Bio
David Hobson is a young, single, preacher that simply enjoys proclaiming the word of God. He currently serves as Youth Pastor at Raimund Heights Baptist Church in Bessemer, AL with the greatest bunch of 35 teenagers where he was also ordained in 2006. Prior to that he served a 3 year stint on the student ministry staff at Canaan Baptist Church in Bessemer where he was licensed. Other than that David has had the chance to travel all over the state of Alabama for various types of youth events as well as to Kentucky, and numerous mission trips to Belize. Some of these opportunities came as a result of his 2 years work with The Storehouse out of Westwood Baptist in Forestdale. David was a 2001 graduate of Hueytown High School where he was a 4 year letterman in football and a 3 year letterman in wrestling. Also a member of the National Honor Society, FBLA, and was a Wendy's High School Heisman Nominee. After high school David attended Samford University where he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion.

References
"David Hobson is the sort of man that preaches the Word of God without fear or apology. He possesses the unique ability to relate to both the educated and the comman man or woman. He preaches with an urgency that we all should have. He teaches the Word as a dying man to dying men and women."

Kirby Ownby
Bible & Latin Teacher/Chapel Coordinator
The King's Academy
Knoxville, TN

Accomplishments and Training
Education:
Advanced Academic Diploma
Hueytown High School
Hueytown, AL, 2001

Bachelor of Arts (Religion; Psychology minor)
Samford University
Birmingham, AL, 2005

Master of Divinity
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Birmingham, AL Extension, In Progress.

Ministry Experience:
Student Ministry Staff: Canaan Baptist Church
Bessemer, AL, 2002-2005.

Student Preacher: Samford Sunday Program, Sept. 2004-May 2005.

Referral Speaker: The Storehouse
Forestdale, AL, 2003-2005.

Youth Pastor: Raimund Heights Baptist Church
Bessemer, AL, 2005-Present.

Speaking Opportunities:
McAdory High School First Priority, McCalla, AL.
McAdory Middle School First Priority, McCalla, AL.
Hueytown High School First Priority, Hueytown, AL.
Tuscaloosa Christian Academy First Priority, Cottondale, AL.
Bessemer Academy Teens for Christ, Bessemer, AL.
Flint Hill Christian School Chapel, Bessemer, AL.
Canaan Bapist Church, Bessemer, AL.
Raimund Heights Baptist Church, Bessemer, AL.
Pine Haven Baptist Church, Shannon, AL.
Welcome Baptist Church, Cullman, AL.
Stancil Baptist Church, Carrollton, AL.
First Baptist Church, Grant, AL.
First Baptist Church, Pikeville, KY.
Temple Hill Baptist Church, Dora, AL.
Edgewater Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL.
First Southern Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, AL.
Beulah Baptist Church, Eutaw, AL.
Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL.

Licensed: Canaan Baptist Church, 2005.
Ordained: Raimund Heights Baptist Church, 2006.