“We need to equip the people of the church to do the work of the church. The ways by which we build our covenant life together must be clarified so that we give witness to the saving grace found only in Jesus Christ. Our understanding of ecumenism must be broadened and must seek to encourage the proclamation of Christ across denominational bounds at the local level.”
“Pursuing this call is not a decision I’ve entered lightly. It was made only after a year-long journey of extensive prayer and lengthy conversations with people of discernment,” said Davis.
The post is currently held by Clifton Kirkpatrick, who is expected to run for re-election to a third four-year term.
A lifelong Presbyterian, Davis is an ordained minister of the Word and Sacrament. He currently serves as the executive director of the Presbyterian Forum, a renewal organization within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Since 1997, the forum has worked for reformation and renewal by providing information, training, updates and analyses of the events taking place within the PC(USA). Davis also serves as an associate pastor of Westminster church in Escondido, Calif.
Within San Diego Presbytery, he is moderator of the Ecclesiastical Committee and is a member of the Permanent Judicial Commission.
Before coming to San Diego, Davis served as intern and assistant to the pastor at La Crescenta (Calif.) church from 1996 to 2000. In 1996 and 1997 he was a staff member of the Genevans. He graduated with an M.Div. from Fuller Seminary in 2000.
Davis also holds a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis and a B.A. in American Studies from Dickinson College.
From 1989 to 1995 he was an attorney in Indianapolis. He served as an attorney for the Indiana Department of Insurance before entering private practice as a trial lawyer focusing on plaintiff’s medical negligence law.
He lives in Escondido, Calif., with his wife, Jennifer, and three children, Kaley (14), Brooke (13), and Abigail (4).
