Fr. David had been an evangelical Protestant pastor for 19 years prior to his conversion to Orthodoxy and was the founding pastor of our congregation. He led our entire parish of 33 families through our conversion from Evangelical Protestantism to the Orthodox faith in February of 1997 (We have since grown to 80 families). He has been married for 33 years (29 of which have been spent in Arlington) to Presv. Debbie and they have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. Their entire family converted to the Orthodox faith.

Fr. David has an MA in Theology, and in addition to his pastoral duties, has taught in a private Christian school, served as both a hospital and prison chaplain and has done work with the Archdiocese Department of Missions and Evangelism. He is currently the Spiritual Adviser for the Antiochian Women's Organization in the Los Angeles Diocese. Presv. Debbie teaches special education for the Marysville School District.