About

Andy Spencer received a BBA in Entrepreneurship/Marketing from Baylor University. While at Baylor, Andy served as the Baylor Mascot and received the Best Mascot Award at NCA Camp in 1986.

He joined the Arthur Valve and Fitting Company in 1987 as a salesperson in San Antonio,

Texas, working in various sales, management, and executive roles with the company. In 2002, Andy purchased the company and renamed it Arthur Fluid System Technologies. He sold the business in 2010, and now gives his time to consulting and other business ventures.

In 2012, Andy formed Take 5 Ministries, an organization providing leadership development for pastors through peer-to-peer learning experiences.

He has written a book titled Leadership from the Sidelines – Much of What I Learned

about Leadership, I Learned as a Mascot. A second book, Lift Your Pastor – Becoming a

Pastor’s Advocate, with co-author, Dr. Michael Lewis, was published in 2017. To distribute

these and other books, Andy formed a company called EnGedi Publishing, LLC.

Andy is continually educating himself and others in areas ranging from basic selling skills to efficiency training, change management and team building. He has spoken to classes at Baylor University, Emanuel Baptist University in Romania, and Seminary Bonn in Germany, as well as at various industry conferences.

He currently serves as a deacon at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. He has also served in church leadership as personnel committee chairman and chairman of deacons.

Andy’s family includes his wife, Kathy, and two daughters, Deanna (married to Scott Pratt) and Andrea.