David Diercksen
P.O. Box 595
Hidalgo, Texas 78557
David Diercksen  

Editor's note: David ended his service as a PC(USA) mission worker in September 2009.

David was appointed in January 2009 to serve as U.S. coordinator of Puentes de Cristo, one of six sites of Presbyterian Border Ministries, which is run jointly by PC(USA) and the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico.

As coordinator, David has overall responsibility for interpreting Puentes de Cristo to the PC(USA) and to facilitate the ministry of receiving mission teams.

“My excitement at being named the U.S. coordinator for Puentes de Cristo is the result of years of mission involvement as a pastor,” writes David, “and my ministry at Mission at the Eastward, serving Kingfield/Salem United Methodist Churches in Maine. I have always believed that the churches that are most alive are those involved in hands-on mission—where we are providing opportunities for people to experience Jesus Christ personally.”

Letters from
David Diercksen

• June 2009 Puentes newsletter

Prior to his appointment to Puentes de Cristo, David was pastor and head of staff at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2004-2008), and as pastor and head of staff at Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church, also in Pittsburgh.

He has also served pastorates at Beulah Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh (interim, 2002-2003); Hamburg Presbyterian Church in Hamburg, New York (1996-2002); Mission at the Eastward, serving the Kingfield/Salem United Methodist Churches in Kingfield, Maine (1993-1996); Northhampton Presbyterian Church in Holland, Pennsylvania (1990-1993); and Camp Hill Presbyterian Church in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (associate pastor, 1985-1990). He is a minister member of Pittsburgh Presbytery.

David’s bachelor’s degree is in history from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. His M. Div. is from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He also holds a M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh.

David is the father of daughters Anna Kate Diercksen, Beverly Diercksen, Jessica Wagonblatt, and Meagan Kuhn. David will be joined in his ministry to Puentes de Cristo by his wife, Nadine.

Birthday: September 28