Chris was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest outisde Portland, OR where he graduated from Multnomah University in 2014 with a Bachelors in Bible & Theology. He moved to Maui for a church position in 2014 where he met and fell in love with his future wife Mariah. After briefly serving with another church plant in NYC from 2016-2018, he returned to Maui.
He and his wife founded and led the house church of The Living Room for six years before merging with several other houses churches to become Ekklesia Maui.