Christ-Centered, Bible-Believing, Reformed
Rev. David Myhren
Pastor Myhren was born into a loving Christian home in New York, where his family and church taught him about Jesus from a young age. Dave was blessed to attend college at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA (BS-History, 2014), where he met Christians from many different backgrounds and was challenged to think through his faith on his own.
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After graduating, Dave worked as a carpenter in northern New Jersey, just outside of New York City. ​After working for several years and serving in his local church, Dave attended Mid-America Reformed Seminary (MARS) in Dyer, IN, just outside Chicago (MDiv, 2023). Aside from the privilege of learning in the classroom, Dave was mentored by professors and several local pastors. He was blessed to have had the opportunity to complete three hands-on pastoral internships in different contexts.
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Dave’s great desire in ministry is to see Christ glorified, God’s people grow in their love for Christ, and new people introduced to Jesus for the first time. To that end, Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) of Vandalia ordained Dave to serve as a minister tasked with planting Bread of Life Church (OPC) in Troy, Ohio. Morning worship began in November 2024.
Covenant Presbyterian Church
As a church plant, Bread of Life, is overseen by her mother church, Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Vandalia. Under Christ, Covenant is ruled by what is called a "Session." This is a body made up of ruling elders and ministers who are chosen by the congregation based upon the biblical qualifications seen in the New Testament (See I Timothy 3:1-12 and Titus 1:5-9). Each week a member of the Session will attend Bread of Life and help oversee the ministry. As Bread of Life matures, we hope to ordain ruling elders and deacons from within our own congregation.
Covenant and Bread of Life are not independent but are mutually accountable to the other churches in the regional church, or the Presbytery, as well as the national assembly of churches (I Timothy 4:14, Acts 15:1-29, Acts 14:23, Titus 1:5 ). Our body of churches are united in a common confession of faith about what the Bible teaches, and we all submit to a book of church order, which brings to bear scriptural principles to the life of the church. These tools help us cooperate in the work of missions and seek to ensure that we do all things "decently and in good order." (I Corinthians 14:40). At the same time, we joyfully acknowledge that we are united to all true Christians through the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
