Mike grew up in West Springfield, MA. After high school, he attended and graduated from Valley Forge Christian College in Phoenixville PA, where he met and eventually married Kristin. After college, he served as pastor of student ministries in Cumberland MD. After four years he moved back to his hometown of West Springfield to start New Day Church. Seeing huge opportunity in New England to reach the lost, Mike & Kristin took a step of faith, called some friends, and with God's help, started New Day Church. Mike and Kristin reside in Feeding Hills with their four children Allyson, Lincoln, Barrett, and Jonathan.