Hometown: Deer Park, Texas Present City: Dallas Education: Texas A&M University, BA in International Studies Profession: Owner of an IT staffing and consulting firm Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to Melissa Burns for 21 years, and our two children...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? Mike and I started attending Wilshire Baptist Church in 1972. We have not left since joining. Who was pastor when you joined? Bruce McIver was pastor. What was the building like then? Wilshire, the physical plant, has changed...
What brought you to Wilshire? In 1968, our dear friends Charlene and Bob Law picked up my then-husband Steve Holley and me on a Wednesday and brought us to dinner at Wilshire. I had known Charlene at Baylor University, and they knew we were looking for a church. Who...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? Shaeron and I came to Wilshire in November 1972 at the invitation of Bob Lemons, a former Wilshire member and a friend from Second Baptist in Lubbock. We were directors of the College and Career class at Richardson Heights...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? In 1972, we had just moved to Dallas with baby Steve for Sam to take his first full-time job. We erroneously assumed we could go to whatever Baptist church was nearest our apartment. When that clearly wasn’t working out, Mike and...
Hometown and Present City: Dallas Education: Metropolitan State College of Denver Profession: Partner, Executive Search at Frederick Fox Tell us about your family. I’m married to Elizabeth Marshall, and we have a 10-year-old son, Trey. How about your work or volunteer...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? After completing a stint in the Army and graduate school at Ole Miss in 1972, we moved to Dallas in August that year. I had taken a job teaching math at Eastfield College. We began trying to find a church to attend. Mike...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? An SMU scholarship for Charles brought us to Dallas in 1975. After visiting two other churches, we found Wilshire and visited. When singing the invitation hymn, we looked at each other and said, this is home. Who was pastor when...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? In 1961, my parents were married at Wilshire in a ceremony officiated by Bruce McIver. When I was born in December 1965, I became an instantaneous member of the cradle roll department led by Nina Knox. What ministries or staff...
What brought you to Wilshire and when? Judy and I came in August 1975, when we moved from Shawnee, Oklahoma, for me to attend law school at SMU. We visited a lot of churches before finding out Wilshire was close to our apartment. There were some boys playing football...