About

Here is a little more about me and my family.

Bio

Conversion: I was converted to Christ at age 13 and answered the call to the gospel ministry in 2004 (age 20).

Ministry: Since 2004 I have ministered alongside pastors, missionaries, and church planters abroad and among the Native tribes of North America.

Bane Family

Family: My wife Lydia and I have been married since 2010, and we have five children: Rob, Chloe, Ben, Anna, and Marshall.

Training: B.A. in Pastoral Studies (Georgia Baptist College) and MDiv, IRBS (International Reformed Baptist Seminary).

Here is a brief overview of the ministry until now:

1997: God graciously brought me to faith in Christ (age 13).
2004: Called to the gospel ministry (age 20), as recognized and affirmed by the church where I was a member.
2007: Graduated from Georgia Baptist College (Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies).
2004-2012: I ministered:
- among several Native American and Alaskan Native tribes.
- in open air evangelistic ministry across the U.S.
- alongside missionaries in about 12 different countries (especially India, Philippines, & France).
2010: Lydia and I were married.

2012: We helped for 7 months with a church plant in a Yupik Eskimo village in Alaska.
2013-2014: We relocated from our home in North Carolina to base in Oklahoma among the 39 tribes.
- David was ordained and sent by Big Cove Baptist Church, Cherokee, North Carolina.
- Worked in evangelistic meetings among the tribes in all main sectors of Oklahoma, working toward an open door for a church plant.
- Developed and began teaching a one year series of monthly modules designed to assist men in the ministry (Native American Baptist Institute).
2015-2020:
- After an evangelistic meeting at the Comanche Nation tribal complex near Lawton, Oklahoma, we relocated to base among the Comanche Nation nearby the Kiowa and Apache tribes (Western Oklahoma).
- In September 2015, with the help of Mike Styres, I planted what came to be Covenant Baptist Church (Lawton, OK).

In late 2020 we moved to Texas, where I completed my MDiv at IRBS while serving as a pastoral intern at Heritage Baptist Church (Mansfield, TX).

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