Pastor Dennis Templeton is the senior pastor of The Branch Calvary Chapel, in Peoria AZ. He was ordained in 1985 and has served with various Calvary Chapels in Arizona from 1983 to 2008 as a youth pastor, worship leader, assistant pastor and school administrator.
Dennis graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. His education career includes teaching in private, charter and public school settings. Since, he has taught 3rd – 5th grade regular classroom and gifted students in the Kyrene School District; 6th – 11th grade history and science at Calvary Academy South Mountain; Freshman and Junior Bible at Valley Christian High School; English, Speech, U.S. History and U.S. Government at Gilbert Early College and Marriage and Family at Calvary Chapel Bible College.