I am a Christ follower, husband to my beautiful wife, father to four grown children, pastor-teacher, life-long student of God's Word, and a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a ThM in Homiletics. By the leading of the Spirit, I am currently seeking a full-time pastorate where I would have the opportunity to preach the Word of God and build up the body of Christ.
Currently seeking a full-time pastorate
Master of Theology (ThM), Dallas Theological Seminary, emphasis in Homiletics
Full-time
Willing to relocate within Texas
English
Preaching-Teaching Pastor
Homiletics
Wood working, fishing, and hiking
The following characteristics have been discovered through the DISC Personality Assessment which is based on the fact that most people have predictable patterns of behavior. Each person is a unique blend of all four traits (Directive, Inspiring, Supportive, Cautious) and my blend is characterized as I/D. By having an INSPIRING / DIRECTIVE personality style, I tend to naturally express enthusiasm and energy with a purpose or goal in mind. My strength is being a visionary and influencing others with persuasion and positive interaction.
Maintains an aggressive pace while working towards a goal and tends to be influential and directive when it comes to empowering others to accomplish tasks. Provides direction, while accomplishing various tasks through people.
Tends to be goal oriented, yet focused on quickly accomplishing tasks through people. Develops a quick approach that looks at the end result and enjoys providing direction and coaching in a team environment in order to get results.
When communicating directions either with team members or leadership, tends to be concise and clear. Team members are often more productive when they understand how to accomplish the goal when provided with clear directions.
2012 - Present
As one of the spiritual leaders of a 100+ person Bible study class, the role of the Bible teacher is to encourage spiritual growth in the lives of class members through the teaching of God's Word. Each week the Bible teacher is responsible for preparing and delivering an expositional Bible lesson as well as attending to the pastoral needs of the class.
The class director is responsible for overseeing the week-by-week mechanics of the class which include being a liaison between church leadership and the class, leading meetings within the class, organizing and delivering announcements, management of class events and calendar, making the class environment welcoming and inviting, and raise up and train new leaders.
2017 - 2020
As a volunteer chaplain at the Harris County Jail, each week we called male inmates to attend church, prepared and delivered an expositional sermon in the chapel, and concluded with a time of prayer and invitation.
2010 - Present
Development and support of global business applications. Responsibilities include gathering requirements from business segments, timeline management, software design, implementation, and support.
2000 - 2010
Primary founder of a software consulting company that focused on building large scale web-based business solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Responsibilities included all operational and business functions that small businesses encounter while growing to a $3M company, such as billing and payroll, employee management, sales and customer interfacing, project management, and product development.
1998 - 2000
Consulted on software application architecture, design, and implementation. Defined business processes and roles while coding applications to meet those requirements.