Name: David Crisler Walker
Date of Birth: October 23, 1953
Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Family: Married to Shirley Morrow Walker, and the father of:
Sara Abigail (Abbi) Petkoff, recently married to Ryan
Born - 9/27/82
Kathryn Crisler (Katie) Born - 4/16/86
Evan David Born - 10/28/88

Ministry Experience:
Presently, Pastor - Alamo City Christian Fellowship
San Antonio, TX (1987- )

Pastor - First Baptist Church
San Antonio, TX (1983-87)

Pastor - San Jacinto Baptist Church
Amarillo, TX (1980-83)

Pastor - First Baptist Church
Hobart, OK   (1978-80)                  

Assistant Pastor - Sagamore Hill Baptist Church
Fort Worth, TX (1977-78)

Minister of High School /College Youth
Sagamore Hill Baptist Church
Forth Worth, TX (1975-77)

Minister of Youth - First Baptist Church
Houston, TX (1974-75)

Assistant Minister of Youth - First Baptist Church
Houston, TX (1973 -74)

Minister of Youth/Activities - Garden Oaks Baptist Church
Houston, TX (1972 -73)

Education:
S. P. Waltrip High School (Houston, TX, class of 1971)

Houston Baptist University: Bachelor of Arts, 1975
Majors: Christianity and Psychology

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:
Master of Divinity, 1978
Doctor of Ministry, 1981
Functional Major: Evangelism and Missions
Dissertation (Project Report):
Equipping Young Men in a Young Church for Age-Old Tasks: A Foundational Program for Christian Men, Teaching Selected Principles of Biblical Discipleship

Licensed:
May, 1971 in the Garden Oaks Baptist Church, Houston, TX.

Ordained:
April, 1976 in the Garden Oaks Baptist Church, Houston, TX.

Honors and Appointments:
Lettered in football in high school as a quarterback.
Lettered in tennis in college.
Member of the Social/Service Fraternity, Alpha Pi Kappa, at Houston Baptist University.
Member of the National Scholastic and Leadership Fraternities, Alpha Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Winner of the Interfraternity Council’s Scholastic Award for 2 years at Houston Baptist University with a grade point average of 4.0.
Named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Served as President of the Baptist Student Union equivalent, “Christian Life on Campus”, at Houston Baptist University.

Received these awards upon graduation from Houston Baptist University:
The President’s Award
“Mr. Houston Baptist University”
The Christian Action Award
The Riverside Scholarship for Graduate Studies
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Selected by the Southwestern Seminary Faculty to preach in Chapel during “Senior Preaching Week”.

Recipient of Southwestern Seminary’s Evangelism Award.

Has served on various Baptist General Convention of Texas  and National Southern Baptist Convention Committees and one term on the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. 

For several years the churches Dr. Walker has pastored were listed in the top ten in baptisms among Southern Baptist churches in Texas.

In 1986, the First Baptist Church of San Antonio led the Southern Baptist Convention in baptisms with 1187.

Dr. Walker has preached regularly across the South and Southwest in local church “revival meetings”, evangelism conferences, and national and statewide gatherings, such as the national Southern Baptist Pastor’s Conference and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

In addition to Baptist meetings, he has increasingly been involved in gatherings that have included a broader scope of the Body of Christ, both inter-denominationally and ethnically.

He has over the years been closely involved with a movement among pastors of various backgrounds from across the San Antonio  area praying for Revival in the region.

Besides seeing “the Kingdom Come”, Pastor Walker enjoys:
The Out-of-Doors in practically every form —
from hiking the Colorado and Montana mountains and fly-fishing in Idaho to assisting some of his rancher friends in managing  their South Texas deer and quail populations.

Jogging (the goal is an hour 3 times a week, 15-18 miles, weather and schedule permitting) —and Tennis, which he and Shirley enjoy either as a teammates or as opponents (!).

Author of “It’s All in the Family,” a look at Christian family life.

As a family, the Walkers are avid hikers, snow skiers, and water skiers, and enjoy almost anything that lets them be outside together.  “Buck”, the little      Boykin Spaniel, and “Sallie Mae”, the Red Bone Hound, are also a part of just about everything the Walkers do outside.