Faith Associate Pastor, David Breidenbach, serves as Lead Pastor at the Faith Lutheran Center in Rio Rancho. He is also Director of East European Missions at Faith. A second career pastor; David began his pastoral internship in 2004 at Faith and was commissioned as a contract-call pastor under LCMC guidelines on Easter 2006. After completing his seminary education, David was ordained in November 2007.
Since 2006, Pr. Breidenbach has been leading volunteer summer missions teams to Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine in partnership with East European Missions Network (www.eemn.org), and serves on the EEMN Board of Directors. He also led a team from Albuquerque on a three-week archeological expedition to Jordan as part of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project, with Trinity Southwest University (http://tallelhammam.com/).
Pr. David attended the University of Albuquerque and UNM. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in biblical and theological studies and his Master of Divinity degree in biblical and theological studies from Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque, NM.
David’s interests include music, reading, photography, hiking in the mountains, fishing, four-wheeling, hot air ballooning, and Near East biblical archaeology.
David and his wife, Angela, married in 1991, though they first met as students, while attending Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, in 1982. Their youngest daughter attends high school and their eldest is a university student.
Pr. David is quick to share: “Unlike most people who receive ‘the call’ to ministry, my personal journey to faith did not begin with a childhood spent in a Christian community. Instead, my faith developed many years later. I would not even walk into a church; for fear that the ceiling might cave-in! Then one day my wife, Angela, and I received an invitation to sing with a church choir for a Good Friday service. It was while attending that service in 1992 that I began to realize a powerful presence in my life; one that I had not recognized before. We attended the Easter celebration the following Sunday and I discovered a new strength in fellowshipping with the Body of Christ – the people of God. After learning to let God into the “driver’s seat” of my life I now find myself serving this incredible congregation. The power of the Holy Spirit will do amazing things in your life when you open your heart and mind to the things of God!”
Pr. Breidenbach looks forward to meeting you; and he welcomes you to become a part of our life and mission at Faith in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho!
