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Dr. Graves SDMI Testimony
David W. Graves (born 1953) is an American educator and theologian who serves as a General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
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Graves was educated at Olivet Nazarene University and received a Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Graves Received and honorary Doctor of Divinity from Olivet Nazarene University. Graves and his wife, Sharon, have four grown children.
Graves pastored in Kansas, Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. From 2001 to 2006, he was the director of Sunday School Ministries for the Church of the Nazarene International Headquarters. In 2006, he was called to be senior pastor of College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas, where he was serving when elected General Superintendent. Graves was elected as the church's 38th General Superintendent during its 27th General Assembly in 2009 in Orlando, Florida.