Biography
 

Being raised the only son of a farmer on the Plains of Texas; Jeff never thought he would be called to the ministry. However, at the age of nine, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and God began his work in Jeff's life. He felt the call to full time ministry during his senior year at Texas Tech University where he graduated with an Agricultural Economics Degree.

He then moved to Fort Worth, Texas and began studying for the ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He received his Masters of Divinity degree in the spring of 1992. Jeff later went back to school and the received his Masters in Counseling at Gardner-Webb University in the spring of 2003.

It was while he was in seminary that he met a pretty young nurse named Anne Caldwell and was quickly smitten by her. In the fall of 1990 they were married. Anne, being a vital ingredient to Jeff's ministry, has assisted him as he served as pastor in two churches prior to coming to Parkwood, one in Virginia and one in North Carolina. Anne, home schools their two children Kayla (born 1992) and Colby (born 1995). She is also currently serving as head of the Women’s Ministry at Parkwood.

I love serving the Lord at Parkwood. It is an honor to serve among such a great group of believers.

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. -- Hebrews 12:1-2