I thank God in His mercy that He reached down and saved me as an eight year old boy. Shortly thereafter, God began to work in my heart about the matter of vocational Christian service. In a revival meeting at age fifteen, I surrendered to God’s divine call to be an evangelist. God has continued to confirm my call to evangelism primarily through His Word and also through years of ministering with other evangelists, evangelistic teams, various local churches, Christian Colleges, and Christian camps. I am greatly privileged to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ through this high and holy calling.
I graduated from Bob Jones University in 1996 and 1998 with both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Bible. Kristin received her Bachelors degree in Music Education as well as a Masters degree in music composition from Bob Jones University where she also served as a dorm counselor for two years. I traveled with Minutemen Ministries conducting youth rallies nation wide for two years and have been in evangelism for another five years independently. I served on staff at the Wilds Christian Camp for nine summers and two years full time. After finishing seminary, I married Kristin Scherbenske who is a gifted pianist, arranger, and composer. My wonderful wife, Kristin, serves alongside me as wife, homemaker, musician and mother. We have three children. Abigail is 5 years old, Alyssa is 4 years old, and Andrew was born on July 19, 2007.
We make our home in Charlotte, North Carolina where I serve as the staff evangelist at Bible Baptist Church. Together we are excited to see God’s power not only in our marriage and family, but also in our ministry.
For Revival,
Ron DeGarde
