LEAD PASTOR DAVID GOUGE

Pastor David is a Missouri native who has been serving at STJOEFBC as Lead Pastor since August 2019 coming to us from Marceline, MO where he had previously served as Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church for 12.5 years. Before that Pastor David served for over 7 years as the Bi-Vocational Pastor of Oakland Baptist Church of Clarksburg, MO. David was born in 1975 and he graduated High School in 1993. David came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 7 and was baptized shortly thereafter. David attended what is now Missouri State University out of Springfield, MO for 2.5 years pursuing a degree in Computer Science before completing several years later an Associate of Theology Degree and then a Bachelor of Theology Degree from Slidell Baptist Seminary after spending several years in restaurant management. David has since completed his Masters of Divinity (MDiv) during his time at STJOEFBC. David married his wife Adrienne in 1996 and they have two adult daughters, Kimberley and Rebecka. Feeling the call into the Gospel Ministry while working as a Restaurant Manager David surrendered to preach and was licensed into the ministry in 1998 and later ordained in 2001. David has been pastoring since January 2000 striving to serve God and His people in a down-to-earth fashion in the ways and Truth of God to the best of his abilities in the power of God. The heart of Pastor David is to connect people to God and one another in a growing and real fashion through a local group of believers doing life together to know God more and to make Him more known. David looks forward to the opportunity to do just that with people like you all over St. Joe and beyond for years to come.