Pastor Dave Pound ~ Senior Pastor
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As a 16 year old boy I attended a Christian camp in the state of New York. One evening the speaker challenged us with this question: "If you were to die today do you know for sure that you would wake up in heaven?" He went on to say that being 87% sure or 94% sure wasn't good enough. We needed to be sure Christ lived within. That evening I prayed with my counselor and came away with an inner peace that Christ was clearly my Savior and Lord.
While in college I began to work with the parachurch organization, Young Life. I found real joy in sharing Christ with those high school students. This motivated me to pursue seminary training, with the thought that one day I might become a Young Life staff member. I graduated from Bethel College in 1970 and went on to Bethel Theological Seminary.
While attending seminary, an older pastor friend invited me to intern at his church during my summer break. That local church experience changed my life. I truly enjoyed working with all age groups and sensed the Lord calling me into the pastoral ministry. I graduated from Seminary in 1974. From 1974 to 1979 I served as the Associate Pastor at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Jamestown, New York. |
In 1979 my wife, Sher, and myself came to Berean to plant a new church. We began with about 35 children and adults, meeting in a rented facility. It has been an adventuresome and rewarding 23 year experience of God's grace at work. We feel honored to know the lives that have been impacted for Christ through the ministry of Berean and its people.
Sher, and I were married in July of 1978 and we are the proud parents of three sons, B.J., Matthew and Jonathan. |
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