S9 Ep 7 | Dan Pelletier

Ministry often includes the unexpected, as Pastor Dan Pelletier recounts in this episode of On Mission podcast. Having served from the East Coast of the United States to a tiny island in Micronesia, Dan’s heart is entrenched in youth and Christian camp ministries. However, when a conference center he directed closed, the Lord provided lodging in the steeple of Hamilton Square Baptist Church in the heart of San Francisco. Then, through a series of events, the steeple became home, and Dan became the pastor. “It was never my plan,” he adamantly states in recounting how God’s plan unfolded. When asked his mission, he initially focused on youth ministry and readily responded, “Touching the future.” Now the scheme is broader. It is “touching the future” through the church, made up of affluent members as well as the homeless encamped around them, and of multi-ethnic people of all ages in the Bay area. “Touching the future,” as host Dr. Matt Davis summarizes, “with truth from the past.”