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{{Infobox person
| name=Daniel James Preston<br>
(Independent Baptist pastor)
| image=Dan Preston of TX.jpg
| birth_date=August 4, 1974
| birth_place=Effingham, [[Illinois]]<br>
Resident of [[Lubbock]], Texas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| spouse=Lisa Lynn Webster Preston (married 1995)
'''Children''':<br>
Karisa, Kaylee, Keith, and Gabe Preston
'''Parents''':<br>
James and Betty Jo Preston
}}'''Daniel James Preston''', known as '''Dan Preston''' (born August 5, 1974),<ref>Daniel James Preston, 49 - Lubbock, TX, (mylife.com), accessed November 20, 2023.</ref> is the senior pastor at Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. He has been since 2015 the pastor of the Independent Baptist congregation located at the intersection of 40th Street and Quaker Avenue. He is the fourth pastor of Bethany, which was organized in August 1973, a year before Preston's birth, by pastor [[Ross Spencer]]. He followed the previous pastor, [[Aaron Denson]], who moved to the Arden Road Baptist Church in [[Amarillo]].
Preston was born to James and Betty Jo Preston in Effingham in south central [[Illinois]]. His father became a pastor in Cortez, a small municipality in Montezuma County in northern [[Colorado]], when Dan was in the fifth grade. Preston converted to [[Jesus Christ]] in 1983 at the age of eight. He surrendered to the ministry at the age of eleven while he was attending summer camp at Silver State Baptist Youth Camp in Sedalia in Douglas County, Colorado, located north of [[Colorado Springs]]. He graduated from high school in Cortez and attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]], at which he completed undergraduate studies.<ref name=info>{{Information | Bethany Baptist Church (churchstillworks.org), accessed November 21, 2023.</ref>
While At BBC, he met and married in 1995 his wife, the former Lisa Lynn Webster.<ref>Lisa Lynn Preston, 50 - Lubbock, TX - Reputation & Contact Details (mylife.com), accessed November 21, 2023.</ref> The couple has four children, Karisa, Kaylee, Keith, and Gabe. Pastor Preston later received a diploma from Heartland Baptist Bible College, an Independent Baptist entity in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]. Prior to his current position in Lubbock, he served for eight years on the staff at Liberty Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. In December 2006, Preston answered a call to pastor a church in Windsor in southwestern Colorado, a post that he filled for nine years.<ref name=info/>
Preston's inspiring and well-prepared sermons, three per week, may be accessed on the church [[Facebook]] page. Also available on-line is the Sunday morning adult Bible class study led by Mike Gilbert.
==References==
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[[Category:Colorado]]
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| name=Daniel James Preston<br>
(Independent Baptist pastor)
| image=Dan Preston of TX.jpg
| birth_date=August 4, 1974
| birth_place=Effingham, [[Illinois]]<br>
Resident of [[Lubbock]], Texas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| spouse=Lisa Lynn Webster Preston (married 1995)
'''Children''':<br>
Karisa, Kaylee, Keith, and Gabe Preston
'''Parents''':<br>
James and Betty Jo Preston
}}'''Daniel James Preston''', known as '''Dan Preston''' (born August 5, 1974),<ref>Daniel James Preston, 49 - Lubbock, TX, (mylife.com), accessed November 20, 2023.</ref> is the senior pastor at Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. He has been since 2015 the pastor of the Independent Baptist congregation located at the intersection of 40th Street and Quaker Avenue. He is the fourth pastor of Bethany, which was organized in August 1973, a year before Preston's birth, by pastor [[Ross Spencer]]. He followed the previous pastor, [[Aaron Denson]], who moved to the Arden Road Baptist Church in [[Amarillo]].
Preston was born to James and Betty Jo Preston in Effingham in south central [[Illinois]]. His father became a pastor in Cortez, a small municipality in Montezuma County in northern [[Colorado]], when Dan was in the fifth grade. Preston converted to [[Jesus Christ]] in 1983 at the age of eight. He surrendered to the ministry at the age of eleven while he was attending summer camp at Silver State Baptist Youth Camp in Sedalia in Douglas County, Colorado, located north of [[Colorado Springs]]. He graduated from high school in Cortez and attended Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]], at which he completed undergraduate studies.<ref name=info>{{Information | Bethany Baptist Church (churchstillworks.org), accessed November 21, 2023.</ref>
While At BBC, he met and married in 1995 his wife, the former Lisa Lynn Webster.<ref>Lisa Lynn Preston, 50 - Lubbock, TX - Reputation & Contact Details (mylife.com), accessed November 21, 2023.</ref> The couple has four children, Karisa, Kaylee, Keith, and Gabe. Pastor Preston later received a diploma from Heartland Baptist Bible College, an Independent Baptist entity in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]. Prior to his current position in Lubbock, he served for eight years on the staff at Liberty Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. In December 2006, Preston answered a call to pastor a church in Windsor in southwestern Colorado, a post that he filled for nine years.<ref name=info/>
Preston's inspiring and well-prepared sermons, three per week, may be accessed on the church [[Facebook]] page. Also available on-line is the Sunday morning adult Bible class study led by Mike Gilbert.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Preston, Dan}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Colorado]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Baptists]]