Rod is a committed Christian Leader and an ordained minister (State of CA) serving in the field and on the board of “Cypress Missions” - an outreach located in NJ dedicated to helping underserved communities and disaster victims in local communities and around the world rebuild and experience God’s love and good news as they rebuild and recover.

Rod and his wife Mattie have been actively serving for about 8 years as regular seasonal volunteers at Canaveral Port Ministries in Cape Canaveral FL, driving, serving in the Kitchen, and conducting chapels. Rod and Mattie attend St Paul's “Board Walk Church” in Ocean Grove NJ when they are in NJ for the Summers and have led an interdenominational home church for the past 15 years both in NJ and here in Florida.

When not “being the church” via home church/outreach they serve in the ministry or attend and support several local Christian Churches in the Cocoa Beach area (Club Zion, Point Church, etc.).