Staff
Executive Team
Frank Wooden: Lead Pastor
Frank is married to Desiree and they have three grown sons. In addition to being Lead Pastor over all the campuses, he is the South Bay campus pastor. As Church Multiplication Director for the SoCal Assemblies of God, Frank is responsible for church planting in southern California. He also works with Mosaix, an organization that promotes multi-ethnic ministry, and serves as a chaplain for the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services.
John Bass: Executive Pastor, Administration
John is married to Joanne and they have two children. He runs our children’s ministry and founded SDMetroKids. John is administrator for all our campuses.
Larry Pierce: Executive Pastor, Resources
Larry is married to Vickie and they have a grown son. A former City Engineer for Vista, Larry oversees all areas of discipleship. He also coordinates ministries among our campuses.
Campus Pastors
Jon Nichols: North Park Campus Pastor
Jon and Sarah are the parents of two young boys. A visionary leader, he is the church planter for our North Park campus.
Karla Calderon: City Heights Spanish Campus Pastor
Karla is married to Pedro and they have a grown son. She has planted the first of many future Spanish-language campuses for us in the most diverse area of San Diego- City Heights.
Tony Orlando: College Area Campus Pastor/South Bay Worship Leader
Tony and Leah have two small children. His church is called College Community Church and targets the SDSU area. Tony is also an accomplished worship leader.
Additional Staff
Sue Hegle: Missions
Sue is the leader of one of the largest campus ministries in the United States- Chi Alpha at San Diego State. She is a veteran of many missions trips and helps us to coordinate missions at all of our campuses.
Kimberlee Mendoza: South Bay Creative Arts, Youth
Kimberlee is married to Richard and they are the parents of two sons. She writes and directs our plays as well as develops teenagers to participate in Fine Arts. She also leads the Mosaic youth ministry at our South Bay Campus.