Mike has been Senior Pastor at AGCN since 2002. Prior to that he was a college professor at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA. Mike's wife Esther is high school music teacher at Avon Grove Charter School. They have two young adult children (Carissa - lives in Mongolia, teaching English at a university, and Luke - a musician living in Nashville).

Mike has traveled throughout the US and Europe speaking on issues of young adult spiritual formation and faith development, postmodernism, parenting, and healthy marriage and family life. He has been active in numerous cross-denominational ministry efforts to promote biblical principles of peace, social justice, compassion, and sharing God's love and grace. At AGCN Mike's ministry includes preaching, teaching, and community connection. He serves on several community and national ministry boards.