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Pastor Steve Thomason leads a professional staff which provides ministry to people of various ages in a broad scope of ethnic and cultural settings. Pastor Alejandro Gonzalez provides leadership to the Hispanic community, Pastor Rolando Pel leads the Tagalog language ministry and Pastor Hans Labor ministers to our young adults, teens and children.
Stephen Howard Thomason Pastor Steve is a retired Army chaplain and owns a commercial website design company in San Diego. He feels equally at home with both the military and business communities. He has been in the ministry since 1966. He holds ministerial degrees from Hope International University, Fullerton, CA; Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN, and California Graduate School of Theology, La Habra, CA. Additional studies were taken at Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School, Jerusalem and Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA. As an Army Chaplain, he served on active duty for 16 years and as an active reservist for 11; retiring in 2003. This took his family to such locations as Alabama, Germany, New Jersey, Texas, Korea and California. Pastor Steve ministered to churches in the San Francisco Bay area for 14 years before moving to San Diego.. He is married to Linda, a retired school teacher, and has four adult children.
Rolando Pel Bro. Pel ministered to various churches in the Philippines for 25 years before coming to the United States. In addition to being on staff at Manila Bible Seminary, he was also the chairman of the Cavite Churches of Christ Organization, the vice chairman of the Cavite Christian Workers Association and the vice president of SPKKKabite. Elders
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Alejandro Gonzalez Alejandro and Norma came to us from the Church of Christ on South Fetterly Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. They were called to First Christian Church in 2002 to provide ministry to the Hispanic community here. They lead worship, teach Bible studies (both in National City and Tecate, Mexico), conduct home cell teams, lead groups on short term mission tours and evangelize the community using the Spanish language and culture. First Christian Church is sponsoring the construction of a two story orphanage on Alejandro's property near Tecate, Mexico where up to 30 children will eventually have a Christian home.
Hans Labor
Pastor Hans leads the teens', young adult's and children's ministries. He leads the Senior/Junior High Youth Group (see their web page), teaches Bible School classes and coordinates the Junior Church program. He is also a great mentor to college aged and young married couples; supervising our newly established Young Adult/College/Career ministry. Visit their web page.
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