Meet the team

Richard began his ministry career at Christ Church on Lake Street in Minneapolis, MN. With a youth group of 15 students, Richard quickly realized that something needed to be done to reach the generation growing up just outside the church walls. The Holy Spirit led him in some creative outreach that grew the youth ministry to 80 plus students who represented the neighborhood. While there, he was challenged to reach even further into the schools, which led him to work with Youth for Christ USA. This provided training and experience to reach students at school. Working both as a para-church missionary and a youth pastor, uniquely prepared Richard for the first Youth Alive missionary position in the Minnesota District of the Assemblies of God. Now, 25 years later, more than 27,000 students have responded to the Gospel, more than 10,000 students have received instruction in reaching their classmates for Christ and more than 500,000 students have received a message of hope while at school through one of the school assembly programs offered by MN Youth Alive. He is still motivated to see every student, at every school, in every community hear the message of hope found in Jesus Christ before they graduate from high school.