Gordy, and his late wife Renee, began their life-long work with young adults shortly after being married in 1973. In 1985, the McDonald’s moved to Lakeside, MT where they helped to pioneer YWAM Lakeside and served as directors.

Gordy serves on numerous boards and is a personal mentor to leaders. He has worked with a small team, Leadership 13, that he and two others formed. This team came together to coach other YWAM ministry locations both domestically and around the world.

Gordy's personal mission statement is to invest the entirety of his life, ministry experience, knowledge, wisdom and spiritual gifting for the advancement of God’s Kingdom and particularly for the growth and maturing of young leaders.