Bringing Hope Ministry

I am very passionate about what I believe, what I do, and the lessons that I have been taught by God and my various experiences. You may expect to hear bonified stories of moves of God and miracles.

Being completely transparent, I sometimes feel the emotion behind what is being said and I cease to be the best "speaker" I can be, at least as far as inflection and volume goes. That being said, I am a real person, that wants to be used for a higher purpose.

I take every event very seriously. I spend time studying preparing and most of all praying for each person that will hear my voice. In my opinion, my job is to do the best that I can, asking God's help, and then let him multiply the results.

Hi, My name is Caleb. I have a beautiful wife and two kids that are my life. We pastor a pioneer church in Washington, IL. We are entrepreneurs at heart and are constantly dreaming.

My Dad became a pastor when I was too young to remember and has continued pastor pretty much ever since. Both my mother and father's family were farming families, so in addition to experiencing the pastors family life, I was also privileged to experience the farm life.

To keep it short, my uncle owned a 3200 sow hog farm that I worked at on the weekends and later worked part time and full time(that's a minimum of 60 hours in farm language).

Since that time, in trying to maintain my ability to focus on ministry I have basically done anything that I could do to provide for my family.

Having been a farmer, carpenter, do anything with my hands sort of guy, I found myself at a turning point in January of 2015. I had been experiencing whole body pains for several years and had been seeing a doctor. Chiropractors had told me for a couple years that things were really bad back there, but I was proud of one thing, my strength and ability to accomplish things with my hands. However, the pain was getting so bad that I was forced to face the facts when the doc said that if I stopped doing anything physical I would have maybe 10 good years of mobility.

I have never been so scared in my life. My source of pride being removed left me feeling pretty helpless. Through a lot of reliance upon God, a supportive wife, and a loving family we have made it.

This is just one of the many lessons learned on my journey, but through them all, I've learned to trust in my God.

I ask for no special accommodations. Depending upon the venue and purpose of the meeting, I may ask about bringing or using musical instruments personally to help bring home my thoughts.