Executive Director

Michael is an ordained minister (PCA) and licensed professional counselor (VA, PA). He is originally from South Carolina, and after serving on church staff and at counseling centers in Pennsylvania, he was hired to serve as founding director of BRCC in 2018.

He holds masters degrees from Westminster Seminary in Counseling (MAC) and in Biblical Studies (MAR), and Certificates in Professional Counseling and Global Trauma Recovery from the Missio Graduate School of Counseling. He has lectured at BRITE, Westminster Seminary, Missio Seminary, Heritage Seminary, Santiago Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Seminary, and at CCEF. He is the author of Anxious about Decisions: Finding Freedom in the Peace of God, After an Affair: Pursuing Restoration, and several articles, and he serves as consulting editor for the Journal of Biblical Counseling.

He and his wife Kelly live in Roanoke with their two sons and daughter.

His areas of focus include marriage, anxiety (especially OCD), and ministry leader issues. He serves at our Roanoke and Christiansburg offices.