Q. Are you affiliated with a particular Christian denomination?

A. Not exclusively. My ministry crosses denominational boundaries.

I consider myself a spiritual mutt. I was raised Southern Baptist, but in 1976, just before leaving home for college, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and began to associate with charismatic churches. My wife and I were affiliated with a charismatic campus ministry during the 1980s. Then, when we were raising our young children we joined a charismatic Episcopal church in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. This was a stretching experience for us because we had never had any association with liturgical churches. (We had been told that God didn’t visit there regularly because they were “dead.”)

We discovered a unique blend of the old and new at that church—both the richness of church history and the newness of the Holy Spirit’s vitality. It was wonderful to discover how big the Body of Christ really is. It helped us appreciate the older churches that carried the banner of Christ in previous generations.

When we moved to Orlando in 1993 we joined a similar Episcopal church that had a charismatic bent. That church left the Episcopal denomination in 2004 to join the Anglican Mission in America, a staunchly evangelical denomination that is open to the charismatic renewal. It is led by bishops from Africa.

When I realized that God was calling me into itinerant ministry in 1999, I sensed that He did not want me to be ordained in the Anglican tradition. Because of some close relationships I had in another group, I was ordained in June 2000 with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. So I guess you can say I am a blend of evangelical, liturgical, charismatic and Pentecostal.

I guess you can say I’m all mixed up! My broad exposure to different streams in the body of Christ has given me compassion for all Christians.

I have maintained my connection to the Pentecostal Holiness church because I value accountability and relationships in ministry. I also have other ministry connections including the International Coalition of Apostles, a group of likeminded church leaders led by Dr. C. Peter Wagner.