Pastor Brian serves as a church planting missionary pastor of Countryside Church in Overland Park, KS, and is the founding pastor of Iglesia Bíblica Palabra de Cristo in Mochicahui, Sinaloa. Pastor Brian and his wife, Danyel, moved their family to Sinaloa in 1999 where he has been serving as a church planting pastor in rural and Mayo Indian communities.  He has a bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies and a Masters degree in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s University and Seminary. He is also a certified Biblical counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors.  In addition to his pastoral ministries, Brian serves Planted Ministries as the Pastoral Residency Program Director training pastors as church planters, assisting them in the ministry of church planting and shepherding their families on the mission field in Mexico & Peru.  He and his wife Danyel have a son and a daughter who grew up and found their spouses in Mexico and have given them five granddaughters.