Meet the Pastors

Greg Van Court, Pastor

Greg Van Court

Greg is the husband of Sandra and father of their two daughters, Abigail and Rebecca. He is a native Austinite and one of the many spiritual sons of our founding pastor, Jackson Boyett. He received his BA in English from Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX, and his MDiv and Th.M. from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. The Van Courts united with Dayspring Fellowship in August 2002. Greg was ordained as a Dayspring pastor in April 2012 and serves as our vocational preaching and teaching pastor. He is the author of The Obedience of Christ (New Covenant Media, 2005).

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Ben Fletcher, Pastor

Ben Fletcher

Ben was born March 8, 1937, the fifth of seven children in a West Texas farm family. He graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1955 and Texas A&M in 1965. After graduation, Ben taught high school Chemistry and Biology for nine years. Three of those years were in Goliad where he met and married Lynnda Birdwell and soon had a family of three boys and one girl. One boy was lost to an untreatable nerve disorder.

In 1969 he took a sales position with a major pharmaceutical company and was transferred to Austin in 1974. While attending Westover Hills Church of Christ doctrinal differences made it impossible to continue in fellowship. He and his family joined Jackson Boyett in a home Bible study in 1978 and the study grew into what is now Dayspring Fellowship where the whole family has been blessed with sound biblical teaching and prospered through a loving Christian fellowship.

Ben is currently retired and continues his 40 plus years as serving as a Dayspring pastor.

David Harrell, Pastor

David Harrell is one of the elders at Dayspring Fellowship. David and Barbara have been attending Dayspring Fellowship since about 1980 or 1981. Our founding pastor, Jackson Boyett and David were in seminary together. David served as the pastor of a small church near Corpus Christi before they returned to Austin.

David's educational background includes a BS from Texas A&M, an MS from Texas A&I and MDiv from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (where Jackson and David first met).
 
Quote: "I consider myself blessed to be able to serve Dayspring as an elder alongside my fellow elders. We welcome all visitors and look forward to providing opportunity for worship and fellowship whenever the Lord blesses us with the opportunity to do so. Soli Deo Gloria!"

Bill Phillips, Pastor

Bill Phillips is an elder at Dayspring Fellowship in Austin, TX where he and his family have worshipped since 2007. He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and currently works as an operations manager in Round Rock. He has been married to Suzy for 30 years and they have three children; Courtney, Grant, and Cole. He graduated from Wheaton College in 1990 and received his MBA from Trident University in 2007.