Pastor Ron spent the first 39 years of his life running away from Jesus Christ. Finally, on February 17, 1991, while running away from home because of the shame of admitting his sins to his wife and 2 children (Ronnie & Terry), he fell to his knees on a public street in Upland, California. From that day forward, his life has never been the same!

Ron grew up in Southern California in a middle-class home in the late ’60s and early ’70s, when the hippie culture was booming. While in college, Ron met his wife, Paula. They were married on September 16, 1972. With the added responsibility of marriage and his first son on the way, Ron found his first full-time job selling cars and quickly became successful. This led to a 21-year career in the automobile industry, which culminated in Ron’s partial ownership of a Nissan dealership in Ontario, California.

In 1988, Ron’s grandmother and mother, both believers, passed away. That was followed by the loss of his business as a result of gambling. After losing his fortune, Ron’s family was evicted from their home. This was during his youngest son’s senior year in high school. Finally, without hope, Ron tried to run away. God is so gracious; Ron was only able to get a block away when the power of the Holy Spirit dropped him to the ground. He didn’t know anything about Jesus, except that his wife, who had been praying for him for 13 years, found joy during the years Ron made her life a living hell. He cried out for the Jesus Paula knew! That was the beginning of a beautiful relationship with God!

Calvary Chapel of San Antonio began when God spoke to Ron’s heart on March 4, 1994, saying, “Begin to pray for the people of San Antonio.” Although he and Paula had never been to Texas, never wanted to go to Texas, and knew no one in Texas, God’s call was unmistakable. After graduating from Calvary Chapel Bible College, Ron, Paula, and their 14-year old dog, Moto, headed for Texas in a truck that cost $1. The first home Bible study took place on May 31, 1995.

Our ministry has now expanded in ways which can only be described as miraculous. South Texas is responding to simple, verse-by-verse Bible teaching by falling more in love with Jesus every day!

Listen to Pastor Ron’s Testimony

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Pastor Ken gave his life to Jesus Christ on November 30th, 1997 in San Diego, California at Horizon Christian Fellowship. After many years of hardship and heartbreak, Ken realized that every attempt to fill his hurting heart failed because it was missing the love of Jesus. On that late November evening, God gave Ken a new heart filled with God’s love! Since then every day is lived in gratitude for saving him from hopelessness. Not only did God breathe life into Ken, but May (his girlfriend at the time) gave her heart to Jesus one month later! Over the next few months, God transformed their once miserable relationship, into a Christ-centered engagement. Then in April of 2000, God joined Ken and May together in marriage.

In February of 2006, God moved Ken, his loving wife May, and their two wonderful kids (Kaleb and Nia) from California to San Antonio, Texas. In 2007, they were blessed with another beautiful child, Faith Evangeline (a.k.a. Faithee). In 2012, they were blessed with yet another child, Malani Joy.

On Monday nights, you can stop by the Men’s Bible Study, which Pastor Ken has been teaching since 2008.

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Pastor Juan Ortiz came to the Lord in 2001. He started teaching at the school in 2006. Juan is now the missions pastor, and he also plans the Joy of Jesus Outreaches. Pastor Juan's wife, Lachelle, serves along his side, and they have two adult children, Jaqui and Johnny.

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Pastor Alain came to know the Lord in 1996 at a Harvest Crusade in San Diego. Prior to moving to San Antonio, Alain and his wife Jocelyn served at Calvary Chapel of San Diego doing Worship and Children’s Ministry. Not knowing what God had planned for them, He and his family moved to San Antonio in 2005. A year later, the Lord made it clear that Alain was to be the next Worship Leader of CCSA. In 2007, he left a career of 9 years in Broadcast Radio to teach 3rd grade at the Church Academy. He and his wife have four children, Matthew, Ashley, Jonathan, and Timothy.

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In 1989 Will began his relationship with his wife Natasha. In 1991 they had their first child while Will was still attending high school. Will went on to pursue an education but in 1992 dropped out of college. Due to his lifestyle of sin Will’s life continued on a downward spiral causing many years of pain for his wife and kids to the point his marriage was on the brink of a divorce. It was at that time, in July of 1999, Will was finally willing to listen to the voice of God.

Will began to do things God’s way and in 2000 God called him to ministry. He has been serving here at CCSA ever since. In 2011 Will became the second principal of the church’s academy serving in that capacity for 13 years. In 2012 Will was ordained as a pastor and joyfully serves his church and community to this day.

Will and Natasha have four adult children, Allysse, Will, Levi, and Makayla. These four mean more to Will and Natasha than anything else and they are eternally grateful that they were able to be very active in their lives as they grew up. What a wonderful 30 years of parenting it was.

Will and Natasha’s family is growing as their children marry and have children of their own. So nowadays they enjoy time with family, going on walks and working out together.

God has been great to Will and Natasha and they look forward to all that is yet to come.

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Alfredo was born and raised in San Diego, California and is the oldest of four kids. He came to know the Lord Jesus in April 2001 while living there. After serving in the junior high ministry in Calvary Chapel San Diego, he made his way eastward to Texas. Here at Calvary Chapel of San Antonio, he continued to have a heart for the kids and youth, serving in the junior high ministry from 2006-2016. Alfredo also had a career in occupational therapy working in Home Health with the pediatric population before the Lord called him to full-time ministry. In 2015, he was ordained as a pastor and later joined the CCSA staff in 2017. Since that time, he has also been full-time at the academy. Alfredo teaches the junior high class, and Latin to the 1st and 6th grades. His hobbies include spending time with his family and studying the Word of God. Alfredo and his beautiful wife, Sundra, are proud parents of seven children: Gian, Victoria, Kacy, Veronica, Namine, Kieran, and Alfredo Paul; and have four grandchildren: Titus, Alizae, Esther, and Alaia.

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Peter was born in India and immigrated to New York in 1982. He surrendered his life to Jesus on November 1996 in Debrecen, Hungary, where he studied medicine. In medical school he met his lovely future wife Sheeba, also a medical student and they were married in 2003. In 2005, God moved Peter and Sheeba to San Antonio for residency training and they decided to stay. While they practiced medicine, they began attending CCSA in 2006 and realized there was an emptiness in chasing after the things of this world. God fulfilled their desire by calling them to serve Him through medicine. In 2013, Malta Medical was started with Peter as the Medical director and Sheeba serving alongside him. God has been faithful in sustaining this ministry ever since. They have two children, Rebekah and Abigail, who attend Calvary Chapel Christian Academy and serve faithfully in the church.

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Pastor Matt surrendered his life to Jesus when he was 18 years old during spring break of his freshman year of college in March 1997. He met his fabulous wife, Lauren, while serving as an Air Force Technical Training Instructor at Goodfellow AFB, in San Angelo, TX. After separating from the Air Force, Matt spent 13 years climbing the corporate ladder in a demanding career as a high-tech project manager where he traveled away from his family 75% of the time. The Lord used that time to teach him that money and success aren’t everything, that his family and his relationship with Jesus are far greater, before eventually calling Matt to open a senior home care business. Through the business, the Lord planted the desire in Matt to minister to seniors and those who are being left behind and alone and unable to get to church. He gave Matt a sense of urgency that His purpose in our world is about bringing the dead to life in a restored relationship with Jesus. Matt ultimately accepted the call into pastoral ministry in 2020. Pastor Matt and his wife, Lauren, lead the Usher Ministry alongside their daughter, Finleigh, and son, Ari.

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Matthew was born in San Diego, California in July 1999 and moved to San Antonio with his family in 2005. As the son of Pastor Alain, CCSA acted as a second home to him growing up. However, it also led him to believe that he was doing okay in his walk with the Lord when in reality he harbored hidden sin in his life and in his heart. After many failures and times of willful disobedience, it was not until he fully surrendered to the Lord that he truly experienced the fullness of God’s grace and mercy. His testimony is a testament to the fact that it is very easy to blend in, especially being raised in a Christian home and church family. It is only once you take your faith seriously, putting knowledge of the truth into action, that God is able to do His mighty work, first in you then through you.

In 2021, Matthew married Veronica, and in 2023, the two had a daughter, Alaia Rae. He and Veronica have been serving the high school youth since 2017 and began leading the youth ministry in 2021. He also leads worship occasionally alongside his wife, his parents, his family, and his extended family. As their family continues to grow, Matthew is excited to see what the Lord has in store for him and his family.

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Pastor Ed is married to Tisha who serves along side him at Calvary. She was saved in Long Beach, California in 1978 as a young teenager. On their first date in January 1981, she asked Ed to go to church with her the next morning (Sunday). Ed said NO. What followed for the next 30 years was Ed living in the world, and living in a ‘world of trouble’. Consumed by his sin and broken, Ed FINALLY surrendered to Jesus in 2012. After so many years of Jesus saving him from disaster and worse, Ed began to grow spiritually in his new life in Christ. In the first year, he began to serve at Calvary Chapel of San Antonio in the Technology (website, app) and Graphics ministries which he now leads. Years later Ed began serving in the Spanish Ministry and now leads this ministry with a Sunday Spanish Service and a monthly Spanish Prayer and Worship meeting.

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Pastor Louie Giner has been attending Calvary Chapel San Antonio since May of 1999, finally surrendering to Jesus in 2002.  In the years since, he has served in various ministries and taught the Bible to all age groups at CCSA, as well as in the mission field and the prison ministry.  He currently teaches the New Believers/Foundations class, a small study group dedicated to equipping new or curious individuals with a foundational knowledge of our Christian faith, beliefs, practices, and how the Bible instructs us on each. 
Pastor Louie serves alongside Annette, his wife of over 25 years.  They have two sons, Isaac and Christian, both of whom are married with children of their own.

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A southern California native, Matt grew up in a Christian home and made an early profession of faith but grew distant from the Lord in his teenage and early adult years.  Pursuing worldly indulgences and success led him to the end of himself at the age of 25.  When confronted with his sin and hypocrisy by his best friend, he finally surrendered completely to Jesus and has resolved to live for Him since.  Matt is married to Stephany and is dad to Mari, Nathan and Steven.  In 2015, the Lord opened a door for him to transition from the private sector to a new career in education management that also resulted in the family moving to San Antonio and attending Calvary Chapel.  Little did he know that this career change would prepare him for a calling to be the principal at Calvary Chapel Christian Academy in 2024.  Matt and his family feel privileged to serve at Calvary and are excited to see how the Lord will continue to move in their lives and the lives of the people who call CCSA their home.

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