Pastor

Mike was born in Massachusetts in 1952 and raised in a Roman Catholic household. After graduating from High School, he entered college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in
Engineering in 1973. It was during his time in college that Christians shared the gospel with Mike and by God’s grace, he put his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Immediately after college he began working as an engineer in the aerospace industry and remained in that work until 1983 when he left engineering to attend Biblical Theological Seminary, here in Eastern Pennsylvania. He received his Master of Divinity degree from BTS in 1987. Since that time, he has ministered in several churches as well as in several denominations. In 2008, Mike and a group of fellow believers established Sonrise Christian Fellowship as a non-denomination local church here in Lancaster County. Mike and his wife Jenny celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in May of 2024. Mike’s preaching and teaching of God’s word are in accord with the Reformed Faith and the Westminster Confession of Faith, and he continues to study and search the Scriptures under the admonition given by Paul the Apostle in 2 Timothy 2:15, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”  (find Mike's printed sermons and theological papers in our Library)