I was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York, and born again by grace through faith in Jesus Christ in my first year of studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the age of nineteen. Following graduation with a Bachelor of Engineering degree I worked for the United States Department of Defense in the Submarine Silencing division of the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Centre, just outside Washington D.C.
While working for the government I was also heavily involved in lay ministry at McLean Bible Church in Virginia. During this time I attended the Capital Bible Seminary and graduated in 1991 with a Masters of Divinity.
I moved to Scotland in the spring of 1991, married Sarah in July and soon after began work as an associate pastor at Carrubbers. Since that time I have enjoyed a wide-spread Bible teaching ministry in many of the University and College Christian Unions throughout the country. We have also been a very significant development in the student ministry at Carrubbers in recent years.
In June of 1996, Carrubbers called me to the senior pastorate where I have been serving the Lord up to the present day. During the past 15 years in Scotland, I have been involved in Bible teaching ministry in various parts of the UK and have spent several years as an adjunct lecturer at the Golgotha Bible School in Talmaciu, Romania. I am also privileged to be the director of Carrubbers' Institute of Biblical Studies, a lay Bible training programme attached to the Centre. Sarah and I have two daughters, Rachel and Naomi.