Answering the
Big Questions of Life

What are the Big Questions?

Who Questions

Who am I?
Who has the most influence in my life?
Who can you trust?
Who is my ultimate authority?
Who really cares about me?

Why Questions

Why am I here?
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Why is there pain, evil and suffering?
Why does God seem so distant if he exists?
Why do so many people live unfulfilled lives?

How Questions

How can I know if there is a God?
How do I know where I am ultimately going?
How can I get the most out of my life?
How do I know what to believe?
How good do you have to be to get to heaven?

Where Questions

Where am I going?
Where can I find happiness or joy in life?
Where am I in my spiritual journey?
Where would you like to be in your spiritual journey?
Where are you in relationship with God?

When Questions

When life is over, what happens?
When will there be genuine peace?
When will we see true justice?
When does life begin?
When does God seem real to you?

What Questions

What is the point or meaning of life?
What is truth?
What determines my ethical code for living?
What brings true and lasting contentment?
What happens at the end of life?

About Quest Ministries

Quest Ministries is passionate about and devoted to the process of lifestyle evangelism and discipleship, equipping adults to become reproducing disciples of Jesus Christ.

Our ministry focus is on adults in the marketplace.

The Logo

The vision and mission of Quest is to produce reproducing believers. Every tradition of biblical Christianity should aspire to see their ministry marked by individual believers who seek to be reproducers. The scriptures are clear that every believer is in the “business” or mission of producing disciples. If one considers himself or herself to be a biblical Christian, there should be a commitment and devotion to a life that is marked by this objective.

A reproducing believer has a minimum of four distinct characteristics. First, they Declare their faith. Second, they Display their faith. Third, they Defend the faith. Fourth, they Disciple the faith.

Boiling down the essential core of what it means to be a reproducing believer, he/she should have these distinctive marks in their life. Quest seeks to produce these traits in the lives of every believer and equip them to execute these qualities daily. When you see the Quest logo you should automatically think of these four characteristics or qualities.

About the Director

Keith Thomas is the full-time Executive Director of Quest Ministries since its founding in 2012. He grew up in the Pittsburgh area and went to Bryan College in Dayton, TN for 2 years. He then transferred and graduated from Geneva College where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. After graduation, Keith worked in the Pittsburgh area for a few years before relocating to Washington, DC to work for the Architect of the Capitol for 6 years as a Human Resources Manager. He then worked at the National Institutes of Health for 9 years in a similar function as a Human Resources Manager. His HR functions were wide ranging such as Labor and Employee Relations, Training and Development, Alternative Dispute Resolution and a few other assignments.

In 1995 Keith graduated from Capital Bible Seminary with a MA in Theology. At that point he began working with a national ministry part time and eventually moved to Pittsburgh to be the full-time Area Director with Search Ministries in 1999. For the next fourteen years Keith worked focusing his efforts on marketplace ministries using relational evangelism, apologetics and discipleship.  

In 2012 Keith envisioned a new ministry in the Pittsburgh area that continues to focus on Relational Evangelism, Relational Discipleship, and Relational Apologetics. A group of men came together to support and form a Board of Directors. With their blessing and the support of many others, Quest Ministries was launched in June of 2012. Greater details about the ministry philosophy of Quest can be found in our mission statement, values and the logo.  

Keith enjoys a number of different activities including shooting sports. When opportunities present themselves, he coaches sports teams such as ice hockey or baseball. He is a member of ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) and EPS (Evangelical Philosophical Society). Keith is currently enrolled at Chafer Theological Seminary for advanced Theological studies. His favorite vacation spots include New Hampshire, Colorado and Wyoming where he and the family enjoy hiking and outdoor activities.

Keith and Karen met in Maryland and have been married since 1988. They currently live in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh in the Mars area. Karen is a graduate of Liberty University and works in the profession of Elementary Education. They have been blessed with three boys all of whom are now adults. We are delighted as each are married and currently live in Pennsylvania; Tyler (Katie), Bryan (Jessica), and Kyle (Rebekah). They also greatly adore and enjoy their five grandchildren.