I grew up in the beautiful state of Oregon, just outside Portland, in a solid Christian home with parents who loved Jesus and were passionate about discipleship. They showed what it means to hear from God and to faithfully trust Him through every season, whether easy or hard. In Oregon, I was surrounded by many different cultures, people groups, and ideologies that deeply needed the truth about Jesus. This environment is where my heart for evangelism, intercession, and seeing God do the impossible began.
Although I knew God for as long as I can remember, I truly encountered Him and fully committed my life to Jesus Christ on the concrete floor of the Portland Coliseum at an Acquire the Fire event at age 12. There, I vowed to the Lord that whatever He asked of me, my answer would always be “yes.” Little did I know what journey lay ahead.
After graduating high school, I attended college as a full-time missionary to Oregon State University. There, I ministered (alongside 50+ other students) to the Greek system at Oregon State. After a year, I attended Calvary Chapel Bible School in Corvallis, Oregon. Following Bible school, I worked as a youth worship coordinator and middle school director and traveled across the country as a professional drummer in the music industry. Led by the Lord, I joined my parents in Colorado for a faith journey that sparked a three-year urban missionary experience. I traveled across the United States, partnering with different churches and businesses, preaching the gospel, and learning priceless lessons from God along the way. It was a delight to be led by Him and to experience incredible miracles during that time. During this journey, I met my beautiful wife, Hayley, in Greensboro, North Carolina. What was supposed to be a three-week trip turned into a six-month stay. Shortly thereafter, Hayley and I became engaged, and we married in 2015. We now have five beautiful and amazing children: Grayson, Abigail, Elijah, Josiah, and Asher.
Since then, my family and I have continued to answer the call the Lord has placed on our hearts in every season. We moved to Colorado in blind faith in 2017 and lived there for eight years. With a passion for people, relationships, and life-on-life discipleship, we were blessed to open our home for a youth discipleship group for several years and saw God do amazing things during our time in Colorado. There, we served faithfully at the Springs Church in Colorado Springs and helped to pioneer a hybrid Christian school. Sensing a season of transition, we prayed and sought the Lord for three years before He revealed we were to move to Texas. We knew God was calling us to Texas for ministry, though we didn’t know the details. We relocated from Monument, Colorado, to the Garden Valley area in July 2025 (it’s undeniably a God story!).
I am passionate about equipping and raising up the next generation, hearing God’s voice, and loving His Word—it’s my favorite book to read. I am always looking for opportunities to encourage others in creative and meaningful ways. I have a strong passion for entrepreneurship and for finding unique ways for others to grow. I believe following Jesus should always be an adventure, even in the seemingly mundane seasons. I love to worship, pray, host others in our home, and create space for the Holy Spirit to move. Most of all, I love seeing God bring breakthrough in areas once deemed “impossible.”
One of my (current) favorite versus is Philippians 1:6 – “being confident of this, that HE who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Favorite things to do
- Dating my wife and learning new things about her
- Spending time with my adventurous family, and being out in nature!
- Watching Elf and Sing 2 with my hilarious kids
I LOVE playing music - Building “stuff”
- Drinking hot chocolate around a campfire
- Cleaning my garage
- Learn something new
- Making new friends
- Prayer walking
- Playing basketball and soccer
- Hosting friends and strangers
- Hearing peoples’ stories
- Taco Bell
- Eating fluffy cinnamon rolls and drinking chocolate milk
- Singing at random times throughout the day
- Opening the fridge 10x a day while never eating anything
- Coming up with new entrepreneurial ideas
- Longboarding
- Snowboarding (Bummer, Texas)
- Watch the aspen trees change colors in Colorado during the Fall
Hayley’s Bio
I’m honored to serve alongside my amazing husband, Steven, as the Senior High Youth Pastor. I was born in Tennessee, grew up in North Carolina, and most recently moved from Colorado to Texas in July—simply trusting the Lord in obedience and blind faith. Steven and I met in NC in 2014, and now we’re joyfully raising our five awesome kids. I’ve homeschooled our children for 10 years and currently teach part-time at Christian Heritage School in Tyler. Our journey from NC to CO and now TX is a testimony of the Lord’s leading and faithfulness!
I gave my life to Jesus at age 10, but after my parents’ divorce when I was 12, I walked through deep hurt, disappointment, and years of feeling rejected and abandoned by my dad. For a decade, I ran from God—yet I always sensed His hand on me, gently calling me back.
At 23, in a place of brokenness and desperation, I encountered Jesus in a radical way at a women’s home called Hannah’s Haven. I rededicated my life fully to Him, was re-baptized, and filled with the Holy Spirit. That encounter changed everything. I began devouring the Word and was surrounded by incredible mentors and pastors who poured into me. The Lord healed and redeemed so many parts of my story, and every transition since then has been a beautiful, challenging, and humbling adventure of following Him.
Each year, my love for Jesus grows deeper. I long to live a life poured out as a fragrant offering to Him. I’m passionate about discipleship, worship, prayer, and creating space for real, honest, and meaningful conversations. I love walking alongside people—encouraging them to know Jesus intimately, live authentically, and grow in a faith that’s vibrant, transparent, and full of His presence. Hospitality is dear to my heart; it brings me joy to help others feel known, seen, and loved.
I’m truly stirred by what God is doing at CCF and grateful that He has invited Steven and me to partner with His heart for the incredible youth here. I’m looking forward—with great expectation and anticipation—to how the Lord will move both powerfully and personally among our youth, setting their hearts on fire for Him!
Mike Wilson