I was born in Queens, New York, to a middle-class family. My Parents moved the family to Stony Brook and then to Miller Place. I graduated from Port Jefferson High School and attended Heidelberg College, where I earned a BA in music.​

 

During college, I became a Christian and was active in campus ministry. My college sweetheart and I married, had two sons, and enjoyed our 48 years together. In those early years, I answered a call to ministry.​

 

As a Pastor, I have seen all aspects of life, from births to deaths and everything in between.  I have worked in the marketplace and in the factory.  I understand what people go through to support a family.  Earning a living while going through seminary, I worked in the tool & die industry.  While planting a church while working full-time as a student and writing my thesis, we successfully planted a church in Holland, Michigan.  My skills in organization, management, and scholastic enterprises have given me an exceptional grasp of subjects.​

 

For more than forty years, I have taught life applications from God's word, Natural Law Theory, the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and History. As an ordained minister, I have pastored churches in Michigan and New York and teach internationally.​ 

 

I have spoken at conferences, college campuses, and debates concerning various issues and Christian perspectives.  I am well known for my ability to explain complex subjects on a level all can understand.  Exposing life issues to scripture, I bring thoughtful insight and guidance through biblical solutions. 

 

I graduated from Ashland Theological Seminary and directed Albany Area Biblical Counseling.  Currently, I serve as the Pastor at Restoration Christian Community in Allegan, Michigan, where my wife and I have resided for the last seventeen years. I am a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Evangelical Philosophical Society, The Thomas Torrance Fellowship, and the President of the Bonhoeffer Form for Church and Culture.