Dale Julio

 

Dale and his wife Susan joined Rocky as a member in 1992 after taking a job as a Deputy Program Manager at the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Joint System Program Office. In October 1993, Rocky ordained Dale to the deacon ministry. In 1994, they responded to a call to ministry. After resigning from Civil Service and they moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina, to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dale graduated in December, 1997, with a Master of Divinity with Christian Education and Biblical Languages endorsements. Returning to the Niceville area, Dale was called on staff as the Associate Pastor.

 

Dale is a self-described Navy brat. He was born at the Naval Hospital in Agana, Guam, on July 23, 1959. His childhood and adolescent years were spent all over the world as the Navy kept his family on the move. He lived in Guam twice, Midway Island, the Philippines, several locations in California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, London, England, Mons, Belgium, and Athens, Greece. Having attended 5 high schools, he is used to rapid changes of environments!
 

Dale came to Christ while attended a youth retreat in Den Hague, Holland, and was baptized in May of 1973 at the International Baptist Church of Jurbise, Belgium. Dale matured in his Christian walk when he was discipled through the Navigator ministry at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland and at the University of Maryland in College Park while pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and working as a Engineering Trainee until his graduation in December of 1983. Dale felt the call to ministry during this time. He served faithfully in churches as children and adult Sunday School teacher, single's and young married's ministry leader, and Vacation Bible School leader. He filled the pulpit as needed. He also discipled young men as an ongoing ministry.

 

Susan is also a Navy brat. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but was raised in Annapolis, Maryland. She graduated with a degree in education from Frostburg State College (now Frostburg State University) in December 1983. While Susan was teaching elementary school in Maryland, she came to a college and career Bible study led by Dale in November 1985. They were engaged on July 4, 1986, and married on December 20, 1986. She devotes herself to home schooling their two children, Joy and Alex. She also has an active career writing teacher resource books for both Christian and secular publishers, but primarily for Scholastic Professional Books. She is also serving as 4th grade girls Sunday School teacher and she heads Rocky's church library.  (updated July 2004)