Dave began serving as the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church in Troy, MI, in the summer of 2025. He previously served in Troy as a pastoral assistant from 2006 to 2013. In the years between, he served as the lead pastor of the First Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois, from 2013 to 2025. He also served as a chaplain for the Rockford Police Department for four years. He graduated with a B. A. in Bible from Bob Jones University, an M. Div. and Th. M. from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D. in Applied Theology (Christian Leadership) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Holly is a stay-at-home, mom of four kids, homeschooling them until 2025 and now watching over their academics as they attend a Christian school at her church. She graduated with a B. S. in Nursing from Bob Jones University and an M. A. in Biblical Ministries from Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. She worked as a nurse in Michigan for several years.
Dave and Holly were married in 2007. We took several classes together at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary and have been reading and writing together ever since. Dave’s posts are notes and brief articles that he has preached, taught, and written during the course of his ministry. Holly’s posts are lessons learned from being a mom and wife and studying for herself and others in her church. (And she occasionally posts some tasty recipes, too.)
The most notable biographical detail about us is that we are sinners saved by grace through Jesus Christ and being sanctified through the Spirit. To God be all the glory.