Pastor Adam was raised in an Air Force family and has spent most of his adult life in the military (USMC, USAF). In 2011 he left the military to pursue pastoral ministry, pastoring churches in Indiana and Illinois. He graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2014 and re-entered military service as an active-duty Air Force chaplain in 2016. He accepted a call to CLP as the Associate Pastor in 2021. Pastor Adam is rostered in Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ and in the North American Lutheran Church. He is married to Jerianne, and they have six children between them. His hobbies include drumming poorly, working out, hiking, and drinking copious amounts of coffee!