I serve churches across North America by helping them effectively disciple and enfold kids, teens, and adults with disabilities. My role involves ministry plus operations. Ministry includes coaching churches and developing comprehensive training for their staffs and members. I also help produce discipleship materials adapted for people of all learning abilities. I also oversee all the operations of our team and the systems that it takes for us to deliver the training and resources we produce.
“Every person is essential to the body of Christ. And every one of us is broken. Some of us, such as people who we say have disabilities, have more obvious signs of that brokenness. But all of us—you and me—experience disability and brokenness spiritually. Regardless of the disabling conditions we have, physical or spiritual, each person has unique abilities and gifts to serve others and make the body of Christ complete. Helping individuals, families, and churches experience this reality deeply is what motivates me every day!”
ABOUT ME
Birmingham, Alabama has always been home to me. I was raised here and went to college at Samford University, where I met my wife, Holly. I ministered with Campus Outreach of Briarwood PCA for 19 years, 14 in Birmingham and 5 in Japan where both our kids were born.
Disability has been part of our lives for a long time, first through extended family members and close friends. It became a daily reality for us though when our son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 5. In 2006, considering my experiences in career ministry and as a father of a child with a disability, Briarwood called me as the first full-time director of special needs ministry. In 2011, my work in disability ministry expanded to the denominational level when I joined the staff of Engaging Disability.
Ministry is now on three fronts: Coaching—consultations with families and churches, online and onsite trainings, producing ministry resources; Operations—our team’s financial systems, HR, IT, communications, websites; and Discipleship/Outreach—as a regular volunteer with Briarwood’s disability ministry to kids, adults, and families.
This work is exciting. I’ve never been in a place where my gifts were more utilized. That’s a privilege and blessing from the Lord that I don’t take for granted!
Holly and I are members of Briarwood Church. We live in Hoover, Alabama (metro Birmingham).
