Wallie’s story begins where the ocean meets the land in San Diego County, California—a place that shaped his early sense of calling, movement, and service. From those beginnings, God would steadily form a man who learned that faith is rarely lived in stillness, and that obedience often requires stepping forward before the path is fully visible.
Wallie and his wife Jenny were married in 2008, committing not only to one another but to a shared life of hospitality, sacrifice, and mission. Together they built a home marked by faith and availability. Over time, that home grew to include five children and the open doors of foster care, as they became certified foster parents—welcoming vulnerable children not as a project, but as neighbors God had entrusted to them. Long before any formal mission was launched, the gospel was already being practiced in their living room.
Wallie’s early ministry took shape in uniform. He served eight years in the U.S. Navy as a Religious Program Specialist, walking alongside chaplains, serving service members, and witnessing firsthand the spiritual hunger—and often isolation—of those who serve. Those years cultivated in him a deep love for the church and a growing burden for shepherding people who lived sent lives in demanding places. When his Navy service ended, it was not a departure from calling but a narrowing of it. Wallie separated from active duty to pursue pastoral ministry.
While completing his Master of Divinity at Westminster Seminary California, the Lord continued to refine his direction. In 2018, Wallie was ordained to gospel ministry and served faithfully in a variety of roles: youth director, church planting intern, pastoral intern, associate pastor, and elder, laboring alongside a plurality of elders and learning the patient, often unseen work of shepherding Christ’s church. Each role added clarity to a growing conviction—God was preparing him not only to plant a church, but to equip others to live on mission.
In March 2020, Wallie was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a chaplain, returning once more to serve those who serve. The convergence of pastoral ministry, military vocation, and family life sharpened a single question that followed him everywhere: How do believers live faithfully when life is complex, demanding, and costly?
For eight years, Wallie carried a quiet aspiration—to one day plant a church rooted in Scripture, grounded in historic Christian faith, and oriented outward in mission. In March 2023, that calling took tangible form when he was endorsed as a church planter by the North American Mission Board. In preparation, Wallie entered a church planting residency with Providence Church in Murrieta, serving under the guidance and care of its elders. There, his vision continued to mature—not smaller, but broader.
Three words began to define his journey: Faith. Family. Foster.
Scripture gave language to what God was already teaching him. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Faith, as Hebrews reminds us, is confidence in what we hope for, not proof of what we can see. This faith—anchored in the finished work of Jesus Christ, who lived, died, was buried, resurrected, and ascended for sinners—became the foundation under every step forward.
As Wallie studied the Apostle Paul’s letters, a clear pattern emerged. When Paul corrected and strengthened young churches, he didn’t begin with strategy or structures—he began with the gospel applied to everyday life. He started in the home: husbands and wives, parents and children. Wallie realized the first field of mission God entrusts to His people is not distant—it is domestic. Faith must take root in the home before it can bear fruit in the community.
From that conviction, the vision expanded.
True North Church would one day gather people to trust and follow Jesus in community on mission—but along the way, Wallie recognized a growing gap. Churches longed to disciple faithfully. Families needed clarity and support. Leaders felt called but under-equipped. Vulnerable children and marginalized families needed churches ready to respond with wisdom and grace. The need was bigger than a single congregation.
Out of that realization, True North Mission was born.
True North Mission exists because God’s mission has always belonged to the church—a pilgrim people, living sent, moving forward in faith. From Abraham’s call to the Great Commission, God has formed a people on the move. Yet many believers today feel uncertain how to walk faithfully in the complexity of modern life.
True North Mission does not replace the church.
It does not compete with the church.
It serves the church.
Its purpose is to equip sojourners—parents, pastors, leaders, and everyday disciples—to live with biblical conviction, confidence, and endurance. It exists to strengthen homes shaped by Scripture, churches grounded in sound doctrine, leaders prepared to shepherd well, and mission communities ready to serve and multiply.
Wallie’s story—marked by service, shepherding, foster care, and faith-filled obedience—became the soil from which the mission grew. True North Mission is a reflection of a life lived forward:
A church on the move.
A mission that belongs to Christ.
A people who live sent.
And at the center of it all remains the same confession that has guided every step:
Not by sight.
By faith.