David A.Collins

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Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Pastor, Teacher/Trainer/Mentor
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Introduction	I grew up in Thailand and later spent a signficant portion of my life in Hong Kong. I speak Cantonese, fluently enough to woo and marry Elena, who is HK Chinese, and we've been married now for 20 years. We have three kids - Jessica (17), Stephanie (14) and Jordan (12) - who are the joy of my life. I am on the pastoral team at Evangelical Community Church, in Melbourne, Australia, and I am president of the Online Bible College.
Interests	God, eternity, family, reading, walking, squash, badminton, science and nature, birding/bird-watching, intelligent design and evolution (i.e. origins of life), cosmology, astronomy/star-gazing/complexity/chaos theories, network theories, psychology, sociology, history (ancient/classical, medieval and modern).
Favorite Movies	The Passion of the Christ, The Lord of the Rings, I Robot, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, The Matrix, Dances With Wolves
Favorite Music	Worship, Classical, Contemporary Instrumental, Funk
Favorite Books	Dean Kootz, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Stephen Covey, Watchman Nee, Philip Yancy