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Men Serving God encourages men to grow in faith and purpose by serving in their churches, communities, families, and beyond. Through mentorship, outreach, and fellowship, we help men use their gifts to follow Christ, build others up, and make a lasting impact.

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Faith, Fellowship, and Service in Motion

Men on a Mission for God

Men Serving God (MSG) helps men use their skills, wisdom, and faith to impact local churches, community outreach programs, and mentorship opportunities. Through acts of service, Christian discipleship programs, and faith-driven leadership, we equip men to fulfill their God-given purpose. Take the next step today.

Church Service Opportunities
Brotherhood & Fellowship
Faith-Led Servant Leadership
Community Outreach for Christian Men
Christian Mentorship & Discipleship
Faith-Based Community Impact
Volunteer
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms." — 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
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What We Do

We connect Christian men with trusted nonprofits, guiding those in retirement or transition into meaningful acts of service. Through Christian leadership training, mentoring programs, and faith-based volunteer work, we help men serve God and others in impactful ways.
Our Core Values
Everything we do at Men Serving God is rooted in our faith and mission:
Integrity

Honoring God through honesty and faithfulness.

Love

Serving others with a Christ-centered heart.

Compassion

Reaching those in need with kindness and care.

Commitment

Dedicated to fulfilling God’s calling.

Service

Living out faith through action.

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Meet our Board of Directors

Our faith-driven leaders guide Men Serving God’s mission of service and discipleship.

Jerry McCullough

Jerry McCullough

Founder & President
Retired educator dedicated to faith-based leadership programs and mentorship.

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Jim Reeder

Jim Reeder

Executive
A church leader and longtime advocate for Christian service council initiatives.

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Robert Brackeen

Robert Brackeen

Treasurer
CPA working in public practice, serves in various roles at church & counsels couples.

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Ray Biery

Ray Biery

Secretary & Executive
Passionate about faith-driven community projects and Bible teaching.

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Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall

Executive
Business leader active in Christian nonprofit organizations and mentoring.

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Barry O’Neal

Barry O’Neal

Executive
Retired physician contributing to faith-based community through mission work.

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Jim Labenz

Jim Labenz

Executive
A committed faith-led servant, engaged in Bible study for men and mentorship.

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Phillip Wambsganns

Phillip Wambsganss

Executive
Dedicated to faith-led servant leadership in higher education and outreach.

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Bryan Weatherford

Bryan Weatherford

Former educator devoted to Christian mentorship opportunities & community.

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Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker

Men’s discipleship & outreach leader, committed to youth mentorship & service.

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Clyde Godfrey

Clyde Godfrey

Longtime business owner supporting church outreach programs and mentorship.

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Joe F Houston

Joe F Houston

Believer in serving God through volunteer work, active in community service.

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Cedric Carr

Cedric Carr

Involved in Christian leadership for individuals who want training & local ministries.

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Peter Knapp

Peter Knapp

Active in church outreach programs and Boy Scouts leadership.

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Art Hooker

Art Hooker

A strategist focused on faith-based leadership programs and global service.

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James-Williams

James Williams

Serves as a Life Group Leader & a member of the church’s Men’s Ministry leadership

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Jon Rhiddlehoover

Jon Rhiddlehoover

Jon is the Founder and Executive Director of Central Storehouse, a nonprofit providing a free food market and pathways for life transformation.

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Jerry McCullough

Jerry McCullough

Founder & President
Retired educator dedicated to faith-based leadership programs and mentorship.

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Jim Reeder

Jim Reeder

Executive
A church leader and longtime advocate for Christian service council initiatives.

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Robert Brackeen

Robert Brackeen

Treasurer
CPA working in public practice, serves in various roles at church & counsels couples.

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Ray Biery

Ray Biery

Secretary & Executive
Passionate about faith-driven community projects and Bible teaching.

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Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall

Executive
Business leader active in Christian nonprofit organizations and mentoring.

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Barry O’Neal

Barry O’Neal

Executive
Retired physician contributing to faith-based community through mission work.

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Jim Labenz

Jim Labenz

Executive
A committed faith-led servant, engaged in Bible study for men and mentorship.

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Phillip Wambsganns

Phillip Wambsganss

Executive
Dedicated to faith-led servant leadership in higher education and outreach.

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Bryan Weatherford

Bryan Weatherford

Former educator devoted to Christian mentorship opportunities & community.

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Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker

Men’s discipleship & outreach leader, committed to youth mentorship & service.

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Clyde Godfrey

Clyde Godfrey

Longtime business owner supporting church outreach programs and mentorship.

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Joe F Houston

Joe F Houston

Believer in serving God through volunteer work, active in community service.

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Cedric Carr

Cedric Carr

Involved in Christian leadership for individuals who want training & local ministries.

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Peter Knapp

Peter Knapp

Active in church outreach programs and Boy Scouts leadership.

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Art Hooker

Art Hooker

A strategist focused on faith-based leadership programs and global service.

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James-Williams

James Williams

Serves as a Life Group Leader & a member of the church’s Men’s Ministry leadership

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Jon Rhiddlehoover

Jon Rhiddlehoover

Jon is the Founder and Executive Director of Central Storehouse, a nonprofit providing a free food market and pathways for life transformation.

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Jerry McCullough
Jerry McCullough

Jerry is a retired school administer with 43 years of experience in the Arlington Independent School District. He has been a teacher, coach, assistant principal, principal, associate superintendent, deputy superintendent, and superintendent with the Arlington school district. He coached football and track for ten years with his love being track. Jerry is from Brownwood Texas and a graduate of Baylor University and the University of North Texas. He has been active (serving as an Elder) in several churches in Arlington starting with First Presbyterian Church and Central Bible Church.

After retirement at the age of 66, Jerry did not know what he wanted to do in his retirement years. He spent a summer praying and reading God’s Word to find out what God’s plan was for him. After the summer Jerry felt God calling him to serve his community by being a volunteer. Once the decision was made, opportunities started to flow into his life. He was already serving on the Salvation Army Advisory Council (serving as chairman and serving as the Red Kettle campaign chairman) and the River Legacy Foundation Board.

He and Jim Reeder developed the Mission Arlington Baseball Academy and he and Jim Reeder  with Jimmy Walker also developed the Mission Basketball program. He was appointed to the Tarrant County Child Protective Service Board (serving as chairman) and the Tarrant County Community Partners Board (serving as chairman). He was asked to join the Young Life Advisory committee (serving as chairman) and later started serving as adult Guest Hosts at several Young Life Camps throughout the nation with his wife, Becky.

He has started three Bible studies for men at lunch during the week which are currently active.He has served on the Arlington Dental Health Board and served with the Mended Hearts Program of Arlington Memorial Hospital. Ten years ago he brought together several men to start MEN SERVING GOD organization, which encourages men to use them talents and abilities to serve God in their retirement years. It started with twelve men and now has 2700 on the organization’s role.

Jim Reeder
Jim Reeder

Jim Reeder is a native of Arlington, a graduate of Arlington High School, and Baylor University with a BBA in Marketing. He has served as a US Naval Officer. He spent most of his career as an entrepreneur in sales and marketing in the sporting goods field.

He is currently an executive with Arlington Life Shelter working to help those experiencing homelessness return to self-sufficiency, serving as the Capital Campaign Manager for the fundraising and building of a new expanded Shelter building and renovation of the existing shelter.

Jim is a member of First Baptist Church and has worked in Mission Arlington apartment church ministry teaching adult Bible Study. He taught Sunday School for many years at Fielder Church. He and Jerry McCullough joined together to start the Mission Arlington Baseball Academy, giving boys and girls from Mission Arlington apartment churches an opportunity to learn the game of baseball while also being exposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He has also worked as a volunteer in the Mission Arlington Basketball Program. He spent twenty-two years on the Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Clubs of Arlington, serving as Board president and North Texas Area Council Chairman of Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Jim is married to Faye Reeder. They have three children, Becca Reeder, Rhonda Aghamalian, and Brandon Aghamalian. They are blessed to have three grandchildren.

Robert Brackeen
Robert Brackeen

Robert was born in Waco, TX. He graduated from UTA and has been a CPA in public practice since 1978. His wife, Tina, is a licensed Christian counselor at Lake Church, where they have been members for many years. He has served as a teacher, deacon, and on the finance team at his church. Robert and Tina have mentored married couples for several years.

He has two children and five grandchildren. He has been active in his church, volunteered with the Salvation Army, the Kiwanis Club, and has served on the board of directors for some nonprofit organizations.

He became a Christian at the start of his freshman year in college. He was fortunate to have men at the Baptist Student Union at UTA and at his church mentor him to read, study, and apply the word of God in his daily life. His favorite verse is Proverbs 3:5-6.

Ray Biery
Ray Biery

Ray Biery became a born-again Christian at 28 on January 14, 1981, at a small church in Southern California. Recognizing his own Biblical illiteracy, Ray had begun reading a Bible, which led directly to his conversion experience when he read John 14:6 in which Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me,” and questioned his relationship with God. Since then, Ray has become an ongoing student of the Bible in his efforts to know the Lord better and to be drawn closer to Him in faith, love, and obedience.

Today, Ray is passionate about sharing the Gospel of Christ with others, teaching and promoting active, individual Bible study, and living to finish well, serving the Lord by serving others. Besides participating on the Men Serving God board, Ray’s volunteer activities also include: serving as an elder and teaching in adult community groups at Central Bible Church; serving on the boards of both Child Protective Services of Tarrant County and Community Partners of Tarrant County, Inc., plus supporting Fellowship of Christian Athletes of Southwest DFW where possible.

Growing up in Ohio, Ray graduated from the University of Mount Union and spent a sales and customer service career in several industries in Southern California and Texas before retiring in March 2020. He and his wife, Vicki, have been married for 47 years and raised four children, a daughter and three sons, who now have ten grandchildren combined in their families. Ray and Vicki stay actively involved with their family and look to help others when possible.

Mike Marshall
Mike Marshall

Mike is a veteran mortgage banking executive with more than 40 years of commercial and residential lending experience. He has extensive expertise in all area of commercial real estate industry and has financed a wide variety of properties in multi-state originations. Mr. Marshall is a past president of Dallas Mortgage Bankers Association, a Direct Endorsement Underwriter for HUD, and has served on various boards and national lending committees.

Barry O’Neal
Barry O’Neal

Barry L. O’Neal, MD, is a retired physician who practiced in Irving, Texas, for twenty-three years and at the Dallas Veterans Affairs Hospital for thirteen years. He still works part-time at the Dallas VA Hospital in the Geriatric Clinic. He grew up in Haskell, Texas, and graduated from Baylor University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He did an internship and medical residency at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is married to Norma, and they have three grown children and seven grandchildren.

He is a member and deacon of Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving, Texas. He has been involved in many volunteer activities, including teaching Sunday School for junior boys and serving as both assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster for Troop 183, sponsored by Plymouth Park Baptist Church. He and other physicians volunteered for several years to do athletic physicals for Irving High School. He was a member of the Irving Community Hospital Board and the Irving Hospital Foundation Board.

He has been on several medical mission trips abroad through his Church and continues to go each summer to Panama. He also worked as a volunteer physician in the Irving Community Clinic, a volunteer-run charity clinic, for several years. Currently, his main volunteer activity is participation in helping with Crockett Connection, which is a ministry to help support the Christian growth of the students at a Junior High School
near the Church.

Jim Labenz
Jim Labenz

Jim is a 1996 transplant to the Arlington, Texas area originally from Nebraska, where his other five siblings still live. Going through college, Jim was on the track & cross-country team. He received an associate degree in Professional Pilot from TCC in Tulsa, and his bachelor degree from OSU in Aviation Business Management. In 1998 he started up a company that performs construction and tower upgrades for the wireless industry today.

Phillip Wambsganns
Phillip Wambsganss
Phillip Wambsganss is the President of Higher Education Servicing Corporation (HESC) and the North Texas Higher Education Authority, Inc. Both organizations work together to make and service low-cost private and federal education loans. HESC, through its Outreach Division, inspirED, also provides college scholarships and free college access and success services to students and families throughout the Greater Arlington area. Away from work, Phillip enjoys serving his family, church and community in an effort to bring glory to God. He and his family attend Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, and Phillip serves on the Men Serving God Board and the Arlington-Mansfield Salvation Army Advisory Council. Phillip holds a B.S. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master’s in Business Administration from LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. He has lived in Mansfield with his wife, Tiffani, for over 30 years.
Bryan Weatherford
Bryan Weatherford

Bryan was born and raised in Arlington. A graduate of UTA, Bryan loves all things Arlington. Bryan has never met a microphone he doesn’t like. His marketing background in the theme park business, and his stints as a talkshow host on radio and TV have helped him hone his microphone skills for his true calling. To date, Bryan has helped groups raise more than $6-million as a Charity Event Auctioneer/Emcee. Bryan works with the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce as Director, Member Recruitment.

Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker is a retired Assistant Superintendent from the Arlington Independent School District. During his career as an educator, he served as a head basketball coach at Muskogee High School and Assistant Principal at West Junior High in Muskogee Okla. He started his career in Arlington Texas in 1993 and served as an Assistant Principal at Carter Junior High and Martin High School and served as Principal at Bailey Junior High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Psychology from East Central University in Ada Oklahoma and a master’s degree in Psychology and Administration from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah Oklahoma.

Clyde Godfrey
Clyde Godfrey

Clyde Godfrey, 83, has lived in Arlington since 1939. He graduated from Arlington High School (AHS) and attended Texas Tech University.

He is married to Virginia and has one son, Mark Godfrey. Three daughters are Valerie Dendy, Elizabeth Peek, and Mary Lynn Saxon.

After college, he worked in the family propane business before owning a Type 4 landfill. He currently manages commercial rental properties.

Clyde is a member of Fielder Church in Arlington and supports several organizations, including the Salvation Army, Young Life, and Kids Hope Mentoring.

Joe F Houston
Joe F Houston

Joe F. Houston was raised on a ranch about 75 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas. His parents were very involved in their Church and helping others. He was taught early on that if someone needs help, you help, whatever the need. Sunday was the Lord’s Day (feeding and taking care of the livestock was done very early on Sunday), and then it was a day spent at Church.

Joe shared a quote from Lovie Smith about when Lovie was inducted into the TSHOF in 2011. Lovie gave his mother a great deal of credit for how he was raised. “He said that his mother was a drug lord. She drug him to Church on Sunday morning, drug him on Sunday afternoon youth, Sunday evening church, Wednesday night and any time the Church had an event.” Joe said this was the way his parents were. If only we had more drug lords like this today.

Joe and his wife, Chris, have been First United Methodist Arlington members since 1972. They have taught Sunday School and have served on many boards of the Church. Joe said the Lord has presented him with the opportunity to serve others in many ways, raising funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Arlington, Arlington YMCA, Kiwanis Club, and Christmas Food Baskets to families in Arlington. We never retire from serving the Lord. Joe is married to Chris, and they have five children and seventeen grandchildren.

Cedric Carr
Cedric Carr

Cedric Carr is a graduate of OD Wyatt High School in Fort Worth, and a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton. He and his wife Mia have four sons and five grandchildren.

Cedric is a member of Concord Church and is a member of the Men’s Bible Study. He is also associated with Campus Drive, Harvest Church, and Victory Ministries.

You can find Cedric on the golf course, the boat club, fishing , or helping with our community partners. Cedric joined the Board of Directors of Men Serving God in 2023.

Peter Knapp
Peter Knapp

Moving to Arlington as a teen, Peter graduated from Lamar High School and the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Communications. He and his wife, Rachel, an Arlington native, now live in Dalworthington Gardens with their two children.

Peter is the Program Manager for a manufacturer of audio/video communication devices used in presentation and meeting spaces for education, corporate, churches, and government facilities worldwide. He uses his background in communication, programming, and audio/video design to assist clients focus on their message rather than the process of their presentation.

Mr. Knapp accepted Jesus as his personal savior when he was seven years old and strives to grow in faith, love, and obedience continually. Peter has served in worship ministries as both a singer and audio engineer, a youth and children’s bible study teacher in various churches and now serves on the media and worship team at Rush Creek Church.

Peter has served as a Boy Scout leader for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts for troops in both Georgia and Texas, most recently the Committee Chair for Troop 222 in Arlington.

Art Hooker
Art Hooker

Art Hooker is the founder and principal of New Metropolitan, a social design and transmedia studio. He has successfully consulted, designed, produced campaigns, and developed content for leading Fortune 10 and 500 brands such as Herman Miller, Ingram Micro, Citi, The White House, Verizon, and the American Heart Association. Informed by over 10 years of qualitative research on 5 continents in the areas of passion, creativity, and movements, he partners with companies and individuals who desire to empower the metropolitan regions of the world through leadership development, learning, media, and business innovation. During his career, Art has won numerous awards in the areas of film, theater, speaking, and learning design. In 2017, he formed Hope Labs Inc. which is a non-profit organization that creates unique collaborative opportunities for individuals, corporations, other non-profits, and civic entities.

James-Williams
James Williams

James Williams is a U.S. Army veteran who has called Arlington home for more than 30 years. He and his wife, Beth, have been married since 1995 and are the proud parents of three grown children. That same year, they began attending Grace Community Church, where James continues to serve as a Life Group Leader and a member of the church’s Men’s Ministry leadership team.

James has a deep passion for investing in men and building strong communities through service and mentorship. In addition to his church involvement, he serves on the board of Arlington Southwest Little League and volunteers as an umpire for youth baseball games of all ages.

Since joining Men Serving God in 2022, James has been an active member of the Mavs Team, helping represent MSG through hands-on service projects that support churches and local ministries.

Professionally, James works as a systems administrator for Higher Education Servicing Corporation in Arlington. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Jon Rhiddlehoover
Jon Rhiddlehoover

Jon is the Founder and Executive Director of Central Storehouse, a Fort Worth-based nonprofit providing a free food market and pathways for life transformation.

Raised in Abilene, Texas, Jon came to faith in Christ during middle school at a summer FCA camp, where a coach faithfully shared the Gospel. That moment shaped a lifelong calling to serve others and lead with purpose. He earned a degree in education from McMurry University and later completed a master’s degree in Christian education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Jon began his career as a teacher and coach in Duncanville ISD before transitioning into the business world, where he spent 10 years in sales and marketing within the construction materials industry. In 2015, he stepped into ministry as a Community Pastor at Central Bible Church, where he served and invested in the local community.

During the pandemic, Jon helped lead food distribution efforts that revealed a deeper need and a greater opportunity to serve. From that season, God gave him a vision for Central Storehouse. What began as a ministry of Central Bible Church launched as an independent nonprofit in May 2024. Later that year, Jon stepped into the role of Executive Director full-time, continuing to lead with a heart for service, dignity, and transformation.

Jon lives in Euless, Texas with his wife, A’Lana, and their three children, Jon, Ali, and Jud.