Ben had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home, where God used the godly example of his family to bring him to faith at age 25. After working in the small business world for 10 years, he and his family moved from the Minneapolis area to Louisville, KY in 2007. He spent four years serving as one of the directors at a local homeless mission and graduated from Southern Seminary before being called to pastoral ministry in 2011 as Associate Pastor of Discipleship, Local, and Global Outreach. During that time, Ben experienced Campus Outreach to be a uniquely strategic and amazingly fruitful ministry of the church. After 10+ years of serving the church in a pastoral role, Ben joined CO SERVE with a passion and focus to see college graduates enter young adulthood with a vision for living on mission, whether in global missions, ministry stateside, or the marketplace. Ben married his wife, Stephanie, in 1999 and is father to three boys: Sam (2004), Jacob (2008), and Luke (2010).