)
HONORARY DOCTORATES
THE SCHOOL OF THE GREAT COMMISSION
Graduated – Honorary Doctorate in Christian Humane Letters, DHL 2023
CICA INTERNATIONAL
Nominated – Honorary Doctorate in Divinity with Chaplaincy
CERTIFIED TRAINING
UNITED STATES CHAPLAIN CORP, USCC
United States Chaplain Corp
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS, AACC
Mental Health Advocate
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Psychological First Aid
LIGHT UNIVERSITY
Professional Christian Life Coaching
Mental Health Coaching
Youth Mental Health Coaching, Student
GO RESCUE
Certified Training in CPR/AED/FIRST Aid
FEMA, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Religious & Cultural Literacy and Competency in Response To Disaster
Responding To An Active Shooter
Introduction To Incident Command System
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
STUDIED AT REGENT UNIVERSITY
Accredited Coursework in Theology and Christian Ministry
CURRENTLY STUDYING AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY
Accredited Coursework in Psychology
ALPHA CHI HONOR SOCIETY
Inducted As A Member For Academic Achievements in 2023
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS (NSLS)
Nominated in 2024 For Academic Achievements
MEMBERSHIPS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS
Student Member
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN COACHING ASSOCIATION
Member
ALPHA CHI HONOR SOCIETY
Inducted As A Member For Academic Achievements in 2023
FEATURED VOLUNTEER WORK
UNITED STATES CHAPLAIN CORPS (2023-Current)
Community Specialist Chaplain
FROM YOUR FATHER NONPROFIT FOR FATHERLESS CHILDREN (2020-Current)
Board of Directors
WORSHIP WITHOUT WALLS MULTICULTURAL WORSHIP MINISTRY (2017-2022)
Volunteer Choir
Board of Directors
THE DEN INNER CITY OUTREACH (2015-2017)
Prayer Team
Speaker & Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center
VICTORY MINISTRIES OUTREACH BALTIMORE, MD (2003-2005 Previous)
Inner City Outreach Director
INTERVIEWS
SPEAKING