About David bURNFIELD AND wENDY bURNFIELD

Rev. Wendy Burnfield

Founder of Patristic Universalism Ministry

Wendy Burnfield is an ordained minister with the General Lutheran Church and the founder of Patristic Universalism Ministry. She is the host of the Patristic Universalism Ministry podcast and founder of Rocky Mountain Universalist Church, an online Christ-centered community. She is also a former Board Member of the Christian Universalist Association.

Wendy has more than 25 years of experience in evangelism, discipleship, and pastoral ministry. Her ministry experience includes serving with Billy Graham Worldwide Missions & Crusades, NeedHim Global Ministries, Fish-the-Net Ministries, and Voice of the Shepherd Apologetic Ministries, as well as providing pastoral care within a church community of more than 5,000 members.

From an early age, Wendy sensed a calling to ministry. At just five years old, she was reading her Bible and sharing what she learned with others. By the age of eight, she had started a small Bible study in her home. Despite growing up in a non-Christian home, her desire to know God and share His love has always been her passion. She is the author of three books on Christian Universalism; The Tree of Life: The Story of Humanity and the Restoration of All Things, The Love and Compassion of God and Abundant Mercy. 

Most recently, she joined a team of authors as a contributing writer to the collaborative book Love Unrelenting: Christian Universalist Testimonies, continuing her passion for sharing the hope of God's grace, mercy, and redeeming love.

David Burnfield

Co- Founder of Patristic Universalism and Author of Patristic Universalism 

David Burnfield has devoted more than three decades to the study of Christian apologetics, biblical history, and the historical reliability of the New Testament. David believes that rather than asking people to believe blindly, evidential apologetics demonstrates that Christianity is grounded in historical events that can be investigated and examined. The Christian faith is not built on myth or blind belief, but on historical reality, supported by reason, and experienced through a personal relationship with the risen Christ.

In the late 1990s, David began serving alongside the pastoral staff of a large Southern Baptist church in Dallas, Texas. As part of a congregation of more than 5,000 members, he taught apologetics classes twice each week, equipping Christians to confidently defend their faith and thoughtfully engage with, skeptics, and those questioning Christianity.

His years of research culminated in the publication of Assessing the Synoptic Problem, a book that explores the relationships among the Synoptic Gospels and presents a historical case for their reliability. Rather than accepting popular scholarly assumptions without question, David encourages readers to examine the evidence, weigh competing theories, and appreciate the remarkable consistency of the Gospel accounts.

David is currently writing his third book, which addresses many of the questions, objections, and intellectual challenges that both Christians and non-Christian's encounter when exploring the Christian faith. Drawing on decades of research in biblical scholarship, church history, and evidential apologetics, the book seeks to provide thoughtful, evidence-based answers that encourage readers to examine Christianity with both faith and reason.

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

— Lamentations 3:22–23