Andy McQuitty has served for nearly 30 years as senior pastor of Irving Bible Church in Irving, TX. Under his leadership, the church transitioned to a contemporary style of ministry with a strong emphasis on world missions and the arts. The church has grown from 300 to 3000 adults in three worship services each Sunday, with extensive children’s and youth ministries. Prior to assuming the senior pastorate at IBC, Andy served as a youth pastor in Washington State and as an associate pastor of a Bible church in Garland, TX. Andy spent his high school years in Paris, TX where his father served as Sr. Minister of a Presbyterian church before earning a ThM from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) and a DMin from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1997. While at Dallas, he received the C. Sumner Wemp Award in personal evangelism as well as the John G. Mitchell Award for outstanding scholarship and effectiveness in Andy is an avid reader, golfer, tennis court rat, Harley rider, and writer, but what he enjoys most is spending time with his grandchildren. Andy, and his wife, Alice, have three daughters, two sons, and two grandchildren, Drew and Maddie Mae.