Corporate Prayer Monday–Friday 6:00am-7:00am Saturdays 7:00am-8:00am Monday and Wednesday 7:00pm - 8:00pm B.A.S.I.C. Training Bible Study When: Tuesday Time: 7:00–8:30pm Celebrate Recovery When: Friday Time: 7:00–8:30pm Food for Faith When: Mon, Wed, Fri Time: 6:00–7:00pm |
 Pastor
Kerwin L. Manning is
known as a man dedicated to whole-hearted worship and spirit-driven
leadership. Born and raised in Toledo,
Ohio, he received Christ at age 16 and accepted his call to ministry
a few years later. After graduating from Anderson University
with a Bachelors degree in Religious Studies, Pastor Kerwin returned
to Toledo to begin full-time ministry at his home church, First
Church of God. Pastor Kerwin served for more than 7 years
in various leadership roles, such as: Elder, Senior Associate
Pastor, Youth Pastor, Minister of Music, Covering Pastor of Small
Groups, Bible Study Teacher, Evangelism Leader and Follow-Up
Leader. In
addition, Pastor Kerwin served more than 3 years as Youth Pastor
of Celebration Church (formerly Long Reach Church of God) in
Columbia, Maryland. Through these various pastoral and oversight
roles, he gained a wealth of experience and knowledge of spiritual
leadership in the church.
Pastor Kerwin has been a sought after youth and young adult minister, speaking to thousands across this country. He has served a four-year term as President of the National Inspirational Youth Convention (6,000 delegates) and he continues to minister at college campuses throughout the Southern California region. His personable and humorous style, along with his modern day examples and creative illustrations, make his oral presentation powerful and effective to hearers of all cultures and generations. Pastor Kerwin has been married to Madelyn Denise Whittington since 1992. They have two beautiful daughters, Madison Denise, and Morgan Danielle. Email: pastorkerwin@pasadenachurch.com Pastor Madelyn D. Manning is becoming known as a woman after Gods own heart. She is full of spiritual discernment and leadership as well as gifted to partner alongside her husband in pastoral ministry. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After receiving Christ at age 16, she purposed in her heart that her life would “make a difference for Christ.” Initially, she believed that she would impact the political and legal systems of her community. And for a time, she was able to make her mark in these areas. Pastor Madelyn graduated from Anderson University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Economics in June 1992. With the support of her husband, Pastor Madelyn furthered her education by graduating from American University, Washington College of Law in December 1996. She is a licensed attorney in Ohio and has practiced law in the banking field as well as the criminal justice system. Pastor Madelyn’s heart has always centered on allowing Christ to be glorified in and through her legal career as well as in ministry in the church. As she worked in her full-time legal profession, she served at night and on weekends in ministry in the local church. While Pastor Kerwin served in various pastoral roles, Pastor Madelyn always joined him in ministry in various leadership roles, such as: a Covering Pastor of Small Groups, Worship Leader, Bible Study Teacher and Youth Leader. Pastor Madelyn is a gracious woman of God that has influenced many persons of all ages, backgrounds and races to trust God and fulfill His purposes in their life.
In January of 2000, Pastor Kerwin heard the Lord say, “prepare yourself to pastor”. He had known in his heart that a time would come for them to pastor a church of their own. They had faithfully served in various leadership roles of great responsibility within their church, but now the Lord was leading them to shepherd their own flock. Without any other instructions, he began to pray, develop and fine-tune every aspect of his life and ministry. During that time (August 2000), Pastor Tyrone Cushman approached him on Zion’s Hill about the possibility of succeeding him as Senior Pastor in Pasadena, California. Pastor Kerwin’s response was simply – “I’m open.” After coming to preach and meet the members of Pasadena Church in November of 2000, Pastor Kerwin went alone on a 3 day fasting and prayer retreat to Denver, Colorado at Prayer Mountain. Pregnant with their first child, Madelyn stayed home and also fervently prayed. Meanwhile, at Prayer Mountain, Pastor Kerwin pleaded with God to show him the way and direct their path. The Holy Spirit spoke to him and opened the scriptures to him to confirm what He was directing. At the end of the fasting and prayer retreat, both Pastors Kerwin and Madelyn were in strong agreement that God was leading their family to Pasadena, California. After much prayer and fasting by both parties, the church extended the call for him to be their Senior Pastor in January of 2001. Although it was not easy to leave the comforts of home, because of the assurance that this is where they were to serve, Pastors Kerwin and Madelyn Manning moved from Toledo, Ohio to Southern California with their 10 week old baby (Madison) and began ministry on Easter Sunday 2001. At that time, the membership of the church was 99% African-American and numbered approximately 100, including children. However, the fresh visionary leadership of Pastors Kerwin and Madelyn, brought new life and vitality to the congregation. By the grace of God and their intentional openness, the church has transformed into a diverse congregation representing people from a variety of backgrounds, nations, races and ages. The church is becoming known for its spirit of worship, life-transforming preaching, generosity to the poor, faith in the goodness of God and warm Christian love. Initially, Pastor Madelyn assumed the traditional role of “First Lady” while God dealt with her regarding the call on her life to full-time pastoral ministry alongside her husband. Even though Pastor Kerwin believed from the beginning that this was the will of the Lord, he patiently waited for Pastor Madelyn to process the way God was leading their family. Later in October of that year, Pastor Madelyn officially accepted the call to ministry in partnership with Pastor Kerwin and was ordained to ministry on October 4, 2002. The church warmly embraced this new, dynamic pastoral partnership with excitement believing it is the will of God for this house. The pastors and members of Pasadena Church have a confident vision of faith for compassionately impacting our immediate community in Pasadena, the greater Los Angeles area, the Southern California region, and other nations as the Holy Spirit directs. Email: pastormadelyn@pasadenachurch.com  Pastor Dwayne Cantrell (pastor of discipleship and Teens in Youth "TNT")E. Dwayne Cantrell is currently the Pastor of Discipleship and TNT (Teens in Touch) Youth Ministry at Pasadena Church of God. After giving his life to Jesus Christ in 1990, he spent twelve years at Fremont Bible Fellowship in Northern California as a Director of Youth Ministries, a Director of the Sunday School Teachers, a Sunday School Coordinator, a Bible teacher and preacher of the gospel. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Master of Arts Degree in Education from San Jose State University. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Arts Degree in Theology with an emphasis on Biblical and Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dwayne and his wife Angel have spent the last five years teaching and counseling, leading cell groups and presenting at conferences and seminars for couples. They are also the founders of YESCORP ministries, a non-profit organization which focuses on discipleship and counseling to the body of Christ and service to the community. Dwayne and Angel have two young children, a son, Jared, and a daughter, Jada. E:mail: pastordwayne@pasadenachurch.com  Pastor Glovioell Rowland (assistant pastor/pastor of health)Preacher, Bible Teacher, Prophetess and Administrator are the roles Pastor ‘G,’ as she is affectionately called, carries at Pasadena Church of God. She received her ‘Call to the Ministry’ in November, 1983 after serving three years as Assistant Professor of Psychology on Fuller Theological Seminary’s Graduate School of Psychology faculty. Upon completing a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at UCLA in 1984, and administrating a statewide Child Abuse Prevention program funded by the California State Legislature, she was called into full-time ministry in 1994, here, on the staff of Pasadena Church of God. Pastor Rowland’s degrees include: Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University (1973); andaster of Arts (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (1980) degrees in Psychology from Boston University. A major thrust of her ministry is in health “Our Bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit” (I Cor. 6:19). Pastor G directs the Body & Soul Ministry at the church which focuses on eating 5-9 servings of fruit and vegetables a day and being active for 30 minutes. The ministry promotes walking clubs, healthy food tasting, & preventive health screenings. She oversees the committee which gives direction to the church’s nonprofit economic development corporation, Future in Focus. It’s mission is to serve our community through the Christian principles of loving, giving and caring. Pastor G is the covering Pastor for the Kid’s Zone Children’s Ministry. Kid’s Zone is a spirit-filled ministry to children (ages 0-11) and their parents. Praise & Worship, Child-oriented Bible teaching and Opportunities for children to serve in their own Worship Celebration held simultaneously as adults celebrate upstairs. Pastor Glovioell has been married to Steven Rowland for 25 years and they have one daughter, Caprice. Email: pastorglovioell@pasadenachurch.com  Pastor Tara Foreman currently serves as pastor of small groups after
joining the pastoral staff in the summer of 2004.Tara grew up in Grand Rapids, MI where she began to develop her love and relationship with God at a young age. She attended Hope College in Holland, MI where she served as a Women’s Bible Study Leader and Team Leader for other Bible study leaders. While serving in these roles during college, she began to develop the gift of discipling and embraced small groups as a vital component of ministry. Tara also served as a church youth group leader and summer camp counselor during college. It was at Hope College that Tara began to feel the Lord’s calling to attend seminary following graduation. She graduated from Hope in 2002 with a degree in Special Education and moved the following summer to Pasadena to pursue her Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary. Her husband Mark is currently a student at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Email: pastortara@pasadenachurch.com  Pastor
Brad Arnold (R.E.A.L. Men's Ministry)Brad is from Southern California and graduated from Occidental College in 1989. He is the Pastor of the R.E.A.L. Men‚s Ministry, whose purpose is for the men of the church to Glorify God by being Respectable, Excellent, Accountable, Leaders in all that we do. He is married to Fina Arnold(10 yrs: 11.23.07), who is an ER Nurse and functions like a pastor at church, and they have 2 children(Tasha and Reese) and a 3rd on the way. He worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 1989-2005 (www.intervarsity.org) and is currently a full-time missionary trainer with Servant Partners (www.servantpartners.org). He loves the Lakers and the Trojans, loves to read, loves to listen to NPR(some of the time at least), and loves just chillin' with the brothers doing just about anything. He is currently working on his MDiv, 1 class at a time. Look for the graduation balloons in 2011! Email: pastorbrad@pasadenachurch.com |