About
Pastor Mike has been teaching professionally since 1980. He began his teaching career with the U.S. Air Force Survival School. He taught pilots and aircrew members how to survive behind enemy lines. In 1988 he launched Wilderness Way Adventures, a Christian outdoor ministry which uses survival and rescue training to inspire men, women, and young people from all walks of life to live for Jesus with all their heart, mind, body, and soul.
In 1994 Pastor Mike graduated with a BA degree in Pastoral Ministry. He has served the Church as a youth pastor, as an associate pastor, and as a three-church district pastor. He also spent a year on the road as an evangelist working through Amazing Facts. He is presently on sabbatical to pursue his preaching and teaching ministry through Wilderness Way Adventures.
Pastor Mike and his lovely wife, Barbara, have been married since 2003. Together they have five children and six grandchildren. They live in beautiful southwestern Colorado where they enjoy hiking, biking, rock climbing, camping, horse back riding, four wheeling, water skiing, snow skiing, snow shoeing, ice climbing, and paragliding.