Brother Chris was raised in Tampa, Florida, the son of a Southern Baptist Pastor.  He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University.  He was called into the ministry in 1992, at the age of twenty-two. 

He served as Associate Pastor of Borinquen Baptist Church in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico for seven years and taught English at Carib Christian School.  He served as the  Minister of Youth at Kathleen Baptist in Lakeland, Florida for 5 years before beginning teaching English at Wayne County High School in Jesup, Georgia, in 2005.  In 2007, Chris was called to serve at Altamaha Baptist as Minister of Music. 

He married his wife, Amy, in 1993.  They have three children:  Daniel, Jared and Adeline.