Mike is currently serving as the pastor of First Baptist Church of Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas. He is also the Founder and President of EPPIC Ministries International (eppicmissions.org). EPPIC is an acronym for Equipping Pastors Planting Indigenous Churches. The Lord led Mike to establish this international church planting ministry in 2013. The mission of EPPIC is to glorify Christ by equipping local national pastors and mobilizing short-term mission teams to assist them in planting new indigenous churches. The ministry began its work in Tanzania and expanded to Zambia in 2019. Mike holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Memphis and a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mike has also authored a commentary on John titled The Seven Signs: A Practical Commentary on the Gospel According to John.