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 Pastor Dan and Pastor Patty David came to Zephyrhills Wesleyan as co-pastors in July 2002, after having served for 19 years in pastoral ministry.
Pastor Dan is a 1983 graduate of United Wesleyan College
(formerly in Allentown, PA) and completed his master's classes at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, in 1995. He is a gifted communicator and an exhorter at heart. His practical
messages and administrative skills are a great contribution to the positive attitude and productivity of Zephyrhills Wesleyan Church.
Pastor Patty is also a 1983 graduate of United Wesleyan College and received her master's degree from American Bible College and Seminary in 1995 and her
PhD from Georgetown Wesleyan University in 2007. She regularly writes Bible commentary for our denominational publications and published her one-year survey of the Bible, Through the Bible
, in 1995 (Wesleyan Publishing House; also  available at WPH Online). In 2005 she wrote
"Listening to God through John," part of the Lectio Divina Bible study series published by Wesleyan Publishing House and Beacon Hill Press. Her heart is in teaching and discipling
and she challenges our congregation to dig deeper into the Word. Many of Pastor Patty's writings, including a full apologetics course, new converts' curriculum and
in-depth discipleship materials are available in PDF format at www.biblebasicsandbeyond.com.Pastor Patty is the current dean of the College of Biblical Studies and Theology at Georgetown Wesleyan University of the Americas and also serves as the vice president for religious studies.
Pastors Dan and Patty
were ordained together in 1985 and have always served together as a team in ministry. They have two children, Jonathan and Rebecca, who are attending Southeastern University in Lakeland.
[For more information on The Wesleyan Church's stance on women in ministry, visit our denomation's web site or
read Pastor Patty's short paper on the role of women in the church. Pastor and noted author Jim Watkins has collected a number of good articles on the subject and has them available on his web site at www.jameswatkins.com. ] |
Pastor Maurice Pierce
has been a part of Zephyrhills Wesleyan Church for about eight years, serving for two years as the minister of music. He now serves as our part-time assistant pastor with responsibilities in music
accompaniment and pastoral care. He also Pastor Maurice was an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church for 35 years and then held his credentials in the Church of God (Anderson) for 10 years before coming
back into The Wesleyan Church in November of 2003. His background includes chaplaincy in the army (working at the army headquarters in Chicago and also as an assistant chaplain during the Korean war) and serving as
the state organist and television organist for the Assembly of God church. He has a ministerial degree and teaching degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and a master's
degree from Ball State University. Pastor Maurice has also taken 11 trips to the mission field to build schools, churches and homes. He is a gifted musician who also has
a warm and loving concern for people. His pastor's heart is evident in all his ministries.