John 4:23
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In 1970, Jesus Christ profoundly changed my life at the age of 17
and set me on a journey that has been pretty phenomenal. I have spent the
last 35 years of my life in Contemporary Christian Music ministry primarily as a singer,
songwriter, worship pastor. I co-founded one of the east
coast's first 70's Jesus Movement bands, Kinfolk. During that time I
wrote the song, Alpha & Omega, which was later recorded by the Gaither Vocal Band. My wife of 35 years, Martha and I spent most of the 70's on the road with Kinfolk. For the next 20 years I served in local churches as a youth pastor, music minister and associate pastor (counseling, young married and home group ministry). I also worked for 2 national ministries as national event director and as a producer of Talent and Events for the 3rd most visited theme park in the US.
Everyone should be a mentor to someone in some way. As I have come to the 3rd-third of my life, I find myself very naturally entering a new phase of ministry...mentoring the next generation of worship leaders and worship musicians. After talking to many pastors and music ministers, I am seeing a tremendous need for mentoring in this area. Seminars and training resources abound for today's worship leader and yet the average tenure of a local church music minister is 18 months. I believe that the missing link in retaining a young worship leader is to have a "one on one" mentor in their life who understands their temperament to guide them through the unforeseen but inevitable challenges that they will face in their ministry. Literally hundreds of ministers and leaders who are called of God are leaving the ministry every month because they feel they have no one to talk to.
I believe that God has developed within me a "fathering" heart for this generation of worship leaders and musicians. I have not felt a call this strongly since the Lord first called me to the ministry.
If you would like
to contact me to discuss your particular situation as a pastor or music
minister, it would be my privilege to serve you.
