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