Dan and Arlene Hill

 

Dan began official activities as Spring Hills Senior Pastor December 16, 2007. He and Arlene are enthusiastically leading our church into "Chapter Two."

Dan's warm, Biblical, and relational preaching style is an inspiration to those who have heard him. Keep praying that God's Spirit will guide Pastor Dan in all that he does.

Below is the summary by the Search Committee which presented Dan as Senior Pastor Candidate 2007.

E-mail to Pastor Dan

Personal: Dan was born in Odessa, Texas, the son of Reverend and Mrs. Ennis Hill. He came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of 6. At the age of 16, he acknowledged a call to ministry from the Lord. His first wife passed away after a two year illness with multiple sclerosis. He remarried in 1999. He and Arlene have two married daughters, Melissa and Danya, and a son Joel, age 5.

Education: Dan received a Bachelor of Arts from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976. He received a Master of Divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California in 1981. He has also completed post graduate work at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and at Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana.

Ministry: Dan has pastored nine churches in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming. His last four churches include First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks, First Baptist Church of Albuquerque, First Baptist Church of Bothell (now known as Cross Pointe Church) and Cheyenne Hills Church. While Dan was serving as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks in Sacramento, California, the church grew by 700 plus people. In addition, the budget increased by 50 percent, three new staff positions were established and two daughter churches were started. First Baptist Church of Albuquerque is a historic downtown congregation with 4,000 members. Under Dan’s leadership this 150 year old congregation raised 3.5 million dollars to construct a new worship center. The church gained national recognition for its ministries of mercy to the poor and homeless, feeding over 60,000 homeless people a year. He also served as senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Bothell, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. This church operated a 500 student, K-9th grade private school that has received many accolades from the community. Under Dan’s leadership, this church underwent a lengthy process of Strategic Planning to clarify the church’s vision and as a result of this plan the church underwent a process of remodeling and building new structures (including a café) to support the vision of increasing opportunities to cultivate relationships. The church has pioneered many evangelism methods and programs in order to reach out to the community. Some of the powerful ministries in the church included Marriage Mentoring, Divorce Recovery, Single Parenting Classes, Celebrate Recovery, Widows Groups and Grief Counseling.

The last church Dan pastored was Cheyenne Hills Church in Wyoming, consisting of800-1,000 people. The mission of this church is to be a real, relevant and relational church that builds the kingdom of God by investing in others. Two years ago the church launched a campaign to eliminate the total indebtedness of the church and raised more than $100,000 in thirty days to do so. This church is also heavily invested in missions at home and abroad, supporting full-time missionaries and four new church plants, as well as building a medical clinic and educational facility in Africa and a community school in Haiti.

Service and Honors:
• Served on the Mayor’s Advisory Council, Vallejo, California, 1977
• Elected President of the California Baptist Pastor’s Conf., 1986
• Elected Chairman of the Total Program Committee of the   
  California Southern Baptist Convention, 1988
• Preaching mission to the Soviet Union for a month, 1990
• Served on the Credentials Committee of the Southern Baptist  
  Convention, 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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