email: djahnke@trinity-pres.org

phone 650-535-2251

Pastor David grew up in Minnesota and was raised and confirmed in the United Church of Christ. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College where he majored in Religion. He is married to Hailey and they have two sons in college.

David was an English teacher in Korea for four years between 1995 and 2000. He then attended Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and worked as a Youth Pastor at the Austin Korean Presbyterian Church in TX. After graduating, he was called as an Associate Pastor by First Presbyterian Church in Corpus Christi, TX, until 2007 when he became the Head of Staff at Fanwood Presbyterian Church in NJ.

David is very excited about God’s call to Trinity Presbyterian Church. Vocation-wise, he loves preaching, teaching, worship leadership, fellowship and getting out of the office to visit and pray with members. Beyond that, he enjoys biking, hiking, golf, tennis, pickleball, music, movies, books and board games. He plans to focus his first year at Trinity Presbyterian on witnessing to, encouraging and drawing in Generations X, Y and Z who have been, according to national surveys, falling more and more away from faith with every passing decade.