Artie was born in the mountains of western Virginia and grew up in Central Florida. He was working at Lake Swan Camp, a Christian resident camp in Melrose, Florida when he accepted Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior and answered God’s call to Youth Ministry. Artie attended Carson-Newman College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion in 1993. He has served as youth pastor in churches in Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina. He worked for 13 years with children and teens through the YMCA in both Raleigh and Shelby before joining the staff at Crestview in April 2009. Artie became Interim Pastor in January 2017 and was called as Senior Pastor in April of 2018. He and his wife, Ginger, have been married since 1993 and have 6 children.
