Dave Davis 

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Living Springs Worship Centre
PO Box 999
Colorado Springs, CO 80901-0999
719.473.9436

1.      Number of years you have been a senior pastor?
7 Years

2.      Size(s) in average attendance of church(es) you have served as senior pastor?
When I got here…….250 now …….170

3.      Number of years you have served as a staff/support pastor?
Youth and assoc.  17 years at the same church

4.      Size(s) in average attendance of church(es) you have served as a staff/support pastor?
When I got there…….70 when I left……750

5.      Maximum number of paid church staff you have served in a church where you were senior pastor? (include secretaries, pastors, janitors, etc.)
6

6.      Type(s) of community(ies) you have pastored in? (for example- rural, urban, mountain resort, etc.)
Turnaround church in the middle to the turn. 

7.      Briefly paint a word portrait of the church you are currently pastoring? (for example- Seeker sensitive, program based, suburban or Classical Pentecostal, celebration cell, urban)
Small bedroom community of 15,000 that grew to 40,000. Medium size city to 400,000.

8.      Describe any special skills, experiences, challenges, hardships, etc. you've had or have that you think would help build coaching credibility with leaders in similar situations?         Many years of successful youth and assoc ministry at one church.  Loss of a 21/2 years old child to cancer.  Served in a church plant, 2 years after start but still in rented building and 7 years at a existing 75 year old church with a lot of negative history