David was born in Ft. Worth, TX and moved to Va. Beach when he was very young. He came to Northern Virginia in 1990 to attend George Mason University from which he graduated with a degree in English in ‘94. That same year he married his Australian sweetheart whom he met a few years earlier through an on-campus Christian ministry (The Baptist Student Union). They have since had four kids: India, Elissa, Shayna, and Kieran.

David has served as an associate pastor, led a “church within a church” at FBC Clarendon, led a couple of church plants, and is now leading a small neighborhood based “Zoom” church. David has a Masters of Theological Studies from the John Leland Center.