I created Gamers4Jesus because I recognized a basic need for a ‘Christ centered’ conservative gaming fellowship on the Internet. Much of the Internet is evil, and a bad place for kids to meet, play and or socialize. Parents should get very involved and they should control, and know where their kids are spending their time. We are a gaming fellowship dedicated to living life based upon scripture and reaching lost souls for Christ.

I was born in 1962 in Southern California. I was ‘Born again’ in 1979 in Arizona. Although I was raised a Catholic, and attended Catholic school grades 1 through 7, and was an alter boy and had attended my first communion, was baptized, etc., I was never presented with the Gospel message, or the fact that I must be born again. Not until I was invited to attend a non-denominational church service at a fast food restaurant of all places. When I was approached by these two young people, and invited to come to their church that night, something in my heart told me to go, even though I was there to water ski and hang out at the lake. God’s still soft voice told me I needed to go to church that night. I was able to convince my youngest sister to attend also, and when the alter call came, we both went up and accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Amen. Thank God for all those who are in His service, willing to spread the Gospel, as the Lord commands us:

Matthew 16:15-16

And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

I am married and have two wonderful children. We have home schooled our children for their entire lives. Just this year, my daughter was enrolled in a Christian college prep school where she is doing extremely well. Her classes are logic and rhetoric, Greek Language, literature, biblical studies, history and mathematics. I am very proud of her excellent progress, and her brother will soon been in attendance as well.

My father was a fire fighter for over 36 years. My mother was an office manager, and stay at home mom. I have two sisters, both are married with children, and I am happy to report my entire family is born again. My mother and father have been together for 47 years. Neither of them were ever married before, and I’m proud that they are a part of the small percentage of society, having never been divorced. The said ‘for better or worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part’ and they meant it.

I own two companies in the technology field of web development and voice processing, to include VoIP, virtual private network implementation, data networks and communication systems. I have worked in corporate national accounts for MCI, Sprint and Pacific Bell, and the technology field for over 25 years.

I hold a weekly bible study here at Gamers4Jesus on our Team Speak server each Thursday night. Recently we completed a complete verse by verse teaching of the book of Matthew, and we are getting ready to start a new book. We have over 60 bible studies available for download, and the list is growing. Please visit our bible study download section and tune in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I currently serve the youth group at my church as a bible teacher for ages 10, 11 & 12. We are currently going through the bible in 66 weeks, covering a new book each week. We have just completed the 39th book of the Old Testament, and we will soon begin the New Testament and complete the remaining 27 books of the bible. My wife and our two children have been members of a Calvary Chapel for over 9 years. Calvary chapel is a non-denominational Church that believes in verse by verse teaching of the bible, which is our goal here at g4J, to teach verse by verse, precept upon precept.

I am a certified scuba diver and I have been diving in Hawaii, Southern California, and Israel’s Red Sea. I am a baseball coach for youth ages 10 to 13. I have been playing competitive paintball for more than 20 years, and enjoy fishing, water and snow skiing, boating and dirt bike riding.

Please enjoy your stay here at g4J. We would love to hear from you, and have you join us on one of the game servers, and more importantly, our weekly bible study.

Acts 2:42

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father s God, and I will exalt Him.

Mike Marquardt
(Angelos)