About Roger, Gail

and Family

Roger and Gail have been in ministry now for over 20 years.  They were married just two weeks after Roger started at his first church in Portland, Oregon. 

They pastored in Portland for 2.5 years at the Tabernacle Adventist Church.  Then they spent 8 years in the Lebanon and Sweet Home Seventh-day Adventist churches (about 90 minutes south of Portland).  At the end of that tenure, they church planted in Colorado where they spent nearly 11 years growing a contemporary church plant to be the first Adventist church to meet on multiple campuses.

Along the way, they stopped to have 7 kids whom they homeschool and are raising them to be responsible leaders who will one day be shot out like flaming arrows to ignite the world for Christ.

In March of 2009, they moved back to the Northwest to pastor the Seventh-day Adventist Community Church, of Vancouver, WA.  Roger is also currently working on his Doctor of Ministry degree in preaching, from Andrews University.

Their passion is to help people see the relevance of the Bible to everyday life.  It’s their desire to help people who don’t know Jesus, get to know Him.  Roger wasn’t raised in church and didn’t know the meaning of all the Christian lingo.  As a kid, church meant boring, long, tired, and out of touch.  So, he’s done everything he can to make sure that church makes sense to everyone out there.

As a family they love to have fun together - so they ski, hike, play tennis, raise dogs, and grow a bountiful garden every summer. 

Stay tuned to Roger's Make a Difference Blog for more information....