A graduate of Wake Forest University Divinity School and Belmont University, Pastor Andrew Daugherty is a native of Crossville, Tenn. He later joined the staff of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., as assistant to the general counsel in work with religious liberty coalitions and legal research. In 2004, he moved to Dallas to accept a pastoral residency staff position at Wilshire Baptist Church, funded by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment. In the fall of 2006, Andrew became the founding pastor of Christ Church. He is married to Rachael, an adoption counselor at Buckner International in Dallas, Texas. They have one pet, a red-haired golden retriever named Bella. Andrew is a lover of Chicago Cubs baseball, folk/rock music, religion and spirituality, religious liberty education, poetry, songwriting and weimaraners (but don't tell Bella).