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Richard Vera

member since February 27, 2008

Richard Vera serves as the Multiethnic Evangelism Specialist and as a Church Consultant with the Healthy Church Group of California Southern Baptist Convention. His responsibilities include assisting church leaders in developing an ongoing evangelism strategy to reach the vast majority of ethnics in the state of California; he works closely with the various ethnic pastors and leaders in leadership development, he organizes various evangelism conferences and other events with the intent of keeping evangelism at the forefront.

Richard is a graduate of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona where he earned a double major in Sociology and Psychology; pursued a Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies at the Criswell Graduate School of the Bible, Dallas, Texas; received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from University of the Rockies, Denver, Colorado. He has served as a Church Planter in Utah, Arizona, Texas and Colorado before joining the CSBC Staff in September, 2006 totaling 32 years of pastoral experience and leadership development.

Richard and his wife, Noemi, have two grown and married children and three granddaughters. Both Richard and Noemi bring with them a wealth of leadership and Bible Teaching skills.

His life's purpose: To proclaim Christ so that we may present every man complete in Christ (Colossians 1:28).

Richard's Presentations

Featured Presentations

  • Sunday School Chain Reaction - part 1

    An overview of good Sunday School ministry with an emphasis on practical ways to make Sunday School effective and evangelistic. Part one of two presentations.

    Length: 45 minutes

    Views: Viewed 133 times.

  • Ko-Lay-Oh: Retaining Membership Through Involvement

    Part 1 of 2:
    Recent studies have indicated a 60% dropout rate among new church members within five years after they join. What can be done to keep new members involved in church? The Ko-Lay-Oh Seminar offers an answer that churches are beginning to use among their membership. Ko-Lay-Oh is a Greek word that means to glue or weld together; to join or to cleave to. Joining a membership roll is not that same thing as becoming a part of the church ministry plan. Ko-Lay-Oh seeks to bridge that gap.

    Length: 38 minutes

    Views: Viewed 55 times.

  • Worship Music in Evangelism

    Worship Music in Evangelism - what it is not - it is NOT evangelism, primary goal ascribe worth to the Lord, to bless the Lord, to call on the Name of the Lord. Billy Foote takes the biblical perspective from 2 Chronicles 29.

    Length: 57 minutes

    Views: Viewed 13 times.

  • Counseling and Maintaining Balance

    Dr. Joseph Bunce talks about resources for pastoral counseling, as well as the steps to take to avoid burnout and maintain balance in bi-vocational ministry

    Length: 54 minutes

    Views: Viewed 32 times.

  • Preparing For Revival

    Is having a "Revival" still relevant in today's culture? Here Bill Brett a former evangelist and now pastor sharing his passion about how preparation for revivals will yield results in your church. He shares the biblical basis as well as stories of revivals that he has been in and of his current church that is experiencing and ongoing revival.

    Length: 58 minutes

    Views: Viewed 1 times.