David Charles Smith began his ministry as the fifteenth Pastor and Teacher of Jordan United Church of Christ in June 2002.

A native of New Tripoli, PA, he is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Eden Theological Seminary, where he earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree in 1997. Ordained in 1987, he has served churches in Naples, FL; Clearwater, FL; and (south) Allentown, PA, before accepting the call to Jordan.

During his seminary years, David received a grant which allowed him to further his education at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies, and was selected by his peers to be part of the school's first Cross Cultural Immersion Program, spending the entire summer of 1986 in India/Nepal. As a Rotary Group Study Exchange Scholar, he spent six weeks in 1990 in the Republic of South Africa and Lesotho.

Dr. Smith has been active at all the settings of the United Church of Christ, and received the Robert V. Moss Award for Ecumenical Leadership, which allowed him to study in Geneva, Switzerland. He has chaired the Penn Northeast Conference's Kirchengemeinschaft Committee, fostering and leading exchanges with churches in the former East Germany.

David enjoys reading on his hammock, fast rides at Dorney Park with his kids, smooth jazz music, and a good, weak, cup of coffee.  David Charles Smith has three children: Josiah; daughter Jordan; and Jonah. They live with their cat, Moses. (Is this a biblical family, or what?)