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R.G. MURRAY |
Pastor
R.G. Murray has been active in the ministry since 1981, he has
fulfilled multiple roles in the church. He has been a youth pastor,
associate pastor, senior pastor, church planter, and interim pastor
in churches all over America. He has spoken at several youth camps
throughout the nation and has given a presentation for the case
for Intelligent Design at many public high schools. Pastor Murray
is the President of the Christian Mission to Jamaica. Through this
organization he has conducted Bible conferences, trained pastors,
and spoken in Jamaican high schools all over the island. Pastor
Murray graduated from Word of Life Bible Institute, Grand Rapids
School of the Bible and Music, Trinity College, and is currently
pursuing a Master of Divinity degree from The Master's Seminary
in Sun Valley, California. He is also serving as the Interim Pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood. He has been married for
26 years to his bride, Janice. They have three grown children and
their son and daughter-in-law are expecting their first grandchild.
The first Baptist Church of Hollywood was founded December 4, 1903. The church was incorporated October 31, 1905. The first building was dedicated in 1908 and the second building was dedicated in 1918. On May 3, 1935 the church was destroyed by fire. Church services were temporarily held in a "big top" type tent. The present church building was rebuilt in 1936, in the style of formal Georgian architecture. The church membership is culturally diverse and multi-ethnic. Each Sunday we look forward to a message that explains and expounds a passage from the Bible, making it practical for our lives today |
REV. TIMOTHY HENNING |
Rev.
Timothy Henning has been serving as a co-convener of the American
Clergy Leadership Conference, Los Angeles Chapter, since the year
2000. The ACLC strives to bring ministers of all faiths and denominations
together for the purpose of rebuilding the family, restoring the
community, and renewing the nation and the world. Rev. Henning
received a Master’s in Theology from Unification Theological
Seminary in 1988, and attended George August University in Goettingen,
Germany, one of the foremost Lutheran Theological Seminaries. He
is co-founder of the Pure Love Alliance, and served on the Board
of Ocean Challenge, a youth-at-risk educational organization. From
1990 to 1996, Rev. Henning served as the director of an international
student organization called CARP (Collegiate Association for the
Research of the Principle) which seeks to inspire and encourage
young people to transcend boundaries between races, nationalities,
and religions, and to challenge their limitations and develop an
ethic of living for the sake of others. Rev. Henning is currently
the Pastor of Los Angeles Family Church.
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REV.DR.HENRY L.MASTERS,SR. |
"I am
in my thirty sixth year of ministry. I have served in a variety
of appointments: community organizer, pastor, district superintendent
and adjunct seminary faculty. I have served in three conferences,
two in Texas before coming to California Pacific, and a conference
delegate twice. I have enjoyed a broad range of experiences. My most passionate interest and concern is discipleship and church growth. While I am concerned about and involved in “social justice” issues, many of the indicators and recommendations for a viable UMC future points to our need for growth-spiritual, numerical and financial, without which many of our great ideas and plans will remain just that. While these are not the only significant issues, they are pressing ones that must be addressed at the general and jurisdiction levels of our church." |
REV. MOIRA FOXE |
Reverend
Moira's background is in Education, Philosophy, Religious Studies,
Ethics, Morality and Clinical Theology. Her graduate and post-graduate
works were done at Maria Assumpta College of Education, St. Mary's
College of Education, London University, and the London Guild of
Health. Reverend Moira has taught psychology and religious studies
to high school students in Ireland, England, and Los Angeles. Her
work in education progressed into the counseling and ministerial
fields. Throughout her life, Reverend Moira has pursued a wide
variety of studies and is ever seeking to broaden her learning
base. She believes that the education of the whole person is the
most wonderful and fascinating pursuit we could actively engage
in, and is indeed our life's purpose. Reverend Moira is now the
Pastor & Director of the Redondo Beach CRS Center for Spiritual
Living. Since taking over as Senior Minister, she has been the
recipient of the prestigious South Bay Woman of the Year award
and serves on the Board of the South Bay Interfaith Council, which
is a large organization committed to the spiritual well-being of
many communities. Rev. Moira has spearheaded her center's emergence
into the 21st century by championing streaming videos on the website
as well as podcasting the Sunday lessons. She also has a radio
ministry and the TV Ministry broadcasts the services to 41 different
cities in Southern California. Her church's mission statement is:
Honoring Presence; Nurturing Spirit; Enriching the lives of all
we serve.
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WILLIAM CAMPBELL, JR. |
William
Campbell, Jr. began studying music at the age of eight. Born in
Texarkana, Arkansas, he attended Booker T. Washington High School
where he was a member of the marching band and the concert choir
as a singer and student accompanist. As a teenager, he established
the first youth choir of the Park Avenue Baptist Church where he
served as director/pianist, and played for the Sunday school and
the “BTU.”
In the early sixties, his family moved to Los Angeles where he matriculated at Los Angeles City College, later transferring to the University of California, at Los Angeles Pursuing a double major in choral music education and English. During this period, the Vietnam War interrupted his education and he enlisted for three years in the U.S. Army where he graduated from the Norfolk Virginia Army School of Music. While serving in Seoul, Korea, he joined the chaplain’s chorus and soon thereafter became its assistant conductor. After being honorably discharged, he returned to the U.S. to complete his Bachelor and Masters degrees in choral music education from California State University, at Los Angeles. As an educator, he served for thirty-four years as teacher of English, choral music, and dean of student discipline in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He is married to an educator, Mrs. Deloris White-Campbell, who is a member of Holman UMC and the mother of their two sons: William Anthony and Paul Lamar Campbell. Mr. Campbell has served as director, organist, organist/choirmaster, and pianist for Baptist, Presbyterian, United Methodist, Reformed Church of America, and Lutheran churches in the Southern California. He holds memberships in the National Association of Negro Musicians, The American Guild of Organists, The Southern California Vocal Association, The California Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, and lifetime member of the American Choral Directors Association. |
FATHER ARMANDO P. IBANEZ |
Armando P. Ibanez is a poet, writer and filmmaker. His poetry has been published in a number of publications, including "The Double Dealer Redux", "Aciendo Harte", and "Ruah." He also produced several poetry videos, some of which were screened in national and international festivals. Today he serves as president, executive producer and director of Pluma Pictures, Inc., in Hollywood, California, a non-profit film production company. The former journalist holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from The American Film institute. He worked as a newspaper reporter for the "Corpus Christi Caller-Times" for seven years. In 1988 he entered the religious order commonly known as Dominicans. Ibáñez is a priest in the Southern Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres and served as chaplain for the cloistered Dominican nuns at The Monastery of the Angels in Hollywood. He also served as Promoter of Mass Media for the Western Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. He also served as campus minister at Tulane University and at Stanford University. Currently, Fr. Armando's Documentary about surviving Hurricane Katrina, entitled "Not Broken" has received world-wide recognition at film-festivals, most recently in Denmark. |
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REV. DR. MARK BREWER |
In
June 2001, in a resounding vote, the membership of Bel Air Presbyterian
Church in Los Angeles voted to call The Reverend Dr. Mark Brewer
of Englewood, Colorado as pastor. Dr. Brewer comes to church ministry
as a third-generation Presbyterian minister’s son. He received
his early education in Denver, Colorado and did his doctoral work
at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena and in St. Andrews,
Scotland. He served as Pastor in the Denver area for twenty years,
not only building up his own congregation, but also reaching out
to the larger Denver community in urban and suburban alliances.
He was involved in starting two different churches in Denver, each
growing to several thousand members. He launched the nationally
syndicated radio ministry “A New Day for America” which
seeks to build relationships between the urban and suburban churches.
Dr. Brewer was also head of “Denver LINK,” an organization
that builds relationships among the spiritual leadership of the
City. Mark Brewer’s passion is “weaving a fabric of
friendship across the city.” His desire is to equip his missions-minded
church with bold and fresh ways of connecting with the city. Mark’s
primary spiritual gifts lie in leadership and preaching, each enhanced
by his warmth, humility, intellectual rigor, and vision. Please
visit the Bel Air Presbyterian Church website at www.belairpres.org
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