Upon returning to Maryland, he started a construction business in the Baltimore area and ran that until the mid-90s, when he cracked the books and migrated to the information technology field. He has built and sold two businesses (the first in construction and another in IT Systems Integration and Support). He is currently running his third firm, an enterprise software company called HighGear.
Vaughn may have grown up in the church, but he reports, “I didn’t really have a direct relationship with Jesus until I was well into my 30s. While I prayed numerous prayers of salvation or rededication, I didn’t really trust Christ. I thought He was out to get me. While I feared hell, I never believed a simple prayer would help me escape it because I wasn’t changing. I certainly had ‘the fear of the Lord,’ but it wasn’t a healthy fear; it was the fear that he would judge me for coming up short.
After wavering in my commitment to attending church for decades, I finally committed to going weekly as part of what I thought was the right way to raise a young family. However, I hadn’t really changed inside, and I still thought of Jesus as my likely judge, not my rescuer. I was fortunate to be challenged by an older gentleman who harshly counseled me, ‘You shouldn’t claim that various things are in the bible somewhere because, for example, that thing you just said isn’t even there.’
As a proud young man, I was determined to prove him wrong, and so for the first time in my life, I read the Bible my parents had given my wife long ago. I read it cover to cover. Inside, I found a God who had laid out an extraordinary plan to rescue me and everyone like me. I also found Christ, who had laid His life down for the sake of my eternal life. In fact, I found that many things I believed or even learned in the church-at-large were not in the Bible at all. I also found that many things I had desperately needed to learn and understand about God and His Son had never been taught.
Vaughn's passion is to help others see the power, generosity, intellect, love, rich provision, and matchless opportunity freely offered within God’s Word. This offer is made to all willing to approach God in this way: ‘I need you, God. I am willing to admit it and ask for your salvation through Jesus Christ, whom you have proven is Your Son and my rescuer.’
Vaughn has been married for nearly 30 years, has six children, and lives on a family-run farm focused on regenerative and organic farming principles and products. Vaughn has also written a transparent account of his business and faith journey and how they intertwined in an Amazon Best-selling business book titled: Lessons From The Edge of Business Disaster – A Leader’s Guide to Survival and Recovery.
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