Pastor

As the Pastor of High Peak Baptist Church since January 2007 I have the privilege of being Christ’s under-shepherd for a great congregation.  High Peak’s strengths are a passion for the Word of God, a love for one another, and a dedication to seeing people become growing followers of Jesus.

I have been a pastor since 1993 when I accepted the call to Blanke Creek Baptist Church in Falmouth, KY. I was a student at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY at the time. Before that I graduated from Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY in 1991 with a double major in Religion and Philosophy and a minor in Communications.My years in KY turned me into an advent University of Kentucky Basketball fan. However, nothing will substitute for my beloved Green Bay Packers!In 1996, God called our family to North Carolina when I became a student a Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC and also I became the pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church in Delway, NC. After graduating from Southeastern, we spend a few more years in Delway before I felt the desire to improve my ministry skills. I began work towards of Doctor of Ministry in Preaching at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary at the school’s Charlotte Campus. We then felt a desire to move onto another field with bigger challenges. Long Creek Baptist Church in Dallas, NC called us and we spent 7+ years there. While there I finished my Doctorate completing my dissertation on the use of multimedia in expository preaching. However, with tears in our eyes we left Dallas. But with joy in our hearts we came to the Valdese/Drexel NC area where we have joined the High Peak family.We keep busy with our family. My wife teaches at Valdese Elementary School where our youngest son, Daniel, is a student. Our oldest son is a teenager going to Heritege Middle School. Our boys are both avid sports fans playing soccer, basketball and skate boarding. They are both involved in the arts as well. Michael loves visual medium while Daniel is a budding musician.I am not just a pastor. I also enjoy sports and technology. I write a monthly column for Christian Computing Magazine called Higher Power with Kevin. I’ve also published an article on using Multimedia in Preaching, a journal for preachers.

As mentioned above I love sports and technology. My real passion is the ministry and the church. I have devoted my life to the cause of building the kingdom of God and I enjoy using the gifts God has given me. But for fun I love technology. My father-in-law gave me my first computer back in the early nineties. Of course, having a father involved in the electronics industry didn’t hurt. He had computers in our home from my middle school years on up. I took this and ran with it learning all I could.

Growing up in Wisconsin turned me into a Green Bay Packers fan. I used to spend Sundays at my pastor’s house watching the games with my best friend, his son. That passion only grew in the mid nineties when they started winning. I also love the Bucks in the NBA and the Michigan Wolverines in College Football. But second to the Packers is definitely Kentucky and Marquette Basketball.