David Chotka

Dr. David Chotka is the founder and director of Spirit-Equip Ministries, an organization designed to help people grow in the spiritual disciplines one small step at a time (www. spiritequip. com). He serves as the cochair of the Alliance Pray! Team (APT—the prayer mobilization team of Christian and Missionary Alliance Canada) and, for more than twenty-five years, has taught prayer principles and equipping both nationally and internationally. In his role with APT, Dr. Chotka was the principal author of the Transform Prayer! Course—a resource that has been translated into French, Mandarin, and Cantonese (www. alliancepray. ca). In addition, he has been a lead pastor for more than thirty years and has preached in seventeen countries to crowds large and small, teaching on such topics as “Healing Prayer,” “Prayerful Discernment,” “Spiritual Gifts and their Use,” and “Unearthing the Depths of the Lord’s Prayer. ” He is the author of Power Praying, Sifting Our Discerning, and 50 Days of Prayer: Discerning the Voice. Dr. Chotka has four earned degrees, including a master’s degree in biblical studies from Regent College in Vancouver and a doctoral degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He lives in southwestern Ontario, Canada, is married to Elizabeth, has two adult children, plays the piano for fun, and lets his fourteen-pound dog take him for a walk from time to time.