David Hamstra is from Minneapolis, USA. He attended Burman University (BA, 2004) and Andrews University (MDiv, 2010), where he is completing a ThD in Theological and Historical Studies. In 2020, David returned to full-time ministry as lead pastor for the Edmonton Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. His pastoral interests include multicultural leadership, mission in post-Christian contexts, and conflict ministry. His academic interests include theology and philosophy of history, hermeneutics, and ethics. In his spare time, Pastor David enjoys running, cooking, singing, and social media content curation. He is married to Heidi, and they have four children.