Christian.
Writer.
Theologian.
Minister.

David Bumgardner is a licensed evangelical minister, writer, and theological communicator with a heart for the local church and a proven record of service across various evangelical and ecumenical contexts. With experience ranging from pastoral residencies and chaplaincy to editorial leadership and strategic communications, David combines biblical depth with practical compassion and pastoral care.

As a preacher, researcher, and advocate for unity in the Body of Christ, David brings clarity, conviction, and care to every ministry setting he enters. He currently contributes freelance writing and curriculum development for several national ministries and publications while pursuing graduate and postgraduate theological studies.

David is a creedal and evangelical Christian committed to the authority of Scripture and the transforming power of the Gospel. He holds to the following essential Christian beliefs:

■ The Holy Scriptures are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. They have God as their Author, Salvation as their end, and Truth, without any mixture of error or fallacy, as their matter.

■ That there is but one LORD GOD, whose name is YHWH, who is eternally existent as three distinct persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

■ In the eternal preexistence and equality of the Son of God with the Father and the Holy Spirit, who became incarnate by taking humanity up to Himself, in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His hypostatic union, in His sinless life and impeccable human nature, in the veracity of His miracles, in His vicarious and penally substitutionary atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal, visible, and bodily return on the clouds of Heaven in great power and never-ending glory.

■ That for the salvation of lost and sinful people, personal conversion and regeneration by God the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. This miracle is granted to those hearing the Gospel message by grace alone (Sola Gratia) through faith alone (Sola Fide) in the merits, mediation, and sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ alone (Solus Christus), entirely devoid of human works, effort, deserving, or merit.

■ That those whom God has justified He will keep by His power through faith unto final salvation, so that true believers persevere by grace and may rest in that assurance

■ The sacraments—Baptism and the Lord's Supper—are holy signs and seals of God's covenant of grace, instituted by Christ to nourish, strengthen, and confirm our faith, effective not by an automatic ritual power, but by the working of the Holy Spirit received through faith. 

■ In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is convicted of sin and enabled to live a godly life and produce good works, which necessarily follow regeneration and true justifying faith, though not as a covenant of works unto salvation, but as a rule of Christian life and grateful response to redemption.

■ In God’s own good timing and by His own chosen means, both the saved and the lost shall undergo the bodily resurrection; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of judgment reserved for the devil and his angels.

■ In the sanctity of human life, the biblical creation order for marriage and sexual activity, and the sacred responsibility of caring for creation and image-bearers through Gospel-driven social action.

■ In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, which should be manifested visibly as much as is possible, but without ever compromising the truth of the Gospel.

The following documents give expression to David's faith. While they may differ slightly in emphasis, taken together they present a version of the Christian faith and a system of doctrine that is historic, thoroughly Protestant, graciously and gently Reformed, pietistically/experientially bent, compassionately conservative, and classically evangelical.

Ancient Witnesses

The Apostles' Creed (3rd–4th Century)
The Nicene Creed (AD 381)
The Chalcedonian Definition (AD 451)
The Athanasian Creed (5th–6th Century)

Reformational Witnesses

The Book of Common Prayer ("Edward's Book" of 1552)
The Belgic Confession (1561)
The Thirty-Nine Articles (1562)
The Heidelberg Catechism  (1563)
The Westminster Standards (1643–1649)

Contemporary Witnesses

The Lausanne Covenant (1974)
The Book of Common Worship for Voluntary Use, PCA Edition (2008)
A Reforming Catholic Confession: A “Mere Protestant” Statement of Faith (2017)
The Nashville Statement: A Coalition for Biblical Sexuality (2017)
The Great Lakes Catechism on Marriage and Sexuality (2018)