Dallas Willard Ministries is excited to welcome Cliff Young to our Board of Directors. Cliff was raised in Los Angeles, and earned a Bachelors in Music Education & trumpet performance followed by a Master of Music Education at the University of Southern California. He taught music in public schools for 12 years, and also served as Choir Director and Audio-Visual Director at Calvary Chapel South Bay in Gardena, California. It was in the counseling rooms at Calvary Chapel that Cliff found his passion for full-time ministry. He then enrolled at Pepperdine University, earning a Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology, and a Master of Divinity from Azusa Pacific University. The Seminary at Azusa is where Cliff was introduced to Dallas’s teaching, and it changed his vision of God and His Kingdom. So Cliff joined the first cohort of the School of Kingdom Living, graduating in July 2022, while also pursuing his Doctorate at APU with an emphasis in spiritual formation.

Cliff is lead pastor of New Hope Christian Center in Lomita, California. His publications include Christian Soul: Foundational Principles of Faith (2021); and 3 music CDs. Please visit his website to learn more.