Born in 1942 at Ephrata, PA. Lived in Alabama for 10 years; learned the family trade of woodworking; attended Ontario Mennonite Institute; trained in Respiratory Therapy at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center; setup the Respiratory Therapy Department at the York Hospital and worked as the Technical Director of the Pulmonary School.

Attended York Bible Institute Educational Teacher's Training Association Program until beginning studies as Lancaster Bible College. Graduated from Lancaster Bible College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pastoral Studies. Ordained to the Pastoral Ministry in 1979 and has served the Bethany Grace Fellowship Congregation since that time.

Happily married to Henrietta (Good) for 38 years and blessed with one daughter, Valerie, and two sons; Christopher married to Susan (Martin), and Jonathan.

Extra curricular activities: ministering to a 14-year-old bilingual boy in the Big Brother Program, golfing, bicycling, vegetable gardening, and woodworking.

I have been married 13 years to my wonderful wife, Jan. We have four children- Jordan, Moriah, Noel, and Micah. It’s been a pleasure being on the Bethany staff for 13 years (12 years as the youth pastor and now I’m in my first year as Family Pastor). My hobbies are playing miniature golf, winning at Madden football, NASCAR racing, reading books, watching the Dallas Cowboys, studying the Jewish culture, geography and background of the Bible, and hugging and kissing my wonderful wife while playing with our children. I am a member of the International Christian Bicycle Team and the Lancaster Bicycle Club. For the past 3 years I have been the president of the Pennsylvania All-American High School Athletic Association and in my free time I’m an adjunct professor in The Church and Ministry Leadership Department at Lancaster Bible College.

I am a graduate of Lancaster Bible College, the Graduate School of Lancaster Bible College, and the Graduate School of Yeshiva University.

The purpose of my ministry is to equip parents to disciple their children. Our programs only assist, not take the place of our parents. God has given the parents the primary role of discipling their children and we as a church will do all we can to help mom and dad be faithful and successful as the major influence in their children’s lives!

My wife Erin and I have been married for 3 ½ wonderful years and we have a tremendous little boy named Gabriel, who is 6 months old. Erin and I have been serving in the jr. High youth ministry for about 4 years. In August of 2004 I became the Youth Intern here, and have thoroughly enjoyed the many opportunities that I have had to work with students.

I have had a passion for sharing the love of our Lord Jesus Christ with teenagers ever since I was one myself. God has been gracious to me, he has opened my eyes to the pitfalls of life and those that go along with being a young adult. I want to be there for young people, who in our culture can sometimes be forgotten. I want not only to share with them Christ’s love for them, but also to live it out among them.

Some of my other passions are spending time with my family, Christian music and Madden Football.