Lead Pastor

Pastor Gary Walton was born in Colorado, but spent many years growing up California. He and his wife, Faith, spent 24 years in Minnesota where all five of their children were born and raised. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies from Northland Baptist Bible College and a Masters of Divinity degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary. He spent 14 years as a pastor in Minnesota and 5 years working with Bibles International. After visiting Harvest Ministries in 2014, his eyes were opened to the many ministry opportunities available here and, in August of 2018, was led by God to come back to Harvest permanently.

Adult Education & Counseling

Pastor Larry Nagengast is from Davison, Michigan, where he served as the School Administrator and Assistant Pastor at Faith Baptist Church for 36 years. He also served as a pastor at First Baptist Church of Goodrich, Michigan.  He has earned multiple degrees to aid in ministry which include a Bachelor of Science in English Education, a Masters in Educational Administration and Supervision, and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Bob Jones University. He and his wife, Jackie, attended various events at Harvest Ministries as speakers from 2007 to 2018. They prayed for a frontline mission ministry and God brought them to Guam where he currently serves as the Pastor of Adult Education and Counseling.  He enjoys reading and golf in his spare time.

Worship & Missions

Pastor Ken Keith was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived in California and Chicago. He received a Master’s Degree in Biblical Theology from Northland International University.  During his time there, he helped with the Audio and Visual department for the school along with the Missions department. After Typhoon Pongsona devastated Guam, he came on a mission trip to help with the clean-up efforts. He enjoyed working with Harvest during this time and, 18 months later, he and his family moved to the island.  He currently serves as the Pastor of Worship and Missions.  He and his wife, Samantha, have four kids. He loves catching up with Chicago sports in his free time.

Japanese Ministries

Dr. Yoh Shirato was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, until the age of 15. He moved to Guam and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior through the ministry of Harvest Christian Academy. After graduating, he pursued multiple degrees, which include a Masters of Divinity and Doctorate in Theology from Bob Jones University and Seminary. He was able to gain ministry experience while pursuing his degrees. Afterwards he served as an Assistant Pastor at Asian Baptist Community Church in Singapore and a theology professor at their seminary. When the seminary closed, he followed the Lord’s leading in the opportunity to move to Harvest and help as the Bible Institute in its transition to become a Bible College. He currently serves as the Pastor of Japanese Ministries.  He married Mikuni in 2020 and enjoys martial arts, spearfishing, and downhill skiing.

Young Adults Ministry

Pastor Jake Schnoor was born in Calumet City, Illinois, and moved to Griffith, Indiana.  He was saved while going to Lake Ellen Bible Camp in ninth grade.  He met his beautiful wife, Brittany, while attending New Tribes Bible Institute where he received an Associates in Bible.  They were married while Jake completed a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies and a Masters in Bible at Maranatha Baptist University.  Throughout his years of schooling, God opened up doors of ministry through internships at three churches.  He was ordained at Brookside Baptist Church before moving to Guam in 2019 where he currently serves on the Pastoral Team with a variety of responsibilities.  Jake loves all Chicago sports, good coffee, traveling, and their dog, Java.

Children's Ministries

Wade grew up in Chicago, Illinois and then Kansas City, Missouri.  He received a Bachelor of Arts from Bob Jones University and gained experience in ministry working at The Wilds Christian Camp in North Carolina.  Shortly after marrying his wife, Robyn, in 2011, they moved to Hong Kong where they taught English and served in a local church.  In 2014 they moved to northern Virginia where Wade served as Facilities Manager of a church as well as Children’s Church Director.  God continued to grow in their lives a desire to minister to children in a multi-cultural environment.  He currently serves as the Pastor of Children’s Ministries.  He and his wife Robyn have a son and a daughter. He enjoys hiking, playing with his children, and following Kansas City sports.