David is a Sr. Research Associate at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He received his master’s and doctorate in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio specializing in the field of addiction.  He has worked in the field of addiction for over 50 years in various capacities including Director of the Salvation Army Harbor Light Detoxification Center, Director of a 32-bed inpatient rehabilitation center, and Director of a treatment center in a nursing home. He counseled addicts in the following settings: corrections, inner city, adolescent aftercare, chaplaincy, and outpatient primary treatment. He taught about addictions in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Akron. He is a national and international trainer for Adventist Recovery Ministries (ARMin) and is currently Coordinator of Addiction Services for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist’s ARMin program. He is active in Journey to Wholeness, the Christ-Centered 12-step recovery program of the Adventist church.

Pastor Stephen Eccles currently serves in the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.  He previously worked in the IT industry for 25 years in the UK and Europe. He has a Masters in Community Development from Andrews University where he focused on developing community-based support programs for those suffering from addiction issues. He has been an active member of recovery groups for over 15 years and has helped to establish several new groups. His involvement was prompted by his own personal suffering with more than one addiction and then finding recovery through the 12-Step program, and the power of God that he encountered during that process. He participates in a number of 12-Step groups each week in Ohio and online.