Pete Bowman was born into a Christian family in Elkhart, Indiana circa 1964. His father was a Methodist minister and as a consequence, the family moved every five years or so while serving the rural church in Indiana. Pete graduated from high school in 1983 in the town of Garrett He then attended Taylor University in Upland, a Christian college where he received his BS degree in education majoring in Social Studies. Here he met his wife Luci Best while participating on the cross country team, and a running romance ensued. In fact, Pete was an athlete since junior high school, inspired by his oldest brother Tim. He was active particularly in wrestling, track, and cross country. Luci and Pete married in Bourbon, Indiana in May of 1987 with Pete's father, Rev. Ronald Bowman conducting the ceremonies.

During a job drought, Pete applied for teaching jobs in the Pojoaque area while visiting some friends at McCurdy. He was accepted at Pojoaque Middle School where, today, he teaches American history, geography and coaches high school cross ocuntry and track. The family attended a Christian fellowship in Espanola but when it closed, they began seeking the Lord’s leading for a new church. One day Pete was in Los Alamos taking Josh to school when a policeman pulled in behind his parked minivan. To Pete’s relief and surprise, the policeman was none other than Jesse Taylor, whom he had met years before at local road races. On Jesse’s recommendation, the family began attending Christ Community Bible Church while it was in the discussion stages of merging with Trinity Bible, and continued attending Crossroads just following the church merger.

Pete was privileged to have grown up in a Christian family. Starting in 8th grade, Pete’s faith began to grow and he began reading the Bible cover-to-cover repeatedly. His conviction to serve the Lord coalesced in high school, influenced in great part by his older brother Tim. Tim would often encourage Pete in his faith, sharing scripture and a vision for service and commitment. Tim had a natural talent as a motivator, and encouraged, perhaps even cajoled, Tim and his brothers to higher levels of accomplishment, in sports as well as faith. Drawn by coaches whoses hearts belonged to the Lord, Pete followed in Tim's footsteps, attending Taylor University, and running for the Trojans in crosscountry and track for four years. Prior to acceptance at Taylor University, his alma Mater, Pete was convinced by the speaker at a Youth Conference he attended there to keep a journal entitled “My Times with Jesus”, which Pete has often returned to in times of need. The many years of these Christian influences became invaluable to Pete as he suffered through some excruciatingly painful circumstances. Christ’s humbleness and submission in the face of great trials have been a shining light for Pete, and has helped to keep his troubles in perspective. Prior to being elected a deacon for CBC, Pete served two years as a Sunday school teacher for middle-schoolers. He is honored to have been selected and he feels that the ministry of deacons will continue to develop and grow. The fundamental role of the deacon is to meet the physical needs of the church. The gravity of this responsibility for Pete is expressed in Mt 15:41-46, in part, Christ speaking: "… I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me …" But in addition, Pete sees this as only the first step in the ultimate goal: equipping those in need so that they can focus on Christ and their commitment to Him.