Pastor and Family

Meet the Pastor and his Family

I am Richard Vogt the Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church.  My wife is Linda and our two boys are James (16) and Joshua (4).  My wife and I grew up in Southern California, where we both met in 1987.  We were engaged in 1988 and were married later that year.

I joined the Army in 1988 and in 1989 was stationed in Wurzburg Germany.  This is where our married life began.  In 1991 our first son James was born, while we were still in Germany.  In 1992 I got out of the Army and went to school in Pennsylvania.  I was a Physics and Electrical Engineering Major.  I would study with a young man (Aaron Clipinger) who would always look for opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus with me.  On March 23 1994, I finally listened to what the Bible was saying and accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior.  At this point things changed and I could not financially finish school.  So, I moved to Las Vegas to go to work.

Las Vegas is such a growing city and with that many opportunities for work.  I began working as a Civil Engineer in Land Development.  I needed a good church to become a member of and God led us to Lone Mountain Missionary Baptist Church.  While a member there I was given many opportunities to work in the ministry.  I felt God leading me to learn more about Him and to get prepared for other ministry work.  So, I found a Bible School and Seminary to attend to help me get more equipped for whatever God wanted to do with my life.  I receive a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Theology, Master of Arts in Biblical Theology, 80% completed with the Doctorate of Biblical Studies, and have just begun a PhD program in Christian Counseling.

In December of 2000, I felt God calling me to plant a church here in Las Vegas.  I did not know what I needed to do and over a period of nearly a year God worked out all the details.  In October of 2001, Calvary Baptist Church of Sherman Texas sponsored the new church plant.  We began meeting in our home, then moved to a few different rented facilities, and are currently sharing a facility with Lev HaShem Messianic Congregation.  In July of 2002, I quit my secular job as the Hydrology Manager of a Civil Engineering company and began working full-time as the Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church.