Rick Blackwood - Senior Pastor
Rick holds doctoral degrees from Grace Theological Seminary, California Graduate School of Theology, and an Ed.D. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The emphasis of Rick's ministry is the verse-by-verse exposition of God's Word with attention to accuracy, relevancy, and clarity. His interests are reading, biking and jogging. Rick is the author of the book "The Power of Multisensory Preaching and Teaching" published by Zondervan Publishers.
Leadership & teaching
- Rick Blackwood -
- Senior Pastor
- Eric Geiger -
- Executive Pastor
- David Lopez -
- Downtown Campus Pastor / Caring for Miami Director
- Jorge Molina -
- Missions & Homestead Campus Pastor
- Brandon Hiltibidal -
- Redland Campus Pastor & Worship Pastor
- Sammy Flores -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Pastor & Worship Pastor
- Carlos Lollett -
- West Kendall Campus Pastor
- Barbara Aubrey -
- Administrative Assistant to Senior Pastor
- Mary Mokher -
- Creative Assistant to Senior Pastor
- Sharon Spallone -
- Administrative Assistant to Executive Pastor
Worship, Arts & Media
- Carlos Lollett -
- Arts & Communication Pastor
- Jeff Reed -
- Production Director
- Scott Johns -
- Studio Director and Graphic Artist
- David Elgena -
- Director of Graphics and Creative Community
- Hector Huyo -
- IT Director and Video Producer
- Sammy Flores -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Pastor & Worship Pastor
- Brandon Hiltibidal -
- Redland Campus Pastor & Worship Pastor
- Berchman Paul -
- Homestead Campus Worship Pastor
- Frank David Gali -
- Downtown Campus Worship Director
- Carlos Cardenas -
- West Kendall Campus Worship Director
- Ammy Carralero -
- Worship & Communications Assistant
Small Groups
- Frank Hopkins -
- Small Group Director
- Tony Isaacs -
- Associate Pastor of Small Groups
- Omar Giritli -
- Small Groups Associate
- Rey De Armas -
- Small Group Associate
- Vivian Stigale -
- Small Groups Assistant
Missions
- Jorge Molina -
- Missions & Homestead Campus Pastor
- Dave Lopez -
- Downtown Campus Pastor and Caring For Miami Director
- Jacob Kaetterhenry -
- Caring for Miami Center Downtown
- Tami Slayden -
- Missions Assistant
Children
- Samantha Stockton -
- Director of Children's Ministries
- Betty Flores -
- Dowtown Campus Children's Director
- Shirley Zambrano -
- Homestead Campus Children's Director
- Kelly Moore -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Director of Elementary Programming
- Amanda Jimenez -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Director of Early Childhood Ministries
- Tracy Thomas -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Director of Elementary Small Groups
- Cindi Kitchen -
- Redland Campus Campus Children's Director
- Shany Wong -
- West Kendall Campus Children's Director
- Amber Painter -
- Children's Ministry Assistant
Students
- Jeff Borton -
- Pastor of Students
- Todd Breiner -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Middle School Pastor
- Hal Slayden -
- Redland Campus Student Director
- Tommy Parke -
- Downtown Campus Student Director
- Danny Detres -
- Homestead Campus Student Director
- Anthony Spallone -
- West Kendall Campus Student Pastor
- Jenni Brophy -
- Palmetto Bay Campus High School Admin Assistant
- Cathy Tate -
- Palmetto Bay Campus Middle School Admin Assistant
business & finance
- Debbie Sutton -
- Director of Business and Finance
- Arlene Williams -
- Financial Administrative Assistant
- Cassie Lollett -
- Records Clerk
- Carrie Spencer -
- Data Management Administrative Assistant
ministry support & guest services
- Chet Endland -
- Director of Ministry Support
- Patty Robson -
- Office Manager
- Paul Ronda -
- Maintenance Manager
- John Moore -
- Director of Custodial Services
- Kathy Watson -
- Director of Guest Services
pastoral care
- Pete Cotto -
- Pastor of Pastoral Care
- Bill Baggett -
- Pastor of Pastoral Care
