Mr. Chris came kicking and screaming into this world on the glorious evening of March 9th 1974 and the world would never be the same. His childhood was average. He attended St James Lutheran Church in Pitman, NJ with his family. As he grew and matured, he believed he had matured himself right out of the need to attend church, but fortunately God had other plans.

A year or so after he stopped attending church, a few of his high school compadres began to attend another youth group that met in Pitman. Not one to be left out, Mister Chris also began to attend this youth group and it became a regular part of his life. Even though the main reason for his attendance was the presence of the female gender, God was in the mix and again had plans for our loveable Mister Chris.

On the fateful night of a Newsboys concert, sponsored by the church and held at the Pitman Broadway Theatre, Mister Chris prayed for Christ to come into his heart. It would be nice to say that his life did a 180 degree turn, but that would make this a fictional story. The truth is even though he decided to make Christ his Savior, he did not allow Him to become his Lord. And then life happened. After going through an obstacle course of bad choices and bad relationships, our friend Mister Chris walked away from church and essentially his walk with Christ. BUT praise Jesus, He never gives up on us.

Two years and one breakup later, an older and wiser Mister Chris realized there was something missing. A few dead ends and one Sunday morning service later, he discovered that the missing thing was Christ. On November 28th at 5:00am, he cried out to God that his life was now in His hands. Then he found out how incredibly life can change when you are in His hands.

Less than a year after making that decision, Mister Chris became a volunteer in the very youth group that God used to pull him back into the church. After 8 years of training, mentoring, wrestling, prayer and submission, on July 1st 2004 he became the Pastor of that same ministry here at the Gloucester County Community Church.

In the midst of all this, he married the most wonderful woman in the world. Mister Chris met Karen when he was thirteen years old. What began as a crush grew into something much much more. On May 29th 1999 Chris and Karen were married amidst great rejoicing. Soon after, they decided to have little people of their very own. Chris and Karen are the proud parents of Michaela Ann, born December 31st 2000 and Isabella Marie, born June 12th 2003.

Karen is a “preacher’s kid” and has walked closely with the Lord for years; she has been a tremendous asset to Mister Chris as he ministers to the youth. She works by his side and smacks him back in line when he gets out of hand. Overall, life is good. And God is very, very good.