Darryl DelHousaye
Dr. Darryl DelHousaye (pronounced del-who-say) truly embodies Scholarship with a Shepherd’s Heart. He has served as Senior Pastor of Scottsdale Bible Church and as President and Professor of Practical Theology at Phoenix Seminary. He now serves as both Pastor Emeritus of Scottsdale Bible Church and Chancellor of the seminary as well as the Teaching and Training Pastor at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, Arizona. He also speaks at Bible conferences both in and out of state. As a renowned expository Bible teacher he has devoted his life to communicating God’s Word in a winsome, practical and scholarly manner.
Dr. DelHousaye has over 55 years of broad local church experience. His early background was that of a youth pastor moving to become a young Senior Pastor at First Baptist of San Lorenzo Valley in northern California. He then served 25 years as senior pastor of Scottsdale Bible Church in the heart of Arizona, and then over two decades as President of Phoenix Seminary.
Married since 1970, Darryl and Holly have two sons, John (Tiffany), Professor at Arizona Christian University, and Kent (Stephanie), Co-Founder of the Love and Transformation Institute. They also love being grandparents to Livia, Joslyn, Tate, Ethan, Christian, and Claire.
Dr. DelHousaye has authored Today for Eternity, Ask Pastor Darryl: 121 Answers to Frequently Asked Bible Questions, Servant Leadership: The Seven Distinctive Characteristics of Servant Leadership, The Personal Journal of Solomon: a Commentary of Ecclesiastes for the Common Reader, The Primacy of Our Faith, and John The Beloved. He also authored the study notes for the book of Acts in the Nelson NKJV Study Bible published by Thomas Nelson Publishers.
HOLLY DelHousaye
Holly DelHousaye (pronounced del-who-say) has been formally mentoring women since 1999. She designed a curriculum to provide a helpful structure for an in-depth mentoring experience whereby both the mentor and the mentee are enriched and blessed by the relationship.
At age 12, Holly personally received Jesus as her Lord and Savior. This decision redirected her entire life. She grew up in the Iowa cornfields but dreamed of someday living in Southern California. At 18, her dream became a reality. She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1967.
Her first job as a file clerk at Kemper Insurance in downtown Los Angeles produced an opportunity to become the assistant to the West Coast branch manager. During her time at Kemper, she met and married a young junior high pastor named Darryl DelHousaye in 1970.
Darryl went on to graduate from Talbot Seminary and together they moved to Felton, California in 1974 to serve First Baptist Church of San Lorenzo Valley. In 1981 the DelHousayes moved to Scottsdale to serve Scottsdale Bible Church.
In 1992, after raising two sons and working in many church ministries, Holly looked to God to refocus her life. She served for five years as assistant to the vice-dean for Phoenix Programs for The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Also from 1992 to 1999, Holly developed a team ministry at Scottsdale Bible Church directed to business and professional women.
In the following years, Darryl became president of Phoenix Seminary and Holly worked alongside him to develop the school. She created a center for women and also raised awareness for the school by initiating a service and fund-raising organization called Women of Momentum.
Today, Holly is continuing to mentor and write devotionally for the purpose of stimulating growth in the vibrant community of faith surrounding us here in the Valley of the Sun.