Dave and Pam Melton are the founders of His Dwelling Place Ranch, a nonprofit organization. They have been married since 1976 and have 11 children, with a growing number of grandchildren.
In 2009, God revealed a vision to both Dave and Pam about giving individuals and families an opportunity to enjoy time away from their busy lives and experience a connection with God and others. Together they began a new chapter in their lives and moved to Murrieta, where they waited to hear from the Lord. In the meantime, they continued to offer events to the community and the people around them. Finally, in 2018, God revealed to them where they were going to put down their ministry roots and create a permanent place for His Dwelling Place Ranch to flourish. To God be the glory!
Statement of Faith
We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.
We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe Jesus is the eternal Son of God, as revealed in the Scriptures, by His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His death on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the dead, and His position at the right hand of God. (II Peter 3:18; Revelation 1:8)
We believe that man was created good and upright. However, man sinned and thereby was subjected not only to physical death but to spiritual death, which is separation from God. (Romans 3:23)
We believe man’s only hope is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 10:9,10)
We believe God wonderfully created each person, designated as male or female at birth, and that these two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. We believe that God created marriage in His love for us to be exclusively the union of one man and one woman and that sexual conduct is only proper within those bounds.
We believe in the great commission which our Lord has given to His Church to evangelize the world.