About

After graduating High School, Joel attended the university of North Carolina @ Wilmington where he met his wife, the former Kimberly Walker of Birmingham AL.  Shortly after they were married, Joel was called into the gospel ministry and relocated to Lynchburg VA where he attended Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.  While attending school, Joel served as a Student Pastor at the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, and travelled extensively in a worship and evangelism minsitry that he started.  Joel also served as the Graduate Asistant to the Homiletics Chair, Dr. Luke Kauffman.  While at Liberty, Joel was twice awarded the Seminary Preacher of the Year award, an honor bestowed upon him by his Professors and Peers.  Joel finished his Master of Arts in Religion in 2001, and a Master of Divinity in 2003.  Joel was also licensed and ordained to the gospel ministry during those years by his home church, Faith Baptist Church of Faith, NC.  

After graduation from Liberty, Joel started a church in Wilmington NC which he served for three years, and then relocated to Athens GA in 2006 where he served as the Senior Pastor of a Demoniational church.  Joel's move to Georgia was predicated upon his enrollment at Luther Rice Seminary.  Joel graduated with His Doctor of Minsitry with honors in 2010 and relocated to Newnan GA in 2011 to serve as Senior Pastor of a Denominational chruch.

After leaving the church in 2014, Joel began to seek the Lord about a new direction for his minsitry.  It was then that Joel visited Calvary Chapel in Stone Mountain GA and was first introduced to Pastor Sandy Adams.  The Calvary Chapel movement had had a tremendous influence on Joel's life and minsitry already, especially through personal friendships wiht CC Pastors, the Calvary Sattelite Radio Ministry, and the teaching content of the Blue Letter Bible.  That season would signal a minsitry shift for Joel.  After attending a Pastor's conference in 2014, the Lord led Joel to the Calvary Chapel Movement.  Joel left the denomination of his raising, began the affiliation process with Calvary Chapel, and started a Calvary Chapel church in Newnan GA.  During that time, Joel had begin teaching a amall group Bible study in a local home, and when Joel shared wiht the group that God was leading him to start a church, the majority of the group also felt God''s leadership to participate in the new work.  Joel continues to lead the Calvary Chapel Chruch in Newnan GA, which he started from a Bible Study in 2014.  Joel was affiliated as a Calvary Chapel Pastor in 2015.  

In addition to leading the church, Joel also teaches in the Biblical Studies Department at Calvary Chapel University where he trains Pastors and Church Leaders.  Calvary Chapel University offers online degrees, with students from around the world, with a distinctively Calvary Chapel flavor.  

Joel and Kimberly have been married since 1998, and have three children.  Joel and Kimberly are both licensed Realtors, and are a part of a family real estate business started by Joel's parents.  When not serving the Church or University, Joel assists Kimberly in the real estate business, and also enjoys fishing, woodworking, music, and gardening.