Growing up on a farm in North Dakota, Bruce fits right into rural Iowa. At an early age Bruce sensed a call on his life to serve the Lord. While at college he was directed to attend Rhema Bible Training College. After graduation he served at Kenneth Hagin Ministries for a few years. He came to Iowa to assist various churches as an Associate Pastor and in 1997 he moved his family to Winterset, Iowa where he began serving as the Senior Pastor of Word of Life Family Church. Bruce's desire for people is that they would be saved, come to a knowledge of the truth, and grow in Christ.