Today I pastor a growing congregation in Western New York. But it was not always that way.

Born in Indiana into a family with two sisters and caring parents, I found my interests in music and writing. By the time I went to university I was set to be a psychologist and musician. I studied psychology before I entered university to become a psychologist and wrote and recorded songs in Detroit, Michigan. I gave both interests my best, cutting two records and earning honors in Psychology in university but an event in college re-directed my life. 

While a student in college I was confronted with the teachings and person of Jesus by a music group from out West. It fascinated me so much I could not forget it. Later I was confronted again by an African-American travelling preacher who played the guitar and preached the Gospel. From those two experiences I became a convert to Christ.

After conversion I enrolled in seminary and had a Pentecostal experience graduated and became an ordained minister serving churches in USA and Canada. I became a full time Prison Chaplain, retiring in 2015. At retirement time I was offered a small church in Western New York where I serve today as well as locales around Western New York.

Mark 16:15 Ministries is a result of praying in an apartment in Lorain, Ohio many years ago and asking the Lord to make the New Testament Biblical verse Mark 16:15 a reality in my life. That prayer continues to be answered through the ministry, music and literature today which is detailed in my first book [see next page].

Mark 16:15 Ministries is also the extension of a prayer I prayed in my apartment in Springfield Ohio in the early 1970s when I asked God for the one thing I wanted in life: to help people find the will of God for their own lives. I have seen that prayer answered more and more as time goes on as God inspires and tells me what to tell people when they need direction. My ministry today emphasizes teaching, preaching and evangelism.

But it's not about me. It's about a living God and how he works today. My ministry today emphasizes teaching and the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. It emphsizes eternal life found in Jesus Christ. To God be all the glory.

Affiliated with AGIF San Diego CA and EMA Ennis TX

Where do we Minister?

Academy Place, Gowanda, NY monthly Church Services. A small group which gathers for teaching and worship twice each month. We are now into our fourth year.

"Ask the Pastor" TV program on TCT TV the 2nd Tues. of each month @ 2 PM Eastern Time [reruns at 11 PM EST]. A forum of pastors who take nationwide questions and give their views. Channel 377 Direct TV.

Java Village Baptist Church weekly Services and regular Bible Studies. A rural church of wonderful people I am teaching and providing pastoral care. 

Eden NY AbsolutCare facility monthly Services April through December. A nursing facility of appreciative people who meet for monthly worship. Now into our second Season.

Slidell Baptist Seminary in Slidell, Lousiana I teach counseling and theology courses through long-distance learning internationally. 

Mentoring of Pastors and missionaries in Africa by providing doctrinal teaching.