Chad Sykes
Department: Financial Stewardship
Areas of Ministry: Stewardship Education
Family: I married my beautiful wife, Brandy, on January 5, 2002. God gave us our adorable daughter, Ella Kate, on August 30, 2007, and our amazing son, Liam, on October 21, 2010.
Saved: God rescued me during my sophmore year in college.
Education:
Previous Lines of Work: VP of Operations at E-vent Software, Associate Pastor and quite a few years in banking.
One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: Grace
FAVORITE
Book: Future Grace (John Piper) The Cross of Christ (John Stott), The Praying Life (Paul Miller), Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem)
Food: Italian
Snack Food: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Movies: The Goonies and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
TV Shows: The Office, COPS and Cities of the Underworld
Musical Artist: MuteMath, John Mark McMillan, Phil Wickham, U2, Hillsong United
Time of Day: Early morning
Season: Autumn
Place in the World: With my wife and our two children
Place to Pray: Outdoors
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Reading, playing guitar, spending time with my family
Scripture: Romans 8:32
Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers
Sport: Football and baseball
LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Ham
Season: Dead of winter
Sports Team: New York Giants
Best Thing Someone Said to You: "Yes!" by my wife Brandy
Life Motto: Leslie Newbiggin said when asked about the future: “I’m neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.”
Three People I’d Like to Meet: Wayne Gudem, Theodore Roosevelt and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My Hero: Every missionary, pastor or follower of Jesus who perseveres many times with God's grace in the face of unbelievable hardship, suffering and adversity, so that the message of Jesus Christ reaches every nation. This includes people like Jim Elliott, Adoniram Judson, William Wilberforce, William Tyndale and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
One of My Greatest Experiences with God: The countless occasions when I've been on the brink of a major decision or life change and God has sovereignly spoken into my life the exact direction I should go. The fact that the Creator of the universe is the orchestrator of my every step simply amazes me!
Most People Don't Know This About Me: I'm extremely colorblind.
