About
strategically applying insights that foster growth and renewal in individual and corporate life.
Personal strengths
- Learner and teacher whose goal is to bring fresh insight from the Scripture to the pulpit, classroom, and individual conversation.
- Team player who encourages co-workers in their personal and professional growth.
- Strategist who helps people see patterns in complexity, envision alternative scenarios, and choose paths that lead to results.
- Systems thinker who instinctively designs and structures systems to accomplish goals.
- Generalist and specialist who performs well researching, developing, and implementing specific plans that contribute to an overall objective, and then moving to the next challenge.
Education
- Doctor of Ministry in Organizational Leadershiip from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN 2006
- Master of Divinity in Practical Theology from Talbot Seminary in La Mirada CA 1976
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from U.C.L.A. in Westwood CA 1970
Vocational experience
- New Life Community Church, Pismo Beach CA (Semi-retired)
- Taught online and in-person classes
- Conducted tours of Israel, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt
- New Life Community Church, Pismo Beach CA
- Freed the senior pastor to preach and impact the community
- Developed a new mission statement and ministry strategy
- Managed a ministry and support staff of 40 people
- Managed a $4 million budget
- Produced a 100-page ministry analysis and strategic plan using the 8S Organizing approach
- Preached and led the preaching team during a period of declining health of senior pastor
- Led the church through a period of grief when the senior pastor died
- Helped lead an 14-month transition and the search for a new senior pastor
- Helped with installation of a new lighting and sound system during the interim
- Supervised the construction of a large prayer walk across the front of the church property in memory of the senior pastor
- Conducted the senior pastor’s memorial service attended by 2000+ people in-person and online
- Helped transition the church to new senior pastor leadership
- Evangelical Free Church, Fresno CA
- Directed leadership team in developing core values, mission statement, and ministry strategy.
- Worked to align ministry areas and church communications (“image” and “branding”) with the mission and strategy.
- Supervised a staff of 20 full-time and 20 part-time individuals.
- Led the senior staff team through regular developmental training.
- Successfully led church in 14-month transition between senior pastors.
- Collaborated with the preaching, music, and drama teams to design coherent worship experiences. Preached in worship services.
- Prepared and supervised administration of $3 million budget.
- Converted profit-and-loss to fund accounting system.
- Converted to a web-based software system with task-tracking to help people engage and keep newcomers from “falling through the cracks.”
- Preserved the early history of the church in a digital media archive of valued historical documents, images, and stories (video interviews with founding and early members)
- Evangelical Free Church, Fresno CA
- Directed eleven adult fellowship groups and elective program with faculty of 40 teachers.
- Developed curriculum taught by himself and others.
- Directly supervised Evangelism Explosion ministry that graduated over 300 people.
- Expanded church library to 10,000 volumes and computerized the check-out system.
- Wrote a comprehensive adult ministries operations manual.
- Developed an integrated premarital system utilizing pastoral counseling, classes, and mentors.
- Developed a system to connect people to ministry that aligns with their passion and gifting.
- Assisted in the development of a ministry to the deaf and led search for deaf ministries pastor.
- Led church-wide events.
- Evangelical Free Church, Fresno CA
- Supervised the junior high, senior high, and college departments.
- Developed and led lay ministry teams for each department.
- Supervised weekly programming for Sunday morning and evening, Wednesday and Friday nights, as well as monthly and quarterly events.
- Bethany Baptist Church, West Covina CA
- Developed outreach program to youth that reached 800 students.
- Received training in all areas of ministry from children to adults: education, pastoral care, evangelism, administration.
Family
Linda Vasquez
• Wife of 52 years
• Consummate servant and encourager
Todd Vasquez
• Husband of Lisa and two daughters
• Ph.D. Constructive Theology, Loyola University, Chicago IL
• Director of Online Education and adjunct professor, Fresno Pacific University
Troy Vasquez
• Husband of Allison, four daughters, three sons, grandson
• Owner, Digital Attic, Fresno CA
Travis Vasquez
• Husband of Lisa and son
• Director of Communication, Northwest Church, Fresno CA
• Freelance Graphic Designer
Favorite things
- Participating in inspiring worship
- Taking a walk in nature
- Gaining a new insight into God’s word
- Facilitating a discussion with “sparks”
- Listening to music with headphones
- Seeing someone have an “aha” while I teach
- Spending time with my wife, kids and grandkids
- Sensing the Spirit and moving with Him
- Taking people to the Holy Land
- Journaling by a lake
- Seeing someone accept Christ
- Reading a good book
- Accomplishing a goal together with others
- Watching a great play or movie
- Leading a productive meeting
- Collecting and organizing great thoughts
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