In 2000, Pastor Finley was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He served as the Second Pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Hendersonville, TN for almost two years before serving for a year as interim at Christ Lutheran Church in Clarksville, TN. Pastor Finley then served as pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Rincon, GA from 2003 to 2015 before accepting the call to serve as Senior Pastor here at Christ the King in 2019.

Pastor Finley was commissioned as a Captain in the United States Air Force in 2012 as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (Individual Reservist not attached to a Traditional Reserve Unit). As a chaplain, Pastor Finley directly supported the free exercise of religion and spiritual resiliency for countless airmen and their families at two bases in South Carolina and one in New Mexico. He was promoted to the rank of Major in February 2019 and continues to serve.

He loves Lutheran liturgy and a variety of music styles that compliment worship. He especially enjoys incorporating and developing the gifts and talents of our youth. His passion is meeting people where they are and sharing the love of God.