Dr. David Overholt, Ed. D

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www.churchontherock.on.ca

Bio

Ed.D. (philosophy of education) - graduated June 2001

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto,

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M.R.E. graduated May 1993 (President's Honour List)

McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Some transfer credits from University of Western Illinois (MEd)

B. Sc. graduated June 1983 double major in Biology and Christian Education

Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

Church Observation Week, Willow Creek, Barrington IL, 1991, 1996, 2001
Church Observation Week, Exodus, Detroit MI; Longsbourgh IL, 2001
National Youth Worker's Convention, 1995, Nashville, TN
National Youth Worker's Convention, 1994, Chicago, IL
Church Observation Week, Bethany Bible Church, Phoenix AR, 1990
Son Life Advanced Year 1, 1991
Son Life Basic Strategy, 1985

PUBLICATIONS

Soul Searching the Millenials, (Toronto, ON: Stoddart Publishing), 2002.

Reasons to Believe: sign posts for those one the journey to God, (Hamilton, ON: Church on the Rock Publishing), 2001
"Youth Ministry: My How Things Have Changed!" Presbyterian Record, Feb. 2001
"Youth Ministry in Canada" Strategies for Today's Leader, Sept. 1998
"Gen. X Christology" The Practice of Ministry in Canada, May 1998.
"God Touches Ripples Through BCOQ Young People" The Canadian Baptist, April 1995.
"Youth Bursting Free From The Barrel" The Canadian Baptist, November 1993.

COURSES TAUGHT

McMaster Divinity College, 1999, 2001 2000

Baptist Seminary, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2001

McMaster Divinity College, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

Knox College, TST, 1998, 1999

Wycliffe College, TST, 2000

Catherine Booth College (Salvation Army), 2001

Canadian Mennonite Bible College, University of Manitoba, 1998

Ontario Theological Seminary, 1996, 1997

Ontario Theological Seminary, 1997, 1998

MINISTRIES

Associate Professor Christian Ministry, McMaster Divinity College and Director of "Generation Next" McMaster Youth Ministry Centre

1994 - Present

Pastor of Church on the Rock, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

January 1997 - Present

This youth targeted church is a church plant of the Hamilton Mountain Baptist Youth Mission. There are 500 - 800 people on an average Sunday evening; the average age is 20 years old. www.churchontherock.on.ca

I have been a speaker for summer camps; youth retreats and worship services, adult training seminars and church leadership conventions. These events have taken me to Northern Ireland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Virginia. I speak to approximately 8,000 students a year.

Associate Pastor - Keokuk Evangelical Free Church, Keokuk, Iowa

August 1987 - December 1989

Responsibilities: Junior High, Senior High, College and Career, member of the Evangelical Free Central Region Youth Committee, Preaching, Adult and teen counseling, Worship leader [Growth from 8 young people to 60 in weekly meetings and 100 at outreaches]

Christian Camp Counselor

Honey Rock Camp, Wisconsin, 1982

Forest Cliff Camp, Ontario, 1975 - 1980

Glen Huron Camp, Ontario, 1975 - 1976

OTHER INTERESTS

Guitarist, Vocalist, Song Writer and member of several Christian bands
Canoeist and out tripper leader

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