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Dr. David Breckenridge
What do you love most about First Baptist
What hobbies do you enjoy? Doing pretty much anything with my family, fishing, baseball and soccer, biking, live music, southern lit
Who are your favorite authors? Favorite, though not the best, Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. My grandfather was the most significant faith figure in my life and I just can’t get away from the relationship between the boy and his grandfather in this book. Though not a novel, my latest literary crush is Rick Bragg’s trilogy, All Over But the Shoutin’, Ava’s Man, The Prince of Frogtown. And, of course, anything that Ann Lamott and Wendell Berry write.
What is your favorite restaurant in
What is your favorite TV shows? Daily Show, Colbert Report, Boston Legal, Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, 21/2 men, Austin City Limits, Penguins of Madagascar, ESPN
What’s in your ipod? Lyle Lovett, Miles Davis, Kate Campbell, Pierce Pettis, Sting, Kasey Chambers, Joe Ely, U2, John Coltrane, Gillian Welch, Eva Cassidy, Bela Fleck, Elvis Costello
The Fine Print
A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, David grew up in a home steeped in faith and storytelling. Whether working on his grandfather's farm, playing baseball, enjoying Vacation Bible School, or fishing for "the one that got away," there was always the story and the reflection of how each story fits into God's larger story.
David's story continued at Mississippi College where he met his wife Leigh Ann. While in seminary he served as a youth minister and hospital chaplain. David then served churches Austin, TX, Fayetteville, AR, and Lynchburg, VA while completing his Doctor of Ministry degree. Along the way, Leigh Ann and he were blessed with three beautiful children - Hannah, Seth, and Micah. David was called as pastor of First Baptist Memphis in August of 2008.
As a pastor and preacher he is still compelled by how the story of God's grace seeks to transform all of our stories into ones of redemption and hope, joy and promise. "Preaching," says David, "is the art of connecting the ancient stories of scripture to our story and in the process revealing the Storyteller behind them all as one who loves us more than we will ever know or understand."
David’s wife, Leigh Ann, is a a labor and delivery nurse with the Baptist Women's Hospital. Hannah will be a senior at
