Brian was born in Tennessee, adopted at birth and raised in Indiana. He has been a Christ-follower since childhood and began preaching the good news about Jesus at age 16. He studied at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and received his Bachelor of Arts from Wabash College and his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For over twenty-five years he has pastored churches in Indiana, Ohio and California and is an ordained minister of the Gospel with the Evangelical Church Alliance International. Brian served for six years as the President/CEO of the largest network of pregnancy resource centers in Indiana. He has also served as a Vice President of Development, a U.S. Church Relations Director and a major gifts officer for non-profits and global mission agencies. In addition to his role as Lead Pastor of Focus Church, he also serves as President of the Baptist Foundation of Indiana and a Senior Advisor at Indiana Right to Life. Brian and his wife, Diann, are blessed with three girls, two sons-in-laws, two grandchildren, and reside in Carmel, Indiana.
