Ben and his wife, Karen, have been attending NBC since 2011.  Ben grew up in Woodville, NY (no where near the city). He met Karen at EMU and they were married in 1995.  They have 4 kids --- Jacob, Ashley, Rachel and Violet.  Ben owns a general contracting company.  When he's not working, you can find him drinking coffee and eating chocolate covered coffee beans while he and Karen drive their kids around to various activities at church, Bible studies and youth group.