Joe grew up in South Carolina and was raised in a pastor's home. He was saved as a young child and first had the desire for full time gospel ministry during his first summer working at a Christian camp in 2004. It was while working at this camp in 2006 that he met his future wife, Becky (Farrell) Fant. Joe has served as a staff pastor at Community since 2017 and has a Doctorate of Ministry degree from The Master’s Seminary. Joe has a passion to reveal Christ to teenagers through the preaching and preaching of the Word. Joe and Becky have 4 children: Karis (12), Kossler (10), Shiloh (8), and Prisca (5).