2009 Indiana-Kentucky Synod Professional Leaders' Conference

September 27-29, 2009

Clifty Falls State Park
Madison, Indiana

Every Person A Missionary:
Rostered Leaders as Local Mission Directors

Rev. Dr. David Daubert A Renewal Enterprise   See Dave Daubert's presentation slides.

Rev. Dave Daubert is a managing partner in A Renewal Enterprise, Inc. He has a variety of life and vocational experiences – an agricultural engineer, nonprofit board member, parish pastor, denominational executive. He has a certificate in nonprofit management from Michigan State University and has published several books and articles, including “Reclaiming the V Word: Renewing Life At Its Vocational Core” (Augsburg Fortress, Spring 2009), co-authored with Tana Kjos.

One of the original architects of The Renewable Organization, Dave is a frequent keynote speaker across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

While working as an engineer for a manufacturing company Dave first began to sense that people really want their work - and their lives - to matter. That passion for purposeful work - and meaningful engagement with the world around us - continues to drive him in his work today.

Dave attended Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH where he received a Master of Divinity and a Master of Sacred Theology. He has served as a parish pastor and in a variety of leadership positions across the institutional church, including serving as the Assistant to the Bishop for Urban and Multicultural Ministries in Omaha, NE, and then as the Director for Renewal of Congregations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago, IL.

Along the way he earned a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; a Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies from the Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, IN; and a Certificate of Excellence in Non-Profit Organizational Management from Michigan State University.

He is the author of the best-selling book, "Living Lutheran: Renewing Your Congregation" (Augsburg Fortress, 2007), which is helping congregations of every denomination articulate a new sense of purpose and direction.

Dave teaches in various seminaries and continues to serve part-time as a parish pastor in a congregation where he shares a call with his wife who is a diaconal minister in the ELCA. From 2000-2007, Dave led the team that designed the ELCA's Transformational Ministry process.

Dave writes this about himself:

I am a loyal player in the system and plagued by a desire to rip it apart and start over, all at the same time. I am a pastor in a local ELCA Lutheran congregation in partnership with my wife Marlene.