Dana Hicks -- Lead Pastor

Dana Hicks came to Real Life in June of 2006 with eighteen years of prior ministry experience. He is the founding pastor of Beginnings Church in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to that assignment, he spent six years as the Senior Pastor of Grays Harbor Community Church in Hoquiam, Washington.

Dana is a contributer to several books including: "Generation Xers Talk About the Church of the Nazarene" (Beacon Hill Press, 1999), "Postmodern AND Wesleyan" (Beacon Hill Press, 2009), and "Love Among Us" (Beacon Hill Press, 2009).

Dana received the Bachelor of Arts from Northwest Nazarene University, the Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary(Cum Laude), and the Doctor of Ministry degree from the Beeson Pastor Doctoral Fellowship at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. His dissertation topic was, “Churches Who Are Effective at Evangelism.”

Dana is also an Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation and Church Leadership for Northwest Nazarene University. He teaches for their Graduate Theological Online Education Department specializing in Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix. From time to time he also teaches undergraduate classes in the School of Theology and Christian Ministries.

Dana lives in Nampa with his three kids.

What's on my iPOd

Green Day, U2, David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin