Chris accepted the Lord’s full-time call to ministry in 1974 and was joined by his wife, Faith four years later when they married. They have a daughter and two grandsons. Chris has a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in preaching and Biblical backgrounds from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Chris also has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Faith has a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Chris spent 3 years during his studies toward a Master of Divinity and another year serving in local churches in youth and teaching ministries. Following this time, Chris and Faith began 28 years of serving 5 churches as senior pastor or church planter. All 5 of these churches grew significantly. Of note is that they planted a church in Toronto, Ontario, made up of people from 17 countries. These 17 countries were largely Asian countries but included members from many other countries as well. Chris also pastored a church in Fort Worth while seeking his Ph. D. He was known to lead to faith and disciple many new believers in each of these 5 churches.

Following pastoral ministry, Chris and Faith began missionary work. Their ministry has been one of teaching at seminaries, Bible colleges, and churches in 16 countries including Russia and China. They have also resided in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Chris’ primary teaching has been Old and New Testament Survey, Biblical Interpretation, Preaching and The Antidote. The Antidote is a course which Chris created which gives Biblical insight into how conflict originates and how to conflict proof churches, mission groups or any ministry.

Chris wrote Toxic Church in 2014. This book explains how Satan attacks and produces conflict in the local church. Chris’ second book, The Antidote, teaches Biblical solutions which conflict proof churches, mission teams, Bible colleges, seminaries, and any Christian ministry. This book also teaches how Christians can experience true joy in a personal walk with the Lord as believers include the of the principles of the Antidote in their lives. The Antidote won the Bronze Medal from Illumination, a consortium of international Christian publishers, in 2020. The award was given for being the third best book published in the category of Christian ministry. The Antidote at Work is Chris’ third book. This book teaches how to use the principles within The Antidote in the task of helping Christians and Christian ministries.

After serving for many years as full-time missionaries, Chris and Faith dedicated themselves primarily to teaching The Antidote for 8 years through Pinnacle Ministries while continuing to serve overseas and in North America. On January 1st of 2023, Chris and Faith’s new ministry, Antidote Ministries continued with the same task. Chris and Faith have been teaching The Antidote primarily at seminaries in Asia and the US. Chris has also trained many transitional and interim pastors in the Antidote techniques which help to conflict proof local churches. Chris and Faith’s ministry has also included completing the training of Tunji and Aderonke Olasunkanmi who are the successors of Chris and Faith in directing Antidote Ministries. Chris will remain a teacher at several seminaries beyond retirement years since many of these schools require a Ph. D. for their teachers in order to protect the school’s accreditation.