Len Martin was born in 1962 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and his family moved to Fairfax, Virginia, when he was 5 years old. It was there in Northern Virginia that his mother was called into the Church in 1972. Because his father showed no interest in the Church, Len was allowed to choose to begin attending services with his mother or remain at home with his father. Len made the decision to attend with his mother and has stayed the course.

His family moved back to Michigan and Len grew up attending services in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Len would go on after high school to pursue undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Information Technology and also an MBA in International Finance. Len was ordained a local elder in 1999 and hired to pastor United Church of God congregations in 2011. He has served congregations in Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio and Upstate New York. Len has served as a festival coordinator, and as teen and pre-teen youth camp director.

Prior to being hired in 2011, Len had been an Information Technology Director and most recently had been a Regional Brokerage Supervision Manager for one of the United States largest full-service brokerage and investment firms.

Len and his wife Julie, lived in the same town in Michigan and grew up attending services together. They were married in 1988 and have been blessed with six children.