Rev. David Engel
Board President and Chaplain

Ann Engel, MD
Medical Director and Board Secretary

In 1988, looking over a busy street in China , Dave noticed the faces of the many who had never heard of Christ. God called him to reach the unconvinced. Likewise, Ann attended the Urbana missions conference in 1987. She felt the urging from God to go wherever and whenever God asked. Both Dave and Ann became Christians as teenagers and grew in faith and leadership abilities through Campus Crusade for Christ. They met while attending the same church, and realized their similar desire for missions. They were married in Denver, Colorado in 1993.

Dave attended Denver Seminary and received a Master of Divinity in missions in 1995. He received the Outstanding World Christianity Student award at graduation. Meanwhile, Ann attended the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center where she received her M.D. in 1994. Ann completed residency at St. Joseph 's Hospital in Phoenix in 1998. She was named Resident of the Year and received the Tim Derksen Memorial Award.

Dave gained church-planting experience with South Hills Community Church during seminary. Dave and Ann traveled to Zimbabwe ,Africa for Dave's seminary internship and ministered at a mission comprised of a Bible college and hospital. There they encountered holistic ministry as the Bible students shared about Christ with the hospital patients, and led daily services in the outpatient waiting area. Dave gained additional church-planting exposure as Pastor of Education and Equipping at Sun Valley Community Church in Gilbert , Arizona . He then joined the staff of the Christian Medical and Dental Association. As South Central Regional Director, Dave oversaw ministry to over 12,000 Christian doctors in seven states and led short-term medical mission trips to Central America. These short-term trips saw the tremendous success of holistic ministry. Over 1000 patients a week committed their lives to Christ through the medical team's outreach.

Through these experiences, Dave and Ann developed a vision for a similar ministry in the U.S. Dave and Ann are establishing a medical clinic and will plant a church in an underserved, multiethnic area of Chandler, Arizona. The Engels will use the clinic to open the door to the gospel, then disciple new believers in the church.