Since 2006, Citizen Heights has committed to inspiring hope, removing limitations, and helping people experience God’s possible for their life. We’re convinced God’s best for your life is just ahead for your marriage, your career, your finances, and every area of your life through the life-giving message of Jesus. We can’t wait to see what God does in your life and hear all the amazing testimonies.
Citizen Heights exists to
reach all
people with the life-giving
message of Jesus that they might become
Together, they started Citizen Heights with a vision to build a church where hope is inspired, limitations are removed, and every person is welcomed to experience God’s possible for their lives. They have a unique calling to champion unity, in an often-divided city. They’ve watched in wonder, as God has gathered the diversity of their international city, into His family, and the Citizen Heights community. Over time, the church has grown to include a DC Campus in northwest corner of the city, a thriving Online Campus with an international following, and most recently, a Virginia Campus in the Dulles Corridor of Northern Virginia.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years
and have four amazing sons. They love family time and enjoying all the sights, sounds and
tastes Washington, D.C. offers.
In their free time you’ll find them riding dirt bikes, or camping and hiking. They’re also
seriously big fans of all the
Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!
As a leader, Michael has a passion to equip the everyday influential person to encounter the grace,
forgiveness and hope found in the finished work of Jesus. As a pastor, He believes God is calling
the modern-day Joseph, Daniel and Esther to influence their cities, and nations, as kingdom
ambassadors.
Michael is known for preaching faith, hope and love with an energetic, humorous and inspirational
style. His preaching helps challenge presuppositions and mindsets, unlocking potential through God’s
word and practical application.
Pastor Michael, a former lawyer and prosecutor, earned his Bachelor of Theology from Portland Bible
College, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Regent University School of Law. As Assistant District
Attorney, New York State, he oversaw and prosecuted offenses in 12 city courts and in the New York
Supreme Court. He was an advocate and council member for CASA, an organization dedicated to serving
battered women through the criminal process.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years and have four amazing sons. They love family time
and enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes Washington, D.C. offers. They are also seriously big
fans of all the Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!
Pastor Heather has a passion to help people lead Christ-centered, truth-balanced and grace-filled
lives. She lives to inspire others to love people, build the church, establish bridges of
commonality and equip parents to build strong families.
Heather comes from a profound church-planting heritage. While growing up in New York, her family
started and oversaw five churches, including one in Canada. In 1994, she helped plant Christian Life
Center, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and then again in 2006, The City Life Church, in Newport News,
Virginia. She is currently the Tenleytown Campus Pastor and Women’s Pastor at Citizen Heights, a
church she helped found in 2007.
Michael & Heather have been married for 26 years and have four amazing sons. They love family time
and enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes Washington, D.C. offers. They are also seriously big
fans of all the Washington sports teams and hope you’ll join them cheering for the home teams!
We invite you to see for yourself how exciting church can be when the focus is simple, the hope is real, the limitations are removed, and people are free to be who God’s called them to be!
