Dave Harvey | Desiring God

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Dave Harvey

Dave Harvey (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the president of Great Commission Collective, a church-planting ministry in the US, Canada, and abroad. Dave pastored for 33 years, founded AmICalled.com, and travels widely across networks and denominations as a popular conference speaker. His recent books include I Still Do: Growing Closer and Stronger Through Life’s Defining Moments and The Plurality Principle. Dave and his wife, Kimm, live in southwest Florida.

For Worse or Better: Moving Beyond Broken Dreams in Marriage

For Worse or Better

Moving Beyond Broken Dreams in Marriage

Marriage will be different than you expect — maybe far different. But however you may feel, your marriage was not an accident.

Three Lies That Separate Spouses

Three Lies That Separate Spouses

Our marriages will be healthier and happier when we learn to truly forgive one another as we have been in Christ.

Whatever Gives You Joy in God: One Habit for Every Christian Leader

Whatever Gives You Joy in God

One Habit for Every Christian Leader

If we lose our joy in the midst of ministry, it may be because we have allowed the trials and pressures to cloud the wonder of God literally everywhere we look.

Every Good Parent Will Have Regrets: Advice to My 30-Year-Old Self

Every Good Parent Will Have Regrets

Advice to My 30-Year-Old Self

Parenting exposed every spiritual weakness within my soul, my marriage, and my family. It even created some new ones.

The Best Church Leader Is a Team

The Best Church Leader Is a Team

Some companies may thrive with a CEO at the top. Some teams may win games with one superstar. But the church is not served well without a team of servant leaders.

Lift the Heavy Burden of Shame: How to Care for Parents of Prodigals

Lift the Heavy Burden of Shame

How to Care for Parents of Prodigals

Parents of prodigal children often bear a unique burden of shame — even among God’s people. Here are four ways churches can give parents hope.

Love Might Win the Wayward in Your Life

Love Might Win the Wayward in Your Life

Our love for wayward prodigals is never mere trifling sentiment. It is as bold and rugged as the cross.

Caring for the Anxious Pastor-in-Waiting

Caring for the Anxious Pastor-in-Waiting

“What do I do while I wait?” It’s a question I’ve heard dozens of times. Trained men, ready to rumble for the gospel, can sometimes find they lack immediate opportunity to fulfill their ministry dream. It feels to them like…

Conference Message

What Makes the Great Commission "Great"?

Desiring God 2011 National Conference

Panel Discussion

Speaker Panel: Dave Harvey, Ed Stetzer, and Jeff Vanderstelt

Desiring God 2011 National Conference

The Call to Ministry and the Leadership Moment

If I’m going to watch a movie, it’s got to have a hero in it. And not a superhero with a cape. I like the guy who is just going along minding his business when circumstances thrust him into some…

Discussion with Dave Harvey