David M. Hudson has traveled in mission work internationally in over 55 countries and on five continents, preaching and teaching in crusades, conferences, camp meetings, Bible schools, and training seminars. He is Bishop of Riverside Apostolic Church, Morgantown, WV. He also serves as Superintendent of the WV District of the United Pentecostal Church International, and as WV State Coordinator for Christians United for Israel. His lifetime of ongoing education in the Holy Scriptures includes Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, MN, and Texas Bible College in Houston, TX. Among many tributes, titles, and honors, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Theology from Indiana Bible College. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia on September 24, 1948. After graduating from Nitro High School, he was a chemical engineering student at West Virginia State College when he received his calling to the ministry and went on to Bible college. He received his ministerial license in 1967 with the United Pentecostal Church International, and was ordained into the ministry in 1973. From 1967 to 1971 he and his wife, Brenda, evangelized throughout the United States. In 1971, at 23 years of age, he began his first pastorate in Fayetteville, WV, and has since held pastorates in Walkerton, Indiana; Monett, Missouri; Syracuse, Indiana; and Morgantown, where he served as Senior Pastor from 1985 until 2015 (when one of his sons was elected to succeed him). David and Brenda have been married for 48 years. They have two sons, Nathaniel and his wife, Candace, and son, Chandler (Nathaniel is now Senior Pastor of Riverside Apostolic Church), and Derek and his wife, Raeanna, and daughter, Emma Grace, and son, Gauge Michael (Derek is an Architect and School Teacher, respectively) who reside in Atlanta, Georgia.