Who Our Pastors Are
Pastor Dave Hedgepeth has been the the Senior Pastor of Community Christian since November 2006. Dave graduated from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 1993, and was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that same year. He moved from Utah, where he did ministry for 10 years at a Presbyterian Church. He and his wife and two children are blessed to be in Marana, and hope to be here for many years to come.
Pastor James Blankinship has been the Outreach Pastor of Community Christian since September 2009. James graduated from Tucson Theological Seminary in 2009, and was ordained in the American Evangelical Association that same year. He developed and has been running the S.O.B.E.R. Addiction Recovery ministry (affiliated with the Tucson-based S.O.B.E.R. Church) at our church since 2007, and the “Cross/Fire” worship service since January 2010. He has a wife and six children, who are blessed to be in Marana and hope to be here for years to come.