Dennis has been a pastor in two dynamic churches in California for 21 years. When serving as lead pastor at the Community Covenant Church in Santa Barbara, God gave him and his wife Susan a great vision and heart for South Africa, which led to the Wadley’s taking a huge step of faith in founding Bridges of Hope South Africa in 2003. Since then, God has used the Wadley’s in founding Bridges Academy, an orphan boarding school and leadership development retreat center and in co-directing multiple Community Development (CHE) projects in South Africa. Their influence has spread to Ethiopia where they started a Masters Program for the Orthodox Theological College in Mekele in 2009 to train Ethiopian pastors in practical ministry. Besides their work with Bridges, they travel the world training Christian leaders in the CHE model of Community Development. Mountain Life Church has had the privilege of partnering with Bridges of Hope over the past decade and love what God is doing through Bridges.