West Oxford Baptist Church

      I am a graduate of Clayton State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration with Marketing. In 2001, I earned a Masters of Divinity with Counseling from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.  In December 2006, I graduated from Southeastern with a Doctor of Ministry in the area of biblical counseling, with a concentration on reconciliation.

     My priorities for ministry at WOBC:

1. To exalt Jesus Christ, presenting Him as the sinless, crucified and risen Savior who, through His Word and the Spirit, can meet all our needs according to His glorious riches.
2. To proclaim the Scripture as containing everything a person needs for salvation, for trusting God perfectly, and for obeying God perfectly. (2 Tim 3:15–17; 2 Pet 1:3).
3. To learn everything I can about the body and to be an example (1 Peter 5:1-4). As your shepherd following the chief Shepherd, I ought to smell like my sheep and know you by name.
4. To humbly spend time, serve, and disciple the leadership (Phil. 2:5-8).
5. To plan my preaching (Rom. 10:17). This is my number one priority. Faithfully explaining and applying the Scriptures will have more impact on our church than anything else I can do.
6. To have a passion for people, which is driven by a high view of God (Prov 9:10).
7. To make time to meet with people who are not in our church (Phil. 2:4; Matt. 22:37-40).
8. To plant a garden not a Chia Pet (1 Cor. 4:2). I am in this for the long haul. WOBC is a living organism not a business. True leadership comes from having your trust. This is not my church but our church. Change should come from Christ to us. I am looking to the fruit that that God’s grace will bear to His glory.

     I seek to do the following in serving the community of Granville County:

1. Serving others with the love, truth, humility and compassion of The Great Shepherd, striving to be ingrained with and uphold the two greatest commandments, which are loving God first and my neighbor as much as I do myself (Matt. 22:37–40)
2. Endeavoring to be used by God to address the struggles that are caused by both the outward behavior (words and actions) and the inner heart (thoughts, beliefs, and motives).
3. Praying for God’s favor upon this community (Jer. 29:4-7).