Church Planting Intern

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Damein is currently serving as the Church Planting Intern with the church. While attending college at Indiana State University he felt an internal call to vocational ministry and changed his major from Life Sciences/Biology to Philosophy. He then began to search for seminaries to attend and was very attracted to the unique caliber and mix of both scholarship and cultural engagement at Covenant Seminary. Damein is now pursuing his Masters of Divinity from that very school.

Where did you grow up?
Jasper, IN

What's your idea of a perfect day?
70 degrees, sunny, warm breeze a ound of golf in the morning (after eating breakfast with my wife), reading all afternoon, then hangout with friends after a nice dinner!

How did you meet your wife?
My wife and I were involved in the same campus ministry on different college campuses. We actually are from two different states. We both participated in a 10 week event called Summer Beach Project in Panama City Beach FL, where we received training in Bible study, Christian life and character, and evangelism. Basically she was extremely attracted to my last name and really wanted it to be her own... the rest is history.

Tell us about the fam:
Just my beautiful and intelligent wife Leah and I at the moment! (a moment that, lord willing, will last for about 3 more years.

Favorite Team:
St. Louis Cards, COLTS!!, and the team that has the most points.

Favorite Movie:
Can't say, but favorites are, Armageddon, Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Matrix trilogy, and movies that make me think.

Must Reads:
Anything by John Piper (Maybe start with God is the Gospel.), Holiness by Grace - Bryan Chapell, As Far as the Curse is Found - Michael Williams, Total Truth - Nancy Pearcy... I could really go on and on.

Childhood hero (non-related):
MacGyver

Pancake or Waffle?
Umm... waffle

What's on your iPod?
Sermons and sermons and then I mix it up with some John Piper...

Quote:
"God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him" John Piper

What's your vision for Refuge?
My vision for refuge is for refuge to become a place where people with hard questions about life feel welcome to come and ask them. Then, for the body of believers to seek to know what God has communicated to us in the Bible, in such a way that their lives are radically changed by it. Then to equip those people to engage their culture with the Truth of the Gospel, which is the Story of how God has revealed Himself to the world. The one word answer to this is called discipleship.