David Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church and Chancellor of San Diego Christian College; both in El Cajon, California. He became pastor when Tim LaHaye left the church in 1981. Jeremiah graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary. His beliefs closely resemble those of the Southern Baptists. Consequently, in the years following Jeremiah's pastorhood, the church joined the Southern Baptist Convention. David Jeremiah and his wife Donna have four children. They also have one grandchild.