Pastor Owens was called to the ministry while serving as a captain in the U.S. Army in West Germany in 1988. After attending seminary, he founded/pastored Jersey Shore Baptist Church in Galloway Township, NJ. After 9/11 he was commissioned as a Navy Chaplain and served with the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. His last assignment was as Command Chaplain, Naval Base Coronado. Upon his retirement in 2017 he served in a church in Hamilton County for five years. The Lord now has led him to start Solid Rock Baptist Church in Noblesville, IN.