Ministry History

Teaching Pastor at Gospel City Church
March 2021 - Present
Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada

• Studies, writes, and delivers weekly expositional sermons.

• Leads a home group that reads and studies through the Bible in an overview format.

• Provides biblical answers to congregational questions and significant cultural issues.

• Plans topical message series a few times per year to address timely issues and needs in the congregation.

• Provides pastoral care to individuals as needed in the form of counseling, discipleship, leadership development, encouragement, exhortation, and loving correction.

• Serves as one of two elders, giving direction and oversight to the church.

• Develops future deacons and elders through a mentoring cohort.

• Oversees worship, a/v, and creative team members and works with them to plan Sunday worship experiences.
  

Lead Pastor at New Hope Church
May 2012 - March 2021
Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada

• Planned and executed all aspects of planting a church from scratch (no launch team) in a significantly unchurched city (under 2% Christian), including fundraising, vision casting, equipment, facilities, etc.

• Passed multiple church planter evaluations, including training cohorts, with enthusiastic recommendations.

• Studied, wrote, and delivered weekly expositional sermons.

• Organized and oversaw men’s and women’s midweek small groups.

• Turned Sunday sermons into online content that grew to several thousand listeners and viewers per week.

• Provided biblical answers to congregational questions and significant cultural issues.

• Planned topical message series a few times per year to address timely issues and needs in the congregation.

• Provided pastoral care to individuals as needed in the form of counseling, discipleship, leadership development, encouragement, exhortation, and loving correction.

• Oversaw worship, a/v, and creative team members and worked with them to plan Sunday worship experiences.

Worship / Associate Pastor at Calvary Church
April 2005 - May 2012
Jupiter, FL, USA

• Transitioned the church’s worship ministry from low congregational participation and a dated style to high participation and a contemporary style that engaged families, young adults, and students, while not alienating older, more traditional congregants.

• Recruited, trained, auditioned, and developed worship and A/V team members.

• Developed systems and practices that fulfilled all worship pastor duties in half the expected time, creating space to take on additional associate pastoring tasks.

• Worked with the elder board and project supervisor in the building of a new church facility to ensure the sanctuary and equipment would empower the church’s vision for congregational times of worship.

• Served on the leadership team, overseeing Sunday service planning and team coordination.

• Oversaw multiple staff members in the A/V and creative departments.

• Pastored the worship, A/V, and creative team members through devotions, team-building events, counseling, discipleship, encouragement, exhortation, and loving correction.

• Planned special services (e.g., Easter and Christmas).

Worship / Student Pastor at Christian Life Church
May 2002 - Mar 2005
Temple, TX, USA

• Built the youth group from 8 to 50+ students.

• Studied, wrote, and preached weekly messages at youth group meetings.

• Developed a leadership development cohort for students.

• Recruited, trained, and pastored the worship, A/V, and youth leader teams.

• Planned all youth group meetings, events, camps, retreats, and fundraisers.

• Ordained as a minister by the church.