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Pastor Dave and Jeanne Kaufman

Pastor David Kaufman, Senior Pastor / Founder of Holy Life Tabernacle in Brookings, South Dakota.

Pastor Dave is a 1975 graduate of South Dakota State University.  He had planned to be a medical doctor, but after his conversion in a night club in 1974, God called him to pastor.  He received his ministerial degree from the Berean School of the Bible (Assembly of God) in 1980. 

Pastor Dave and Jeanne will celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary in November, 2014. They have two adult children, Angela & Ryan.  Pastor Dave and Jeanne stepped out in faith to start the Holy Life Tabernacle church ministry in 1981. He is the pioneer and visionary for this church. With his apostolic anointing, he followed God's leading in 1996 to begin having Pastors Conferences for ministers in the Upper Midwest. Since that time, they have hosted 36 semi-annual conferences and a network of 200 ministries has been established.

He has made numerous ministry trips to build up the Body of Christ across the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, South America, Central America, West Africa & India. He has a "Barnabas ministry of encouragement" that brings the refreshing of the Holy Spirit to pastors and congregations around the world. In December of 2009 he ministered with the Phipps in Hyderabad, India then continued on to locations in the south of India where he had ministered previously.

More information and details are listed on his church web site found with the link listed. 

Visit his website at http://www.holylifetabernacle.com/