Joined Gateway Staff: Have been with Gateway since the start and moved to full-time staff in 2003

Areas of Ministry: Pastor of Amazing Kids (birth to 6th grade)

Family: Wife—Pastor Mary Jackson. Mary and I went to high school together. Our first date was the senior prom and we were married one year later in 1976. We have two daughters—Micah Jackson and Mabrie Burgett.

Saved: 1976, at an Andre Crouch concert

Previous Lines of Work: I spent 25 years with Hyatt Regency Hotels and retired when I took the Children's Pastor position at Gateway.

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: How did Paris Hilton become famous?

FAVORITE
Book: How I Played the Game: An Autobiography by Byron Nelson
Food: Buffet
Snack Food: Bugles with cheese squirted inside them
Movie: The Greatest Game Ever Played
TV Show: So You Think You Can Dance
Musical Artist: Chicago
Actor: Dennis Quaid
Actress: Meryl Streep
Time of Day: Morning
Season: Spring
Place in the World: A golf course when the sun is about to go down.
Place to Pray: Alone on a golf course.
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Golf, fishing
Scripture: Most people call it the story of the prodigal son, but I teach it every year as the story of the Father’s unending love.
Sports Team: Carroll Dragons
Sports: Golf, baseball

LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Indian
Snack Food: I wished I had an answer for this!
Time of Day: After Lunch
Season: Winter
Place in the World: I don’t think I have one.
Sports Team: NY Yankees

Best Thing Someone Said to You: I do!

Life Motto: God doesn't expect us to be perfect people, but perfect in repentance.

Three People I’d Like to Meet: Jesus, Bobby Jones, Mike Myers

My Hero: My brother

One of My Greatest Experiences with God: I was prayed for once and fell out under His power. The session was being recorded. When I listened to the playback, I realized that I had no idea what was being said or done for about a 10-minute period. I don’t know exactly what God was doing, but I was never the same again.

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: I had a try-out with the Texas Rangers in 1977. I found out a few years later that Mary was praying that I wouldn’t make it. I guess her prayers were answered.