My journey to Central Florida began with a clear calling from God to help launch a new church. In 2018, my wife and I—along with our five kids—packed up and moved from Mesa, Arizona, to Orlando to join Pastor Lee Stephenson in planting what would become Harvest Community Church.

The vision for Harvest originally began with Lee. While serving as the National Director of Church Planting for Converge, he recognized a unique need for a new church in the Lake Nona area. He began gathering a core team, and since Lee and I had previously worked together on a church plant in Arizona, he invited me to be part of this new mission. I came on board as the Executive Pastor and served in that role through the early years as we built the foundation of Harvest.

After a season of transition, I stepped into the role of Lead Pastor, and in 2024, I officially became the Senior Pastor. During that same season, we launched Harvest Español—marking the beginning of our bilingual model: one church in two languages. It’s been amazing to see how God is uniting both Spanish and English-speaking congregants into one family in Christ.

Today, Harvest is a vibrant and growing church with a passion for multiplying disciples, developing leaders, and planting more churches throughout Central Florida. Jesus said the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few—and that truth continues to drive us. We’re all about helping people know Jesus, grow in faith, and live with purpose.