Brian serves as a RBS Board Member and lectures in Preaching and Teaching, Apologetics, and the Doctrine of Salvation.

Conversion

Brian was raised Roman Catholic. His parents came to faith in Christ in the late 1970s. God worked powerfully through His Word as Brian read it, came under deeper conviction, and finally had peace in knowing Jesus at the age of 13. God's grace invaded the family and none of them were the same.

Family

Brian has been married to Ariel since 1987. They have three grown children, Ashley, Zach, and Alex, and four grandsons and one granddaughter.

Vocation

Brian has planted Grace Community Church in Minden, NV in 1994 and has pastored there ever since.

Hobbies

Brian loves to hunt, play golf, and spend time with his family.

Ministry Experience

Brian served as an assistant pastor (87–89) and a pastoral intern/singles pastor (90–93), church planting pastor (1993-–present). He teaches in various institutions, preaches at conferences, and writes. He also serves on several boards.

Education

Brian has a B.A. from Biola University, a M.Div. from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, a D.Min. from Westminster Seminary California, and is currently pursuing a Th.M. at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

Publications

My Heart For Thy Cause: Albert N. Martin's Theology of Preaching (Geanies House, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2002).
Feelings and Faith: Cultivating Godly Emotions in the Christian Life (Wheaton: Crossway, 2009).
Spiritual Warfare, with Rob Ventura (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014)
After They Are Yours: The Grace and Grit of Adoption (Minneapolis: Cruciform, 2014).
Contributor, Women’s ESV Devotional Bible (Wheaton: Crossway, 2014).
Contributor, The Reformation Heritage King James Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014).
An Exile’s God to Walking with God: Meditations on Psalm 119 (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2019).
Editor and contributor, In Service to the Church: Essays in Honor of Robert Paul Martin (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2020).
Contributor, The Confessing Baptist: Essays on the Use of Creeds in Baptist Faith and Life, edited by Robert Gonzales, Jr (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2021).
Jonathan Edwards on Genesis (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2021).
Contributor, A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, Rob Ventura, General Editor (Geanies House, Fearn, Ross-Shire: Christian Focus Publications, 2022).
Don’t Waste Your Breath: Ecclesiastes and the Joy of a Fleeting Life (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2024).

Teaching Experience

Grace Bible Institute (became Multnomah-Reno), Seminary in Far East, Copperbelt Ministerial College, Lusaka Ministerial College, Cornerstone Seminary, Reformed Baptist Seminary