About

Path2Pastor, a Ministry of Ironwood, was begun by Pastor David Brock to meet one of the greatest needs of the church today—raising up the next generation of pastors.

In recent years, local churches have often delegated the responsibility for preparing pastors to Christian universities and seminaries. While recognizing the role of those institutions, Pastor David believes the church must take the lead in training pastors (1 Timothy 2:2).

To that end, Path2Pastor is a tool to help churches accomplish this task by:

Providing a three-phase framework to help churches see how to mentor men toward pastoral ministry at various stages of their lives
Connecting pastors and churches that desire to mentor with men aspiring to be pastors
Providing funding to churches to help facilitate shepherd apprenticeships and seminary education for the aspiring pastors

Pastor David

Pastor David grew up in Newberry Springs, California. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from Bob Jones University, where he met his first wife, Tiffany. Together, they continued David’s education at Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary in Lansdale, Pennsylvania where he received his Master of Divinity. Tiffany and David settled in Chandler, Arizona where David worked as a college pastor at Tri-City Baptist Church and college president at International Baptist College and Seminary. There he continued his education and earned his Doctor of Ministry in 2012. These years of ministry allowed David and Tiffany to impact many young students who were interested in church ministry. In 2010, after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis, God called Tiffany home.

In 2012, David resigned from his ministry at Tri-City Baptist church and moved to Alaska where he married his wife, Yvonne. As David sought the Lord’s direction for his next steps in life, God continued to burden him with a desire to serve and plant churches in the Western United States. God opened an opportunity for them to move back to his hometown and serve at Ironwood in 2014.

Soon after their arrival, Faith Baptist Church offered David a position as their lead pastor. In January of 2015, David accepted the opportunity to lead this local congregation as a lay pastor. In September of 2018, David moved to a more full-time position with the church. The Brocks are eager to see how this desert congregation can continue to have an impact on the West and the world!

David and Yvonne’s two children fill their lives with fun and laughter! As a family, they enjoy camping, backpacking, board games, and kicking up a lot of mud on their quads!