I received a clear call to the Gospel Ministry at the age of 13 and served on my first church staff at 17. After serving as a Youth Pastor for 8 years and Senior Pastor for 4 years, my wife and I took our three preschool children to Europe as missionaries for 28 years. We adopted Polish nine-year old twins during our service. We planted churches for several terms and I led the work of the International Mission Board (SBC) in Europe for 12 years. I supervised about 1000 missionaries in 40 countries. I also helped start the Polish Baptist Theological Seminary in Warsaw and have taught in multiple countries and institutions since 1994. We relocated to the Houston area in 2019 to care for aging parents and started a new church (CityRIse Missouri City) and the CityRise Network in 2021.