Richard Dahlstrom has been the Senior Pastor of Bethany Community Church in Seattle since 1996, which has grown from one location and 300 people, to six locations in the Puget Sound region and over 3500 people. He teaches globally with Torchbearer Missionary Fellowship and is the author of The Colors of Hope, which was selected by Christianity Today as one of the best books of 2011. Married for four decades with three grown children, he and his wife spend most of their free time skiing and hiking.