About Dr. David Whitlock
For more than thirty years, David Whitlock, Ph.D. has been encouraging people with a powerful message of hope – a message that people can become all they are meant to be as they find themselves in Jesus Christ. His message reminds people that God has great plans for them. It is a message that David has learned from his own life experiences and one he is helping others apply to theirs.
Born the youngest of four boys, David’s father was a dentist and his mother a homemaker. At the age of six, David and his older brother, Doug, were in a car accident together. Doug, eighteen months older than David and his constant companion, was killed in that accident. That tragic event, along with the death of his grandmother less than a year later, led young David to ask about the eternal nature of things. In time, because of his questions as a child experiencing the loss of loved ones, David made a decision to become a follower of Jesus Christ.
During his adolescent years, David traveled with his parents to various countries where David’s father and mother volunteered their time to help others. Those travels took David to Zimbabwe, Yemen, India, and the Dominican Republic. Not only did David enjoy a wide-range of experiences, but he also gained a knowledge and appreciation for the beliefs of others.
David preached his first public sermon in Bangalore, India, when he was a senior in high school. Since then, David has ministered in churches in Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, and Kentucky. He has also participated in mission work in Honduras.
Since 2002, David has been pastor of Lebanon Baptist Church in Lebanon, Kentucky. In addition, David teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Theology Department at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky.
After losing his first wife to a six-year battle with cancer in 2003, David later remarried his high school sweetheart. David and Lori currently reside in Lebanon, Kentucky. They have four grown children and two grandchildren. When David is not writing, speaking, or teaching, he is spending quality time with his beloved family.
David graduated from Baylor University (B.A.), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Th.), and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ph.D).