Michael Washer

Michael Washer is the founder and director of National Hoops Ministries, an evangelistic outreach designed to reach the teenagers of America and around the world with the Gospel. Mike received his training at Bob Jones University, graduating in 1999 with a BA in Teaching Bible. Before surrendering to full time evangelism, Mike served as a youth pastor at Westgate Baptist Church in Spartanburg, SC for 5 years, before travelling full time in the USA and Asia with National Hoops for 16 years. In 2017 the Washer family helped to start International Baptist Church in Spartanburg, SC where Mike currently pastors. His heartbeat is to reach the lost teens of the world, and to see them live the full, victorious life that God intended through His Spirit. Mike, his wife Nikki, and their 4 children live in Spartanburg, SC.