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# Dave Swope

Dave Swope serves as senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Mesa, Arizona. He and his wife have three sons and a daughter. Before entering pastoral ministry, Dave served in law enforcement. He is an avid outdoorsman who values hunting and other shared outdoor experiences as opportunities to disciple his children and invest in other men.

## Posts

- [Discipling Your Children in the Outdoors](https://www.growingfathers.com/discipling-your-children-in-the-outdoors.md): Every father has places where shared work, recreation, difficulty, and quiet conversation create opportunities to know and disciple his children, like hunting.