David Bahr

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Pastor
Location Denver, Colorado, United States
Introduction I have lived in Denver since November, 2007, when I moved here with my partner to be the pastor of Park Hill Congregational Church. I served as the pastor of a revitalizing urban United Church of Christ in Cleveland for 15 years. I was ordained the first openly gay pastor called by a church in Ohio in 1993 and wrote my doctor of ministry dissertation on Openly Gay and Lesbian Pastors Called by Predominantly Straight UCC Congregations (a study involving 62 congregations and 59 pastors). I grew up on a farm in North Dakota and love music and watching shows like Project Runway, Survivor, and The Amazing Race.
Interests Music, reality TV, progressive Christianity, Bayard Rustin, United Church of Christ, UCC, Open and Affirming, LGBT issues, Northwood, North Dakota, Benedictine Spirituality
Favorite Movies The Devil Wears Prada, Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Mambo Italiano, Fargo, DL Chronicles, Arrested Development, East Side Story
Favorite Music Seal, Anything American Idol, Kimberley Locke, Tamyra Gray, Carrie Underwood, the Ditty Bops
Favorite Books Anything E. Lynn Harris, Jeremiah Wright, Marcus Borg, Kathleen Norris, Peter Gomes, Henri Nouwen, Shyam Selvadurai