Joined Gateway Staff: December 2002

Family: Married to Blynda since 1995; 3 beautiful children: Olivia (2000), Harrison (2003) and Evelyn (2006).

Saved: 1979—prayed as a child to receive Christ with my Dad in the home of Jimmy and Karen Evans.

Education: Business Degree with Finance Major from Baylor University

Previous Lines of Work: Corporate management across U.S. and New Zealand

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: History—I love history. I am fascinated by every kind of history from biblical history to the origin of the paperclip (strange, I know … my wife’s already told me). I can be found watching all of that on The History Channel.

FAVORITE
Book: Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti
Food: Steak and baked potato
Snack Food: M&M’s and Ice Cream
Movies: Fletch, Three Amigos, Braveheart
TV Shows: American Idol, Modern Marvels, Man vs Wild and Deal or No Deal
Musical Artists: U2, David Crowder Band, Anthony Evans and Harry Connick, Jr.
Actor: Matt Damon
Actress: Jennifer Garner
Time of Day: 10:00 pm … I get my second wind.
Season: Early Fall
Place in the World: New Zealand
Place to Pray: My office
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Basketball, boating, snow skiing, running, soccer coach
Bible Story: I’m fascinated by the highs and lows of David. Through it all, God still called him a “man after My own heart.” That gives me hope.
Sports Team: All things Baylor Bears, Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bulls of the 90s
Sports: Basketball and football

LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Cottage Cheese
Snack Food: Pretzels
Time of Day: Any time between midnight and 6:00 am
Season: Late Spring—I have horrible allergies that time of year.
Place in the World: Eastbound Highway 114 just before the Kimball exit … no kidding, I have had 3 tires blowout at that same spot. Unfortunately, I have to drive there almost everyday!
Sports Team: Detroit Pistons of the 90s

Best Thing Someone Said to You: "Just be yourself."

Life Motto: Live to influence others.

Three People I’d Like to Meet: This is too broad, so I’m choosing to pick from people who are alive today: Bono, Warren Buffet and Newt Gingrich

My Hero: Someone who can balance time with God, regularly exercise, raise young children, serve their spouse, work at least 8 hours a day … oh, I know, my wife.

One of My Greatest Experiences with God: On a recent trip to Africa, I was reading and preparing to speak at a pastors conference. Psalm 147:9–10 jumped out at me, and I thought they would be good verses for the pastors to hear. As I typed it in my notes, I felt like the Lord said, “No, I want you to give those verses tomorrow.” We were going to be attending a church service the next day where a member of our team was going to speak. So I stopped typing and went to bed. The next day, we were worshipping at the service, and God kept reminding me of these verses. Our team member got up to speak, and about 15 minutes into his message, he stopped … I mean literally in the middle of his message, he stopped … and looked down at me and said, “Todd, do you have a word for the people?” I had not told him or any of the team what God had told me the night before! I had the strangest mix of stunned yet expectant emotions, and I stood right up and went to the platform. There were 5,000 people in the congregation, and I took about 4 minutes to give the verses and an encouraging word along with it. Since that day, I have not stopped thinking about how amazing God is to give me a couple verses that He wanted someone in a group of 5,000 to hear so badly that He chose to completely interrupt a sermon to give the word. I was humbled to be used in that way.

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: I played the bass in a college band. I sang in a musical act before 10,000+ people. I jumped out of a plane at 9,000 feet. I played basketball in front of Michael Jordan.