About Our Pastor

David and Ruth GreggPastor David Gregg – came to the Lighthouse by a most circuitous route. The lead guitarist for the same band that actor Johnny Depp played for (Rock City Angels), he left the music business to do homeless and prison ministries after coming to Christ, and then followed a call to the pastorate. He is an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God (Cleveland, TN), has a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from Freedom Bible College, matriculated at Lee University, and has a Master’s Degree in Theology from Trinity Theological Seminary.

He came to the Lighthouse in 2004 with 15 years of pastoral experience, having pastored churches in Florida and Massachusetts, and having ministered as a worship leader and Associate Pastor of the Davie, FL Church of God. Pastor Dave has served as the State imageDirector of Youth, Christian Education, and Evangelism for the So. New England Churches of God, as a District Overseer, on the State Council for the So. New England region, and on the Ministerial Development Board. He and his wife Ruth have been very happily married since 1989, and have five great kids; a married daughter (Bonnie Cuesta), and four at home: Stephanie – 20, Davy – 17, Danielle – 14, and Jennifer – 7), as well as a beagle named Fitzwilliam, and a cat named Tinsel.