Pastors

David joined the pastoral staff at Hope in August of 2012. He received his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in 1996, where he majored in Latin and Greek. After graduation, David taught Latin and coached tennis and wrestling at Brentwood Academy in Nashville, TN for three years, before heading off to St. Louis to pursue a Master of Divinity at Covenant Theological Seminary. Prior to coming to Hope, David served as the RUF Campus Minister at Davidson College for 9 years – his first call out of seminary. He married his wife, Margaret Ann, in 1998 and they have three wonderful children: Mary Gray, Sam, and Lewis. Margaret Ann is a registered nurse and enjoys working several days a week their children’s school in the health room.

David loves CrossFit, playing guitar and mandolin, tennis, and mountain biking. You are likely to find him holding a Diet SunDrop in one hand and a book in the other.

Ethan joined the pastoral staff in October 2015. He is married to Holly. They both hail from the Sunshine State and graduated from Florida State University in 2006. Ethan has served in churches in Florida, Scotland, and Charlotte, where he also completed his Master of Divinity at Reformed Theological Seminary. The Smiths have two daughters, Annaleigh and Addison.

Ethan enjoys exploring large cities; reading historical fiction; playing tennis, basketball, and golf; grabbing a cup of coffee and a donut at Dough Joe’s; cheering on the Noles; and walking Toby, the family dog.

Davis is very excited and thankful to have been called to serve on the pastoral staff at Hope. He studied mechanical engineering at North Carolina State University but began to discern a call to pastoral ministry while involved with Reformed University Fellowship. Soon after graduation in 2014, Davis met Hannah, and they were married during Davis’s second year as a campus intern with RUF at Virginia Tech. Davis graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis with a Master of Divinity in 2019.