David L. Hatton

David L. Hatton is a minister and retired nurse. He graduated from Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 1972 with a BA in Bible and from New College Berkeley in 1988 with an MA in Cross-Cultural Studies. Before becoming an RN in 1981, he worked a few years with Gospel Outreach of Northern California and with Jeunesse en Mission (Youth With a Mission) in Quebec. He has been an ER nurse, but for more than two decades worked in labor and delivery. Before retiring from nursing, he became a certified massage therapist. Ordained within The Wesleyan Church in 2001, David, for health reasons, retired in 2023 after almost 28 years of pastoring a small congregation of seniors in a retirement village. His hobbies are writing, art, and enjoying life with his wife Rosemary. Married in 1971, they live in Sacramento, California. They have 12 children and a growing number of grandchildren.