Dan is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis. At the end of his college years he recommitted his life to the Lord and received his call into ministry. Dan went on to attend The Alliance Theological Seminary and earned a Masters of Divinity. He is ordained in The Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Dan served as Vice President of Holistic Ministries International, a parachurch missions organization, in Paterson, NJ for 10 years. He and his wife, Terri, then went on to be church planters with The Alliance, and have served in churches in Western, P.A., Dutchess County, NY and Oswego County, NY. before coming to Jamestown.

Dan also works as a tutor for the Jamestown Public Schools, teaches at Jamestown Community College and has served as a member of the Mayor's Human Rights Committee.

He loves to play electric guitar and bass guitar. He is a football fan and his team is the Cleveland Browns (don't hold that against him)! He has climbed 28 of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks. He loves to run and you will more than likely see him running out in the community.

Terri serves as Disciplemaking Ministries Director at Jamestown C&MA Church, coordinating the Christian educational ministries of the church. She has been in full-time ministry, serving alongside her husband, Dan, for the past 36 years. She also serves as the Northeastern District Alliance Women's Director and is consecrated and ordained with the Christian & Missionary Alliance.

Terri holds a BA in Psychology from Nyack College and a Master's of Professional Studies from Alliance Theological Seminary. She is also certified in the Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Method and has worked with children for over 40 years as Director of a family literacy program, a reading tutor, teacher, and children's ministry director.

Terri is an author and has written four women's devotional books - Words of Encouragement for a Discouraged World, One Clear, Still Night, Poured Out and Let's Have Coffee, and a Bible study, James: When Your Faith is Put to the Test. 

Dan and Terri have three adult children - Nathan, Stephen and Emily. In her spare time, Terri loves to cook and sew.

Terri has a blog where she writes on a regular basis. You can find it at https://encouragingdeeproots.com