Email Address: blakew@purelifealliance.org

Web site: www.purelifealliance.org

Life verse: John 10:10b – “…I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

Testimony: Growing up in a Christian home, I knew a friendship with Jesus was what I wanted. However, during my teen years I didn’t always live like I believed this to be true. But, knowing vocational ministry was our calling, Melissa and I attended both Bible school and seminary as preparation. So now safely ensconced in my 40s, I find two things are key above everything else, relationship with God and relationships with others.

What is your day job? Executive Director, Pure Life Alliance (www.purelifealliance.org)

What do you like to do in your free time? Motorcycling, reading, exercise, movies, vacation

What do you love to do in ministry? Help free people from misconceptions of God’s “expectations” for intimacy with Him.

What is something most people don’t know about you? I hate spiders.

How did you first come to Village? Why did you stay? A small group leader from Village encouraged us to attend a service in 2005 where Pastor John Johnson preached on sexual purity. We were both convinced this was our new church home. Melissa and I stay at Village because it’s a place committed to investing in God’s kingdom. We want to be a part of this kind of local church.

What’s on your reading list? Tired of Trying to Measure Up, VanVonderen; any adventure novel by Clive Cussler; Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Heath and Heath; 9 Things you Simply Must Do, Cloud; Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking, Gladwell; Motorcyclist magazine.