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Background and History
I was raised in Church. When my mother was 40 years old, the Holy Spirit told her to have one more child. It took some time to convince my dad; but lo and behold, along came Arthur on my mom's 42nd birthday. From then on, I was raised in a Christian home and rarely missed a week of church.
I was raised in a little Assemblies of God church named Canton Calvary where I attended until I was 16 years old. I attended Northville Christian School from preschool through the 8th grade, was homeschooled for high school, and started college early at Schoolcraft College when I was 16. There I earned an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Development and Education.
During those early years, I was very involved in the Royal Rangers ministry, earning the Gold Medal of Achievement and National Royal Ranger of the Year. I also served in a couple national staff positions and helped write the new curriculum in 2000.
After achieving all I could in Royal Rangers, I found that "over-achievement" failed to fill the inner void in my heart and could not set me free from my sin. I began to get spiritually hungry for something more.
In the summer before turning 17, my family and I felt the Lord was calling us to a new church: Northville Christian Assembly of God. There I became quickly involved in the youth group and became a worship leader, Sunday School teacher, and active participant in dramas and church plays. I was 17 when I preached my first sermon there at Northville Christian.
After three years of active ministry and a series of supernatural confirmations, the Lord prompted me to help plant a church in Fowlerville, Michigan. At Fowlerville Freedom Center, Assembly of God, I served as a key staff member, worship leader, and youth pastor. Our teens began hearing and experiencing God on a weekly basis, and our youth group grew to some 20 kids rather quickly. The rest of our church grew out of that and we went from 10 people to more than fifty people in a matter of about two months.
In September of 2007, however, the Lord challenged me to lay down my youth ministry and pursue something different. I had been leading a small group of young adults at my girlfriend Robin's house for about a year and a half, and it had grown to about 8 or 9 people. I chose to follow the Holy Spirit, and He responded with a series of divine opportunities to demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It started with our group ministering to a couple who were encountering evil spirits in their home. God set them radically free, and they changed their lives to follow Christ. Soon after that we baptized them in bathtubs. It wasn't long before we had a stream of new people coming. In January of 2008, our little group grew from around 12 people to roughly 30. New converts became a staple of our group, and the vibrant life of the Holy Spirit has been with us ever since.
At the time of this writing, we now have a Monday "church" meeting where we all come together for real fellowship, open discussion, and prayer; a Wednesday night men's group; a Saturday afternoon ladies' group; and the Wildfire School of Supernatural Ministry, which meets on the first and third Sundays of each month.
We try to minister in the community at least once a week as a group, and most everyone is active in evangelism within their own spheres of influence. I regularly teach and train churches to minister in similar ways, and I would be honored to speak at your church or event!
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