David Cotner
Senior Pastor
Pastor Dave has been our Senior Pastor since January 2025. Before coming to our desert oasis, he served for 11 years as the Lead Pastor of Prairie Flower Baptist Church in Washington, Iowa. Pastor Dave comes to our church with a passion to preach the Bible, love on the church, and chase after the homeless and addicted from the Verde Valley to the Phoenix Valley.
Pastor Dave is an Iraq War Veteran, having served in the U.S. Army from 2006-2010. He is an ordained minister and received a degree in Pastoral Studies from Faith Baptist Bible College. Pastor Dave's greatest passion is preaching the Gospel, and his greatest earthly treasure is his wife, Heather, and their six children (four biological and two adopted).
Pastor Dave is an Iraq War Veteran, having served in the U.S. Army from 2006-2010. He is an ordained minister and received a degree in Pastoral Studies from Faith Baptist Bible College. Pastor Dave's greatest passion is preaching the Gospel, and his greatest earthly treasure is his wife, Heather, and their six children (four biological and two adopted).