Pastor Blake graduated with a degree in theology at Oral Roberts University, was trained in ministry at Guts Church, and began pastoring at twenty-four with his wife Stephanie in the mountains of Southern California.
Four years ago God put it in their hearts to move to the City of Hemet and plant a church that could be home for people who feel out of place, who feel broken, who feel like they don't fit in, or feel like they have nothing left in their tank.
Pastor Jake
The fighting began when he was just four. At twelve he was jumped in and joined a gang, at thirty he had spent a third of his life behind bars and found himself with three life sentences. In solitary confinement, about to put a noose around his neck he made a desperate plea and prayed for the first time to God asking if He would get him out of his three life sentences and put him back in general population.
Within twenty-four hours his prayer was answered exactly. The first thing he did was find a bible. Fast forward a decade, he and his wife have rescued deportees and trafficked kids in Tijuana, pastored a mega-church, and now co-pastoring Tougher Than Hell Church.