How my ministry is funded

The story of my ministry funding is really just another example of the faithful provision of God which has been told down through the ages in the lives of countless believers. I started in fulltime ministry in 2013 after years of being a construction worker who did music ministry as a volunteer at our church. My wife and I felt God calling us to go out on the road and do more to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I started doing concerts at churches where I’d play hymns and worship songs on the guitar and then also share my testimony and the Gospel. We traveled with our 2 little boys and lived primarily in an old travel trailer while touring the western United States. We never asked for money from churches but just went where we would be a blessing. Churches tended to provide as they were able and felt led. Some weren’t in a position to be able to support us financially and others gave abundantly. At that point we went to 120 churches a year. We lived thrifty and were blessed by what we received. We always had enough and although our faith was certainly tested at times, it grew as a result.

Over the first few years we started to have individuals, and several churches support us monthly because they believed in our mission. This support has continued and even increased to the present. There are many people paying us monthly so we can come to your church because they believe God will use us to inspire your congregation to a closer walk with Jesus Christ. We’re so thankful for our supporters and God has used them to help us weather the ups and downs of fulltime music ministry.

In 2020 we also had another dramatic blessing right as Covid hit. My YouTube channel exploded in popularity and was monetized right at the time that Covid was shutting everything down. This helped us get through that season when churches weren’t having musical guests but also has been a big blessing since then. With the online reach my music has through YouTube and the music streaming platforms, we currently earn a fulltime income without ever doing a single concert. That allows me to truly say, we don’t require money from your church to come and serve. Our bills our paid by the generosity of our Heavenly Father. Many churches still want to support if they are able, to help us along on our way (and that does help us) but it truly isn’t required. We don’t pick the churches we go to based on financial support.