Cliff serves as the worship pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Appomattox, VA as well as an associate professor of music, worship, and applied voice at Liberty University. Originally from the Detroit area, Cliff has provided leadership to local church worship ministries in both large and medium-sized churches in Florida, Michigan, and Virginia over the past 30 years. Cliff is a contributor to the Church Collective, a parachurch organization aimed at training and equipping worship leaders and their teams at no cost. He is also the host of the Theology of Music podcast; a monthly podcast providing biblical insight to worship leaders navigating the waters of choosing songs for their congregations. His passion is to see the Church live out John 4:23: “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” Cliff and his wife, Brenda currently reside in Altavista, VA, have been married for 35 years, and have three children and three grandchildren.