Brother Michael was born and raised in Athens AL. He has been married to his wife, Teresa, since 1988. They have two children, Garrett, born in 1992 and Cora Elizabeth, born in 1997. In January of 1997, at the age of twenty-nine, Bro. Michael accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. In the year of 2000, Michael and Teresa, felt the call into full time missions. In 2004 they were appointed by the International Mission Board as missionaries to Treinta y Tres, Uruguay, which is in South America. There they served as Church Planters. In 2009 they returned home to serve in their home church of Clements Baptist Church as Minister of Administration and Missions. In 2015 they accepted a call to serve with Sardis Springs Baptist Church as Minister of Education and Administration.