About me

Dave is the husband of Brenda, and father of Caitlin, Daniel, Nathan, and Emily. A NorCal native, he grew up near Placerville, has an undergrad in Forestry from Humboldt State, a Master of Theology from NW Grad School of Ministry, and a DMin from Gordon-Conwell Seminary. After working in computer programming for 3 years after college, Dave and Brenda served on staff with Campus Crusade for 6 years. Since then he's led ministries as a pastor in five different churches. He’s been at Venture Christian Church in the Bay Area since 2017, serving as the Discipleship Pastor. In his spare time, Dave likes to smoke (meat), travel with Brenda, shoot guns, hike, fish, ski, or anything else that involves outdoors or meat.