Later that month they moved to Maryland where JP was the Campus Minister for eight years at the University of Maryland for the University Church. Their two children, Joel and Adriene, were both born in Washington DC. JP earned a Masters degree in Old Testament Religious Studies from Howard University. Since then they have led ministries in Lawrence, Kansas, Orlando, Boston and in South Florida.
They made the difficult decision to get out of the ministry in 1993, moved to the Atlanta area and were very involved in the Gwinnett County ministry. JP worked as a mortgage loan officer/Realtor and for several years Pat served as the Executive Director of some Assisted Living facilities.
In 2004 with personal resolve and the encouragement of others, they decided to return to the fulltime ministry. God soon made it clear that Columbia, SC was were He wanted them to be.