BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
David A. Tucker
The Rev. David A. Tucker serves as Director of Training and Short Term Ministries for SEND International, located in Farmington, Michigan.
Dave and his wife Kathy graduated in June 1972 from Northeastern Bible College in Essex Fells, New Jersey. In 1985, he completed a Master of Arts at Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina.
Dave and Kathy became members of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union in 1972, assigned to a church planting ministry in Indonesia. Arriving on the field, they began work with the Kayagar tribe of Irian Jaya. During the next five years the Tuckers saw seven village churches established, a local Bible institute inaugurated and national leaders appointed within the churches and Bible institute. The Tuckers were later reassigned to establish a multi-language teaching program using audio cassette tapes. In addition to this responsibility, Dave served as mission station administrator, was appointed assistant pastor in an Indonesian church, and taught in the Maranatha Bible Institute.
Two terms in Indonesia were followed by an invitation to serve in the U.S. headquarters of RBMU International where Dave became Associate Director and Director of Personnel.
Dave and Kathy are now on the staff of SEND International. Dave's primary responsibilities include oversight of all training activities within the U.S. Office and coordinating the recruitment, training and sending of short term missionaries to the SEND fields of service. Kathys desk is in the International Office, where she serves as Administrative Assistant to Frank Severn, SEND's General Director as well as Robin Pocklington, SEND's Europe Regional Director.
Dave is a regular visitor and guest lecturer at college campuses and is frequently invited to speak in churches and at missions conferences. In recent years he has had opportunities to teach at colleges and seminaries in Bulgaria, Alaska and Ukraine, as well as throughout the continental United States and Canada. He is a teacher within the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement program and has recently joined the Council of Reference for Eastern Michigan Perspectives. In his free time, Dave is a mountain biker, fencer, and collects edged weapons from around the world.
Dave and Kathy have two daughters: Gwen (Tucker) Heathcock is a graduate of Liberty University; Kristen (Tucker) McLane graduated from Moody Bible Institute.
The Tuckers live in Westland, Michigan and are active members of Calvary Baptist Church of Canton, Michigan.