Lead Pastor

To know the best about me you simply need to meet my wife and daughters. Tamara is my hero and my daughters bring me more happiness than anything else I could possibly imagine. I love living in Bend, taking our girls hiking, reading anything of historical value, and watching Seinfeld reruns on Monday nights with some of our friends.

What I like most about Antioch Church: The people… they’ve become family and there’s no group I look forward to spending time with more.

Family stats: I have a wife, Tamara, three daughters (Mary Joy age 6, Esther age 4, and Sara age 2), and a poodle named Peaches.

Education: Masters in Philosophy, Masters in Biblical Studies, B.S. in Engineering

How I became a Christian? I was a 22 year old student at Clemson University and decided to look into what I thought about the whole “God question.”

Favorite Memories: Visiting the Reformation Museum in Wittenberg, Germany; going wine tasting with my wife on our first anniversary; seeing The Allman Brothers Band live in the fall of 92'

Favorite movie: Enchanted, Free Willy and The Sound of Music

Favorite music: Jack Johnson and David Gray

Most powerful book I’ve ever read (besides the Bible) and why: “Fear and Trembling” by Soren Kierkegaard. It taught me about faith…

I would love to meet: C.S. Lewis (in Heaven of course)