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Pastor9/10/2023 He has graduated from the University of La Verne with a B.S in Psychology, and earned a MBA from Liberty University. He has helped developed EDEAM (School of Evangelists Alberto Mottesi) academic programs expanding to 136 international centers throughout Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked for one of the largest Hispanic Evangelistic Associations called Alberto Mottesi Evangelistic Association (AMEA). Giovanny has been the president of the Youth Baptist Inter-Denominational Convention that consists of more than 500 churches in the area of Los Angeles and Hawaii. He has served in pastoral and administrative leadership positions for non-profit organizations. Giovanny Gaviria is passionate about empowering and connecting the new generations through a personal relationship with God. She is committed to helping every generation fall deeper in love with Jesus, discover their true identity in Christ, find belonging in our church family, and serve using their God-given gifts. Katie is passionate about helping people discover the transforming love of Jesus and the life change that following him ultimately brings. She coordinated volunteers, small groups, and student leaders for the junior high and high school ministries, served as the junior high pastor for 10 years, and then went on to lead and serve as the student ministries pastor for the last 3 years. Then God opened the door for her to join the Saddleback staff and play various roles within the student ministry for the past 27 years. She started serving as an intern in the junior high ministry at age 19 in 1994. She joined a small group, became a member, matured in her relationship with Jesus, discovered her God-given SHAPE, and went on mission to share the love of Jesus in countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Cambodia, and Costa Rica. After accepting Christ at age 14, she grew in her love for Jesus, through participation at Saddleback. She could hear Saddleback’s worship music from her house in the nearby neighborhood and after walking toward the music with her mom one Sunday, her heart found a permanent home. Katie Edwards grew up in Orange County and began attending Saddleback when she was 13 years old. AJ’s heart is to see every person in the church and in the community of Brea and North Orange County radically transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Over the years, AJ has grown compassion for reaching the lost through evangelism and loves sharing the gospel with people everywhere he goes. AJ loves small groups and served as the Connections Pastor at the Brea campus for 2 1/2 years before transitioning into his new role as Campus Pastor. Since then, he has graduated from Talbot school of theology with a masters degree in preaching and pastoral ministry. He attended Biola University to get his bachelors degree in biblical and theological studies while leading the College Ministry at Saddleback Anaheim. AJ experienced a radical transformation in his life, and decided to devote himself to vocational ministry. AJ was born and raised in Northern California and moved to Southern California in 2016 to follow God‘s call to be a pastor. AJ and his wife Christy have been married for 7 years and have one child name Rion with another on the way. AJ Boncore is our new Campus Pastor of Saddleback Brea.
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