My name is Dan Gudim and I have helped pastor churches for 12 years from the Midwest, to Southern CA, to New England.  My diverse experience has given me the skills to serve people from many different backgrounds and experiences.  Over that time, I have helped start, build, and grow multiple ministries and churches.  

 

Along with pastoring full-time, I have also taken to a couple of writing projects that I hope to see published soon.  

 

In my downtime, I enjoy the outdoors, almost all sports, cooking, bonfires with friends, but most of all, spending time with his wife, Paige, and daughter, Arabelle.  

 

New England has quickly become home as I have seen a new hunger and desire for the church to thrive in this area again.  I get so excited when I hear stories of the many who have been praying and have preceded me here, all with the hope that God, who began a great work here, will be faithful to complete it.  

 

I moved to New England in 2022 to help plant churches in areas and cities deprived of a relevant gospel and in need of spiritual awakening.  I was on staff with Grace Church for 3 years, helping grow one of their locations to over 450 weekly attendees while overseeing their student ministry.  This has allowed me to learn about New England and how to communicate a contextualized gospel effectively.  I have also been able to network and learn from great church planters and leaders in New England who know how to engage with the current culture.  

 

In February of 2024, after years of prayer, the Spirit started leading me to Great Barrington, MA, and the surrounding areas that have been starved of a gospel-centered on Jesus.  Great Barrington is a social and economic hub for over 20 additional towns serving over 100,000 people in southwest MA, northwest CT, and upstate NY.  I quickly connected with Converge Northeast and the surrounding churches and started praying diligently about the area.  God continually opened doors to help ensure a church will open in Great Barrington and I am honored to be leading the cause.