Dave Childers

Sending Network Director

Dave will be stepping in as the Sending Network Director. The Sending Network is a community of like-minded local churches committed to sending well and engaging in healthy global missions. Dave will take lead on mentoring mission pastors and leaders, cultivating community among leaders, and recruiting new churches for more and better global sending. All of this is done in an effort to see God’s glory spread and take root among the nations. 

Before coming to Upstream Sending, Dave served 8 years as the Global Outreach Pastor at Park Community Church, a multi-site church in Chicago. Under his leadership, Park sent out numerous members long-term, primarily to least-reached peoples in the Muslim world. Before this, Dave was a missions pastor in the Seattle area and served in mobilization and church partnerships for a US-based mission agency.

Dave is married to Glenda and they have two grown daughters and six grandchildren.

Thank you for giving and being a vital part of Dave’s ministry.