Professor Dave Pappas
Dave Pappas
dpappas@crossroads.edu
789-TALK
Dave: I am passionate about language. God, through Scripture and history has shown himself to be a master-communicator. We honor him by using words wisely, whether in speech or writing. Writing and speech is at the center of all human and even spiritual progress. All our knowledge in human history, including the Bible, has been passed down to our generation because someone SPOKE truth articulately and then someone WROTE those truths down. What better way to honor our God, than by being men and women who take the spoken and written word seriously?
Biography: A committed educator, Dave taught in the Detroit Public Schools for two years after receiving his BA in English and his MA in Teaching from Wayne State University in the early 1990s. He later attended Anderson University's School of Theology, where he earned his M.Div. in 1996. Dave spent 12 years in pastoral ministry, including 8 years as a church-planter, teaching pastor, and worship leader. In 2008 he transitioned into a teaching ministry at Crossroads and later returned to the classroom as a public school teacher. In addition to his work at Crossroads, Dave is on the English Department faculty at Herron High School, in Indianapolis. When he's not teaching, Dave spends time with his wife, Julie, and his two sons, Noah (15) and Nathanael (11).