Pastor Nate joined the Village staff in September 2017. He graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC in 2005. He earned his Master's in Christian Apologetics and then additionally his doctorate in Pastoral Counseling in 2023. He has been in full-time ministry since 2006 as a youth pastor, assistant, and senior pastor.

Pastor Nate is also a published author with JourneyForth Publishing (Bob Jones University Press) and Amazon.com publishing. During his time in ministry, he has published 5 Christian living books and a 4-book, Amazon.com best-selling series for Youth-Christian-fiction. Aside from writing, Nate also enjoys speaking at D-Nows, graduations, youth conferences, and men's conferences. Nate has been married to his wife, Kari Thomas, since 2003 and they have 6 children that participate in various programs within the church. Nate enjoys staying active, writing, and reading. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.