Joined Staff:

July 7, 1988

Main Duties:

Direct Tenth’s Mercy Ministry, ACTS.  ACTS is an outreach of 300 volunteer workers to homeless persons, people with AIDS, at-risk children, single parents, separated and divorced, nursing home residents, and incarcerated persons.

Family:

Married to Kate Kiersten Apple (July 12, 1980). Daughter: Anne-Cara (born April 1, 1987); Sons: James (33) and Andrew (31).

Education:

B.A. Calvin College (MI) Certificate in Pastoral Counseling, Christian Educational and Counseling Foundation (PA) M.A.T.S. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (PA) D. Min. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (PA)

Published Writings:

“ACTS of Kindness,” The Messenger, July-August 1989
“The Right to Choose,” The Banner, April 1969

Other:

Included in Churches That Make a Difference, Sider, Olson, and Unruh (Grand Rapids : Baker, 2002)
Unpublished manuscript, The Heart of a Servant

Other Activities:

The Clergy Committee—local Chairman of this national ministry that helps urban ministers to work smarter and more effectively for the glory of God and the benefit of their communities.

Personal Statement:

I was saved through the mercy ministry of an inner-city Christian Reformed Church in Paterson , New Jersey .  I learned then and believe that “I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.”

Email/Blogsite:

dapple@tenth.org; www.davidsapple.blogspot.com.