David Milling, originally from Alabama, answered God’s call to preach and was ordained while serving in the U. S. Air Force in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He came to Nashville to attend Free Will Baptist Bible College (Welch college).

He pastored a church while in college and has been serving Harper Road as music minister since 1998. He met his wife, Sharon, as he was beginning college, shortly after she graduated. They have two children. Their son – Caleb, is married to Callie and they serve in youth ministry in Oklahoma, along with raising their three children. Their daughter – Bethany is married to Mitchell Moody, and they reside in Huntsville, AL.