Doug has served as mission pastor in three churches over the past 35 years. During that time, his churches have sent 40 long-term missionaries. Doug has led 100+ short-term mission trips in 40+ countries and has engaged almost half of his congregants in missionary prayer partnerships. The financial support of missions in the churches he has served has doubled or tripled during his tenure. Three of the churches served by Doug have been listed in Tom Telford’s books on outstanding U.S. mission churches. Doug was a workshop leader for Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment. He has been a board member of the National Association of Mission Pastors. He is a board member of MedSend and is the co-founder of the Connecticut and Chicago Mission Consortia, which are both still active. Doug instructs for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and speaks at mission conferences, most recently in Egypt. Doug was ordained for the Gospel Ministry at Black Rock Congregational Church, Fairfield, CT. That ordination was confirmed at his current church, a member of Converge Worldwide. Doug and his wife, Christine, have 2 children and 11 grandchildren. Doug’s interests outside of outreach are spending time with his bride of 50+ years and taking long rides on his road bicycle in 24 U.S. states.
