Terry was saved at six years old and has been a serious student of God’s Word for most of his life. He had the privilege of studying under a great pastor and theologian, R.B. Thieme Jr., who was pastor of Berachah Church for more than 50 years, and is now studying under his son, R.B. Thieme III, the current pastor. Pastor Thieme provides exegetical and expository communication of the Word of God from the literal interpretation of the Scripture.

Terry served 20 years in the United States Army and retired in 1998 as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. His first assignment was with the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis, Washington. That assignment was instrumental in his life in reinforcing self-discipline, teaching leadership, and instilling that the mission always comes first, and failure is not an option. [If you are a young person reading this, the military is great place to start your adult life. It provides self-discipline, organization, leadership, humility, direction and purpose. It will be life changing.]

After the Army, he entered the corporate world. The highlights of his corporate career include the following:
• Led several teams in Risk Advisory Services for three years with KPMG, the tax, accounting, and consulting firm.
• Led the client relations division for strategic partners nationally at Paymentech, the payments division of J.P. Morgan Chase for 10 years. He was also the troubleshooter for his boss.
• Led the client relations division for strategic partners nationally at Paymentech, the payments division of J.P. Morgan Chase for 10 years. He was also the troubleshooter for his boss.
• Led a client relations team and a customer service help desk of 120 people at First Data Corporation.
• Business Broker negotiating the sale of small businesses utilizing the negotiating skills learned at both J.P. Morgan and First Data.

• Terry has spoken with Molinar Missions in South Africa the past 12 years.
• He has been a guest speaker teaching both negotiations and leadership at Dallas Baptist University’s Business Graduate Program.
• He had taught Bible classes over 10 years at Macharia Bible Church’s pre-teen prep school.
• He spent three months in 2015 outside of Durban, South Africa teaching business courses, leadership, and negotiations at a satellite campus of Northwest University.