Founder & Senior Pastors, Misión
Carismática Internacional
Bogota, Colombia
In 1983, God gave Pastor Cesar Castellanos
a Vision that would change his life and his ministry.
The Lord said to Him, “Dream of a big church because
dreams are the language of My Spirit. The church you
would be shepherding will be as countless as the stars
in the sky or as the sand by the seashore”. Pastors
Cesar and Claudia Castellanos went on to found “Misión
Charismática Internacional” (MCI) in Bogota,
Colombia starting with only eight people in his living
room.
Through Pastor Cesar’s fervent
belief in God, MCI today has more than 200,000 members
and more than 45,000 cells in the City of Bogota. The
revolutionary strategies that the Lord revealed to him
for church multiplication are now known as the G12 Vision
or the Government of 12.
The mission of Pastor Cesar and his
wife Claudia who is also a senator of Colombia is to
fulfill God’s command in Matthew 28:19 to go and
make disciples of all nations. It is their desire that
every believer will be equipped to become a leader of
leaders. Renowned pastors have embraced the Vision and
are making deep impact in the nations where God has
given them apostolic influences.
Senior Pastors, Faith Community Baptist Church
Singapore
Widely acclaimed as an anointed speaker and a
cell church pioneer, Apostle Lawrence founded
Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC) together
with Rev (Dr) Nina in 1986. In 2000, he was commissioned
as an Apostle by Dr Peter Wagner. Two years later,
he led FCBC into the G12 Vision and became one
of Pastor Cesar Castellanos’ International
Twelve and the Regional Coordinator for Asia.
An accomplished
illusionist, Apostle Lawrence seeks to reclaim the mass
media for God through Gateway Entertainment, an independent
entertainment production company that produced highly
entertaining magic and theatre productions like `MAGICBOX’,
`Magic of Love’ and ‘From Illusion to Reality’.
For his community work in TOUCH Community Services,
he was awarded Singapore’s prestigious PBM Medal
(Public Service Medal) in 1998 and was a finalist in
the SIP -Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year award
in 2007 and 2008. An avid polo player, he represented
Singapore in the Southeast Asian polo tournament in
2007.
Rev (Dr) Nina Khong is the head of the Women’s
Network and the Chief Operating Officer of FCBC. In
2002, Rev (Dr) Nina left her medical practice to join
Apostle Lawrence to lead FCBC and grow the Women’s
Network. As Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Entertainment
Pte Ltd, she plays an integral role in directing the
marketing and productions at Gateway Entertainment and
is pivotal to the success of its magic shows.
Under the leadership of both Senior Pastors Lawrence
and Nina, FCBC today is a mega church committed to outreach,
discipleship and community service in Singapore.
They have four children – Priscilla, Michelle,
Anthony and Daniel, and one grandson, Isaac.
Founder
& Senior Pastor
Word of Life Christian Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
Art Sepulveda, is the senior pastor of Word of
Life Christian Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He
is a man of Vision, purpose and passion. His desire
is to make a difference in State of Hawaii, the
nation and the world by reaching people and touching
lives through the Vision that God has given him
to Advance the Kingdom of God, Equip the Saints
and build the Body of Christ through the local
church.
He is also an author with his wife, Kuna, founders
of Word of Life Christian Center, which opened
their doors on September 23, 1984, in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Over the past 20 years, Word of Life Christian
Center has grown from 25 people to approximately
7,000 people attending weekly services. It also
has an elementary and high school called Word
of Life Academy. Pastor Art reaches out to countless
lives on a weekly basis through his daily television
program, Word of Life. He also hosts annual conferences,
impact his community through outreaches and ministers
to the nations of the world. Pastor Art has empowered
people with a message to live life with a purpose
by the Word of God, and has encouraged thousands
to achieve their destiny and to fulfill their
dreams in Christ.
Senior Pastor, 3C Ministries
Pretoria, South Africa
Bert and Charné Pretorius are the Senior
Pastors of 3C
Ministries, a dynamic, multi-racial, multi-site,
vibrant and fastgrowing church with over 12,000
members in South Africa. Their passion for God
is contagious and very evident in their ministry
all over the world. Fulfilling the Great Commission
of Jesus Christ is achieved by winning, consolidating,
discipling and sending people through the over
1000 cell groups.
Their love
for God and His people are evidenced in the many welfare
and social development projects of the Church, with
the Compassion for Children project feeding 10,000 underprivileged
children on a daily basis. Through television and radio
broadcasts, “A New Life, A New Beginning”,
they share the Good News to over 47 million people across
the African and European continents every week. Bert
and Charné are blessed with sons, Pearson, Damian
and Tristan, and their daughter Caitlyn.Isaac.
Senior
Pastor, International Cellular Baptist Church
Gama, Brazil
Laudjair and Eline Guerra are the Senior Pastors
of International Cellular Baptist Church (IBCC)
in the city of Gama, in the Capital of Brazil.
They have 3 children: Rebecca (17 years old),
Laudjair Filho (14 years old) and Lucas (10 years
old).
IBCC started in August 1997 with only 34 people.
The church went from 384 to 2,000 cells in a period
of six months and then from 2,000 to 12,000 cells
in a period of one year.
Due to this fast multiplication, the senior pastors
invested this last year consolidating the lives
of those who were reached, and specially strengthening
the Team of Twelve. Their goal now is to jump
from 12,000 to 100,000 cells.
It all started when Pastor Laudjair told Pastor
Cesar Castellanos that he would like to reach
10,000 cells in five years. Pastor Cesar then
asked him why he had to wait for five years to
achieve his goal. Without giving an answer, he
felt challenged to do something different. Their
church was the first to follow after Bogota to
do the Macro-Encounters. They started looking
for ways to reach an explosive cellular growth.
As an answer to their cries, God gave them cellular
strategies and an amazing harvest.
Pastors Laudjair and Eline Guerra are the Coordinators
of the G12 Vision in Brazil and are dreaming for
a worldwide cellular revolution of one million
people churches.
Pastor, Misión Carismática
Internacional
Bogota, Colombia
Ricardo Santiago is one of the twelve disciples
of Pastor Cesar Castellanos in Misión
Carismática Internacional (MCI).
He first came to MCI 21 years ago and grew
to become a leader one year later. Twelve
years ago, he became a pastor and today,
together with his wife Angelica, a city
councilor of Bogota, the capital city of
Colombia with nine million people, they
oversee 3,000 cells. They have three children,
Valentina (11), Manuela (8) and Martin (10
months old).
He
is the Asia representative for the G12 Vision
and has been a consultant to pastors in
Colombia and around the world.
Founder & Senior Pastor, Generations Church
Yuma, Arizona, USA
Richard and Melissa Witmer are the Pastors and
founders of Generations Church in Yuma, Arizona,
USA . Generations is a revolutionary G12 church
targeting this generation. Planted in April 2001.
Generations has grown to more than 1,000 cells
attended by 2,500 people. Pastors Rich and Melissa
minister in Southeast Asia in Myanmar and Indonesia
planting churches and training pastors in the
G12 Vision.
They are
also serving Pastors Cesar and Claudia Castellanos as
Coordinators of the G12 Vision for the Philippines.
Their message is a call to radical discipleship with
a passion for souls. They live in Yuma, Arizona with
their four children, Brooke, Rebekah, Levi, and Luke.
Senior
Pastor, King's Church International
Windsor, England
Pastor Wes Richards is the Senior Pastor of King’s
Church International (KCI) based in Windsor, England,
near London. He holds a Masters degree in Theology
from London Bible College. His ministry at KCI
is a family affair, as his two sons and daughter
together with their spouses are all ordained pastors
and part of the leadership team. He also oversees
churches in South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Besides
shepherding the congregation, Pastor Wes also
chairs a Christian charity that pioneered one
of Britain’s leading private homeless projects.
His blessed eloquence in speech has given him
a platform to bring God’s message worldwide.
