was called to High Shoal Baptist Church on November 25, 2007 and began his ministry on December 10. He and his wife, Rachel, have three sons, Elijah, Jason and Kyle and three daughters, Kristen, Addelyen and Lilyanna. Micheal is native of Taylorsville, NC where he grew up at East Taylorsville Baptist Church. He was baptized in 1995 and answered the call in to vocational ministry at 13.

Micheal holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC and a M.C.M. from the T. Walter Brashier Graduate School at North Greenville University in Greer, SC. Micheal is now an Ed.D. student at Southeastern Baptist Theologlical Seminiary, working on a disertation focusing on Community and Technology.

In November of 2009 he was elected Vice President of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina's Pastor's Conference and to the BSCNC Board of Directors in 2010.

Micheal is available to come to your church for revival or to teach classes on The Baptist Faith and Message 2000, Evangelism, and Discipleship.

To contact Rev. Pardue, email him at micheal@michealpardue.com