Since March 1997, Dan has coordinated the vision and work of the Board of Trustees, Board of Elders, and ministry staff. He preaches at most of our morning worship services, teaches regularly in other arenas, and serves as the voice of Love Changes Life, the television and radio outreach of Christ Church.
Profile:
Dan grew up in Chappaqua, New York,and became a follower of Jesus Christ through the ministry of Young Life at age 18. The son of a State Senator, Dan studied political science at Yale, served as head of its student government and received Yale's John C. Schroeder Award for Leadership.
Following college, Dan spent two years serving as a volunteer in Northern Ireland, during which time God redirected his path toward pastoral leadership. Dan received Princeton Seminary's Long-Davies Prize for Excellence in Preaching in 1985 and Columbia Seminary's Thompson Scholarship in Evangelism in 1989.
Dan's life experience includes work on an off-shore oil-rig, in a maximum security prison, on a farm, and in the world corporate headquarters of IBM. He is co-author of Leadership Essentials (InterVarsity Press, 2007) and host of Life Focus, an Emmy award-winning television newsmagazine that airs nationwide on PBS stations and other leading networks. Dan's messages are also featured frequently in Christianity Today's Preaching Today resources.
Dan and his wife Amy have been married since New Year's Eve 1988. They have three sons -- Rush, Cole, and Reed.
Prior Church Service:
--Senior Pastor, Village Community Presbyterian Church,
Rancho Santa Fe CA (1991-97)
--Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church,
Burlingame CA (1985-91)
--Assistant to the Pastor, The Presbyterian Church,
Woodstown NJ (1983-85)
--Assistant to the Pastor, Duncairn Presbyterian Church,
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (1981-83)
Education:
--Yale University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (1981)
--Union Theological College at Queens University,
Belfast, Northern Ireland (1983)
--Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ, Master of Divinity (1985)
--Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA, Doctor of Ministry (2008)
Affiliations:
--Chairman, Board of Directors
Life Focus Communications
--Member, Board of Trustees, Fuller Theological Seminary
--Member, Dean's Advisory Board,
Midwestern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine
--Member, Board of Governors,
The Executives Breakfast Club of Oak Brook