Staff

I am the founding pastor of Church of the Beach Cities. I have been in ministry since 1985. My expertise is in Leadership Training and teaching Marriage Seminars and my heart’s passion is to help people reach their full potential in life.

• Favorite Sport: Mixed Martial Arts
• Favorite Sports Team: USC Trojan Football
• Favorite Pastime: Being with my kids
• Favorite Food: Italian
• Favorite Place to Go: Hawaii
• Favorite TV Show: Survivor
• Favorite Movie: Silverado
• Favorite Band: U2

I have been on staff at Church of the Beach Cities since 1996. My expertise is working with the Junior High and High School students in our community. I love working with teens. My wife teases me that it is because I live on their maturity level. My heart’s passion is to help people realize and embrace the life changing power that is the result of being connected with God.

• Favorite Sport: Football
• Favorite Sports Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Favorite Pastime: Spending time with my family
• Favorite Hobby: Fantasy Football
• Favorite Food: Thai
• Favorite Vacation Spot: The Pueblo Bonito Hotel in Mazatlan (site of my one year anniversary)
• Favorite T.V. show: 24 (Praise God for DVR’s)
• Favorite Movie: The Matrix (If only Reloaded and Revolutions were as good as the original)
• Favorite Moment: Seeing my bride when the chapel doors opened on our wedding day.

I bring almost a decade of experience working in children’s ministry. I have an MFA in design and love to use my creative passion to infuse my ministry with cutting-edge outreach and programs for children. My desire is to see all children make life-long commitments to Christ before they enter Junior High.

• Favorite Sport: Baseball
• Favorite Sports Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (Think Blue!)
• Favorite Pastimes: going to the park with my family, vacationing
• Favorite Food: Mexican
• Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere I haven’t already been
• Favorite T.V. show: Lost
• Favorite Color: Blue
• Favorite Music: R&B, Prince
• Favorite Radio Station: 92.3 The Beat
• Favorite Bible Verse: Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

I have been doing ministry since 1994. My expertise is in using the Music Ministry to facilitate and encourage people to understand a worship lifestyle, to live and express a worship attitude. I love what I do because: I get to use the gifts that God gave me to make a difference in someone’s life.

• Favorite Sport: Soccer
• Favorite Sports Team: Flamengo
• Favorite Pastime: Going to the Beach
• Favorite Food: The one in my plate
• Favorite Place to go: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Favorite T.V. show: 24
• Favorite Movie: Gladiator
• Favorite Band: I might have to update this soon as it changes a lot! – SpyroGyra

I’m originally from Brazil. I’m married to Marina and we have two beautiful girls, Isabella and Julia. I’ve been in ministry since 1979, being ordained on December 2, 1982. I’ve been pastor of Brazilian Churches in the US since 1991. I am the pastor of evangelism  and my heart’s passion is to reach out to every person, every culture, every ethnicity in South Bay.

• Favorite Sport: Brazilian Soccer.
• Favorite Sports Team: Flamengo (soccer) and Raiders (football)
• Favorite Pastime: Fishing (I’m open to invitations)
• Favorite Food: Sushi
• Favorite Place to Go: The beaches in Rio de Janeiro, my hometown
• Favorite Hoddy: Computers
• Favorite Movie: Robot (animation)
• Favorite Band: The Beatles
• Favorite Radio Station: The Fish 95.9 FM
• Favorite Bible Verse: Matthew 28:19-20 – “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”.