Education
- 1978 – College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, B.A. in Elementary Education
- a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts
- an M.A.P.C. from Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- a Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Counseling Institute Program in Bethlehem
- a Doctor of Ministry in Marriage and Family atEastern Baptist Theological Seminary