He was later filled with the Holy Spirit in 1972 and called into the ministry by the Holy Spirit a few years later. He received theological training for four years, and began to travel thru out Ohio for the next ten years while being the Pastor at Abiding By Faith Assembly where he currently continues his work. He was married to Beverly in 1970 and they recently celebrated 40 years of blessed marriage. He has seven children ( five boys and two girls) six of them are married and 20 grand children continue to bring him great joy.  Mike has spent many hours of study in preparation to build up the body of Christ, knowing that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. His calling is a teacher in the Eph 4 five fold ministry and he now seeks to share his life's work. Most of his teachings are on cassette tape and cd-rom and he plans on converting them as the Lord directs. If they help you in Christ grow up into the fullness of God, his calling will have achieved Gods plan and purpose for his ministry.