David Forney

David Forney is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a teacher of leadership formation. His work sits at the intersection of theology and institutional life, with particular attention to how power is exercised, shared, and repaired in communities shaped by conflict and change. He writes about moral language, trust, and the slow disciplines that make truth-telling and leadership genuinely mutual. He is drawn to the ways worship, shared responsibility, and public engagement can cultivate hope in contested times.