About Pastor David Bissett
Senior Pastor
Clifton Park Community Church
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Rev. Dr. David J. Bissett served two churches in New England, before being called in 1995 to Clifton Park Community Church — in the Capital District of upstate NY — where he continues to serve as Pastor.
He attended the University of Wisconsin, serving in the local chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, graduating with a BA degree in Economics. He worked as Productivity Analyst for I.T.T. Consumer Financial Corporation for three years, until he married his college sweetheart, Laurel Ryan of Boston, in 1984. He completed a Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies at enrolled at Bethel Theological Seminary (St. Paul, MN) in 1989. During seminary, he directed college ministries John Piper in downtown Minneapolis, MN. In 2020, he completed coursework and a Thesis to earn his Doctor of Ministry from Ligonier Theological Academy in Sanford, FL.
The Bissetts are blessed with seven children, whom they home-schooled. They also co-founded The Arbor, a local classical educational cooperative, in 2002, where David teaches formal logic, history and economics.
In addition to pastoral ministry, Bissett co-founded and helps direct Gospel Advance of Upstate New York (a regional cooperative of evangelical churches) and is an active member in the Evangelical Theological Society—Northeast Region, currently serving as Chairman. He is also an Instructor with The Charles Simeon Trust and hosts annual preaching workshops in Upstate New York. He has written articles and book reviews published in the Puritan Reformed Journal, Reformation & Revival Journal, and The Banner of Truth magazine.
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