Dr. David W. Price
Lead Pastor
Dr. Price has been the Lead Pastor of the Great Outdoors Community Church since 2012. He has a Ph.D. in History from London Metropolitan University, (Great Britain) and a Master’s Degree in Theology and Church History from Wheaton College Graduate School.
Dr. Price was the Lead Pastor of Chicago area church from 1991 to 2011. He has also planted churches in Minneapolis and McGregor, Minnesota.
Throughout four decades of ministry Dr. Price has had a passion for preaching, teaching, and world missions. He has done extensive missions’ work in Romania and South Africa. He has also been a guest on both Christian radio and television.
Dr. Price serves as an adjunct professor for Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa), where he teaches American History. He is also an adjunct professor at Nelson University in Waxahachie, Texas. He currently teaches online courses in both Medieval and Modern European history.
He writes, produces, and records a weekly radio show called, Verse-by-Verse. It airs on five radio stations:
- WPIO Radio 89.3 - Titusville
- WEJF Radio 90.3 - Melbourne, Palm Bay, Sebastian, Vierra
- WEGS Radio 91.7 - Pensacola-MIlton
- WKTO Radio 88.9 - Brevard, Volusia
- KSKB Radio 99.1/99.7 - East Central Iowa
Dr. Price is a published author. His Ph.D. dissertation, A World of Darkness: Cotton Mather's Cosmology and the 1692 Salem Witch Trials was published by Koehlerbooks in 2020.
David and his wife, LuAnn have two adult children. Their son, Dominie, is retired from the United States Army. Their daughter, Alexie, lives in New York.
Daniel A. Zahn
Minister of Visitation and Prayer
Dan was born in Washington, D.C. and spent most of his life in Virginia. He was a licensed architect and construction company executive prior to retiring in 2004.
Dan and his wife Rosalind moved to Florida in 2004 and became permanent residents of TGO. He was raised Lutheran, however, was baptized into the Baptist Church becoming a Deacon in 1983. He and Rosalind have been members of the Great Outdoors Community Church for 14 years. Dan was called by the Lord into ministerial service in 2015. After completing courses at Global University's Berean School of the Bible, he received his license in 2017.
Dan's duties include assisting Pastor David with visitation, leading Bible studies, prayer groups and substitute preaching.
Dan and Rosalind have two daughters and four grandchildren.