After marrying his wife Joy in 2007, Samuel moved to the Kansas City area to begin teaching at Blue Ridge Christian School in the summer of 2008. By November, he and Joy had discovered Summit Woods Baptist Church, where they later became members. While attending Summit Woods, Samuel was able to participate on the worship team; he and Joy served together in the children’s ministry, and Samuel later became an interim leader in the junior high and high school student ministries. From there he decided to pursue seminary training at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in order to prepare for serving full-time in the local church. While attending seminary, Summit Woods graciously released him in the fall of 2013 to begin serving at Central Baptist Church in Northeast Kansas City. While attending Central, he was presented with the opportunity to become the Pastor in July of 2013. Presently, he is serving as an elder and pastor of Central.