Who Are The Davises?

I first put this page online because a pas­tor asked me if there was some infor­ma­tion about us online, because he want­ed to copy our bio for the church bul­letin.

I thought about it, and real­ized that all the infor­ma­tion was scat­tered about and not in one place. It also occurs to me that vis­i­tors to the site might want to know a lit­tle bit more about me them­selves.

So here goes:

First, I should men­tion that we’re the Assem­blies of God mis­sion­ar­ies to Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty. Now here’s some per­son­al stuff:

Full Name: Glen Tal­bot Davis
Born: May 3, 1974
Real­ly Began to Fol­low Jesus: at a sev­enth-grade chapel ser­vice
Bap­tized in the Holy Spir­it: as a col­lege sopho­more in UL Chi Alpha
Called to Min­istry: as a col­lege junior at a Chi Alpha con­fer­ence
Pre­vi­ous Min­istry Expe­ri­ence: five years on staff with Chi Alpha at South­west Mis­souri State Uni­ver­si­ty
Edu­ca­tion: Mas­ter of Divin­i­ty (AGTS, 1999)
Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence (Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisiana, 1996)
Strengths: preach­ing sim­ply about com­plex sub­jects, orga­ni­za­tion­al lead­er­ship, refut­ing false beliefs, using tech­nol­o­gy effec­tive­ly
Often Heard Say­ing: “Con­trast breeds clar­i­ty”
Deeply Influ­enced By: The Pur­pose-Dri­ven Church, The Spir­it of the Dis­ci­plines, Mere Chris­tian­i­ty, The Mas­ter Plan of Evan­ge­lism
Favorite Comics: The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Dil­bert
Vision for Stan­ford: Estab­lish a cred­i­ble, con­sis­tent and per­va­sive Spir­it-filled gospel wit­ness on cam­pus.
Core Com­mit­ments (Val­ues):
     I must nur­ture inti­ma­cy with God.
     I must cul­ti­vate my char­ac­ter.
     I must build my mar­riage.
     I must hone my skills.
     I must main­tain healthy rela­tion­ships.
     I must rig­or­ous­ly ana­lyze my beliefs.

Full Name: Paula Kay Davis
Born: August 4, 1974
Real­ly Began to Fol­low Jesus: July 23, 1990 at a Bible Study
Bap­tized in the Holy Spir­it: August 1990 at a Bible Study
Called to Min­istry: Sum­mer 1992 at a youth con­fer­ence
Pre­vi­ous Min­istry Expe­ri­ence: five years with Chi Alpha at South­west Mis­souri State Uni­ver­si­ty, two years as board mem­ber of New Life Church (Spring­field, MO)
Edu­ca­tion: Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence (Uni­ver­si­ty of Louisiana, 1996)
Strengths: Orga­nized, hard­work­ing, good lis­ten­er, sen­si­tive to oth­ers, teach­able
Pas­sions: To see myself and oth­ers shaped more into the image of the Mas­ter; to help hurt­ing peo­ple expe­ri­ence the love of the Father.
Hob­bies: Enjoy sewing, cook­ing and spend­ing time with friends

And a recent addi­tion:
Full Name: Dana Marie Davis
Born: March 25, 2004
Often Heard: scream­ing incon­solably
Hob­bies: poop­ing, spit­ting up, and cry­ing

UPDATE: our anniver­sary is 12/21/1996.