COLLEGE & CAREER PASTOR

10-27-2010

……. Michael Christopher Puckett answered the call to be Broadman’s College and Career Pastor and Summit Baptist Association Collegiate Minister in September 2010.  Below is some information about Puck.

MINISTRY OBJECTIVES——————————————————–

My main purpose in ministry is to use my spiritual gifts and talents to serve God, expand His kingdom and reach the lost — both across the street and across the the world — focusing primarily on the North American college campuses, beginning at Kent and Akron, Ohio.

PERSONAL—————————————————————————–

…..S A L V A T I O N — April 20, 2005, Boone, North Carolina
..H O B B I E S – Backpacking, hiking, reading and learning foreign languages

….M A R I T A L    S T A T U S — Married Kelly Suzanne Young, June 20, 2009

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EDUCATION—————————————————————————-

…. M A S T E R     O F     D I V I N I T Y – M. Christopher White School of Divinity — 2008 to present
…. B A C H E L O R     O F     A R T S  ,    E N G L I S H – Appalachian State University — 2007

STATEMENT OF CALL————————————————————

As a child, there was never a time when I did not hear the name of Jesus.  Both of my parents have been followers of Jesus since before I was born.  I attended a Southern Baptist Church from birth until the time I graduated high school.  My parents were very active in creating a faithful household, and even though I believed in Jesus and the Bible, I never put my faith and trust in Christ.  I spent my youth thinking that I was a Christian despite the fact I had never put my faith in Messiah Jesus.  I left home after graduation for college at Appalachian State University.  I ran from God but God stopped me in my tracks at the end of my sophomore year.  I had heard the Gospel all my life but never responded to it.  God softened my heart and spoke to me and I immediately stopped running and surrendered my life to Him.  I knew shortly thereafter He had called me into His service as a minister.  God has given me a passion for collegiate ministry because of my dramatic experience running from God and the grace He showed me through my conversion.  Because of my experience, I am passionate about developing relationships with college students, sharing the Gospel with them and helping them grow into mature disciples and ministers. Read Michael’s TESTIMONY.

LIFE EXPERIENCE——————————————————————

….COLLEGE  &  CAREER  MINISTER  and  SUMMIT  BAPTIST  ASSOCIATION  COLLEGIATE
……………….MINISTER — September 2010 to present

….RECEIVER, SALES ASSOCIATE — LifeWay Christian Store, Pineville, North
………………. Carolina, SBC — September 2009 to September 2010

….COLLEGIATE MISSIONARY — North American Mission Board, SBC — January 1, 2008
………………. to June 15, 2009

….VOLUNTEER CHURCH PLANT CORE MEMBER — Intaglio, North Carolina, SBC
…………..September 1, 2005 to December 15, 2007

….SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR — Lake Norman YMCA — June 15, 2005 to August 20, 2007