Dakota is our Pastor of Student Ministries, focusing primarily on High School. He carries a passion for helping the High School students experience life change because of Jesus one step at a time. He has the joy of leading and overseeing all of the High School Ministry areas. These areas include weekly large group gathering for high schoolers, connect groups, journey groups (discipleship program), student lead gender specific bible studies, and retreats/events for High School Students.

Dakota is a graduate of Liberty University, where he received his bachelor’s in Student Ministry. He and his wife Hailey have been married since 2016 and have two sons, Crosby and Hudson, and one daughter, Ilsa. They also have three children who were born into Heaven in the early stages of pregnancy.