By God’s Grace, Serving the Lord for 30+ Years!
Mission trip to dominica during my high school years
1993-1994 | CHURCH JANITOR
My first job at a church was at Miami Lakes Baptist Church. The summer of 1992, I did an internship with the while I was 16. I though it was going to be 100% helping the youth pastor, but instead I discovered it was 50% cleaning bathrooms and mowing the giant lawn. In 1993, our church founded Miami Lakes Christian Academy and I signed up for my 11th grade year. The church needed someone to transition the classrooms to be used by the school and the church. So to cover my tuition at school, I begin working Wednesday and Saturdays at the church for a year! At age, I had keys to the church building! What were they thinking?
1994 -1998 | MISSIONARY TO CHiCAGO
The church commissioned me as a missionary to Chicago while I was still in college. I would do street witnessing in downtown Chicago and serve with the urban youth ministry of New Life Community Church I did an internship with Chicago Youth Alive reaching gang members in the Little Village community. I was supported by a few individuals, Miami Lakes Baptist Church, and Fellowship Bible Church. I spoke at the annual missions conference. I also took youth on a mission trip with Miami Lakes Baptist to Dominica. At 21 years of age, along with a co-pastor, we started The Altarnative, a gen X church plant on the campus of the University of Illionois at Chicago.
Soul Purpose trip to Detroit, MI for acquire the fire youth conference
1998 - 2000 | ASSOCIATE YOUTH PASTOR
After graduating from Moody Bible Institute, I served full-time as an assistant to the youth pastor at New Life Community Church. I oversaw the small groups for the guys, which met in homes, and helped lead “Soul Purpose” Youth Night at the Warehouse. I would preach regularly to the youth and was mentored in ministry by Pastor Asa App. We would have a yearly retreat at a campground, take the youth to the Acquire the Fire Conference, and start taking the youth on mission trips. The first was to Miami, Florida, and then we took a group of about 25 to minister in Spain on a pilgrimage route. We biked across northern Spain, sharing the gospel from city to city. In 1999, we launched “The Youth C.U.R.E.,” a program that united youth from all over Chicago for prayer and worship gatherings.
2000-2009 | YOUTH PASTOR
When the Youth Pastor transitioned to a ministry for young adults and young couples, I was asked to lead the youth ministry. The church expanded to 14 locations, and I would lead the youth directly at the largest campus and coach the volunteer youth directors at the other locations. We would have united events, retreats, and mission trips that I spearheaded. We took the youth on five mission trips to Spain, Red Lake Reservation, and Mexico. We took over 440 youth and leaders from Chicago to a youth conference in Michigan. The Youth C.U.R.E. held its largest prayer meeting, uniting youth from 17 churches in a concert of prayer. We also hosted a Purity Summit, which brought together 1,200 youth and leaders, as well as 300 parents from various churches in the Chicago area.
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2010-2011 | new life portage park 1.0 | Church Planter / Associate pastor
In November of 2009, my wife and I transitioned to church planting. We led a core team and planted a congregation at Luther North High School in the Portage Park community. We launched on Palm Sunday, and the church had a strong start, with approximately 80 people in attendance. That summer, the mother congregation and the church plant merged back together and purchased the school for $3.4 million. I became the associate pastor and would preach 40% of the Sundays to the new combined congregation of 600 people. I oversaw the small group ministry. In one year, it grew from 14 to 30 small groups.
3 Min. Video | Grand Opening of New Life Rogers Park - March 2012
2012-2018 | New Life Rogers Park | Founding Pastor
In 2010, we moved to the West Rogers Park community of Chicago. There were 10 mosques and 30 synagogues. It was home to the Little India business district. One of the census tracts in this area was the most diverse in the Midwest. God opened the door to plant a multi-cultural congregation in 2012. The church had regular attendees from 30 different countries from five different continents. About 180 people considered New Life Rogers Park their church home. The neighborhood was very transient. We baptized approximately 50 new believers over six years. In 2018, God led me to pass the torch of leadership to a young leader I had been mentoring.
over 150 people from 30 different countries and five continents attended regularly at New life rogers park
Baptism Video from New Life Rogers Park
2018-2022 | YFC Campus Life Director
In September 2018, I started serving with Miami Youth For Christ as the director of Campus Life. I oversaw a staff of approximately 10 adult missionaries working with youth. I learned systems to supervise staff and also grew in financial support raising. We started clubs in six new schools. During the pandemic, we transitioned to online ministry and created an online course on the life of Christ.
2022-2025 | Ministries Director
I served as an assistant director for Miami-Dade County. I coach leaders for 24 of the 85 student-led Bible Clubs. I spearheaded a network of meetings for youth pastors and a monthly pastors’ prayer breakfast in cooperation with Mission Miami. One of my main focuses is building relationships with local churches. I have visited services at over 100 churches in Miami-Dade County in the last seven years.
Mission Trips, Networking Churches, Guest Speaking
Vision trip to uganda
Youth Mission team to Chihuahua Mexico
1992-2022 | 20 Mission & ministry trips
Dominica (4 mission trips)
Venezuela (Amazon Jungle)
Chicago Mission Team to Miami
Spain (5 mission and ministry trips)
England (Training Conference)
Canada (Youth Camp Speaker)
Red Lake Reservation (Native American Tribe)
Mexico (Orphanage, Chihuahua)
New Orleans (Hurricane Katrina Relief)
Kenya
Uganda
Cameroon
Ghana
Israel (2x)
Cuba
1999 - 2010 | CO-Founded The Youth C.U.R.E.
Youth C.U.R.E. | 1200 youth / 300 Parents - 11-11-2007
The Youth C.U.R.E. was a network for youth ministries in Chicago that gathered youth groups for prayer and worship rallies interceding for the city of Chicago. The concert of prayer events peaked with 17 youth ministries gathering for “One-Two Punch: Worship and Prayer.” Three worship teams from different youth ministries led worship with two 30 minute session of prayer in the middle. We also hosted a purity summit and had over 1200 youth and 300 parents from over 50 different churches.
2001-2006 | Abstinence educator - Abstinence resource services
I would teach in health classes at public schools an 8 session curriculum teaching from a secular perspective abstinence until marriage. Some of my schools that I would teach at included Fergusen High School, Curie High School, Evergreen Park Middle School, Bogan High School. Talking to students about sex without using the Bible really sharpened my skills as a speaker. I was also amazed about how many students chose abstinence for healthy purposes.
pray NE Chicago | 300+ people /17 churches /United Prayer
2012 -2016 | Spearheaded Pray NE Chicago
We gathered churches from 5 adjacent communities in the NE corner of Chicago for continuous prayer. I would meet regularly for coffee with pastors from neighboring churches and several of us pastors would pray together monthly. One highlight was gathering 17 churches together for a united Sunday night prayer gathering.
2013 — Area Director for My Hope - Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
I served one year as a contract worker recruiting and resourcing churches in the Chicago area to participate in “My Hope with Billy Graham.” We would train churches to equip their people to host an evangelistic outreach with a My Hope video in their community.
2021 - present |ENglish Teaching Pastor
A team of pastors planted a Send Network (NAMB) church in West Kendall. I would teach in the English congregation every third Sunday in 2021 and weekly on Sunday nights starting in March of 2025.
2018-2025 | Visited over 100 churches in South Florida
Over the last seven years, I have had the honor of speaking at youth groups, camps and churches all across South Florida. I have also networked with over 120 pastors by visiting over 100 churches and meeting with many of the pastors one on one for coffee. My hearts desire is to see gospel-preaching, Bible-believing, God-fearing pastors and their churches united in prayer in South Florida.
