About Don Duncan

Don was born and raised just east of Los Angeles California. Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s he went from Howdy Doodie to Haight Ashbury. He accepted the Lord in Sunday school at age 11 but by 14 he had caught a bad case of “terminal cool”. By 1967 he had left home and gone to San Francisco for the Summer of Love. Don married and had a son in 1970 and a daughter in 1973. A life of drugs and alcohol sent him “up the river” where he had time to think and returned to his first love, Jesus Christ. With his training in Air Conditioning and    Refrigeration he went on to open his own business called Faith Refrigeration in 1976 which blossomed both physically and financially. In 1979, sensing the call to ministry; he left the business to work full time for Calvary Chapel in West Covina, California. Within a year he and his wife accepted the call to move their family (4 children) to Wichita Kansas to pioneer a new church. Ordained in 1980 with no formal training other than Calvary Chapel, the church in Wichita was a success. Beginning in 1981 every sermon or bible study was recorded. Literally thousands of cassette tapes have been given away all over the world. A daily radio program was produced called; “Teaching for Today” which was aired in South Central Kansas for over 20 years The recordings on this website are from Don’s recorded messages. In 1984 a K-12 Christian school was founded. Hundreds of students have gone on to receive honors and scholarships because of the foundation the children had instilled in them. Beginning in 1986 Don began to make several short term mission trips that have taken him to Asia, Europe, Africa and recently to Haiti & Mexico. Several of Don’s students have gone to pioneer their own churches in several states. In 1999 Don retired from the pastorate for medical reasons. Leaving the church and school in capable hands he moved to Sedan, Kansas to become a rancher. Unable to sit still for long he was involved in the community, he remodeled a turn of the century building and opened a teen center bringing in Christian bands. He also remodeled another building and opened a Christian child care center with his wife. He was a founding board member of Big Brothers and Sisters in Chautauqua County. When requests to teach brought him back to Wichita several times; finally in 2004 he moved closer to a suburb named Douglass. With a 103 year old house on 40 acres and a mortgage Don returned to the secular workforce. After a few months at a farm supply store, Don was hired as the Executive Director of Downtown Augusta Inc. His love of construction and restoration were fulfilled as he worked with state and local government to help merchants restore their downtown buildings. At this time Don and his wife were granted Guardianship of 5 of their grandchildren. So the search for a better paying position brought him to Habitat for Humanity in Wichita to manage a retail store selling donated building supplies. Don has been a member of Haverhill Christian Church since 2004. He became a teacher in 2005 and a member of the church’s governing board in 2006. Don has since started a Bible study study in  Wichita in 2008. It has blossomed into a new church  called Calvary Chapel Fellowship. Don is available for retreats, seminars or special services. Don & his wife of 40 years, Susan have 4 adult children and 13 grandchildren and live on a farm in Douglass, Kansas USA.