Michael David Oxentenko grew up in the Appalachian foothills near Galax, Virginia. At the age of fifteen, he was sponsored and left home for a  boarding school in North Carolina to pursue a better education. There he was miraculously reunited with his estranged father who led him to Christ before passing away. Inspired by the faith and witness of his father, he fully committed his life to Jesus Christ and the study of the Bible. As a young adult, Michael Oxentenko toured churches in the south preaching the Word of God and directing people to Jesus Christ as the only answer to life’s problems. Pastor Mike has been pastoring churches for over twenty years, helping to grow congregations along multi-ethnic lines.