Cornelius Ward
Dean of Education; Pastor; Orator
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Mission-driven Senior Pastor with more than 20 years of experience in all elements of organizational leadership and success in creating an inspirational environment.
Successful in overseeing community services, men's and women's ministries, student ministry, children's ministry, and worship ministry (as well as Urban Ministry).
Highly-welcoming and accomplished in developing and shepherding new and existing church members.
Excellent reputation for leading, inspiring, and building spiritually healthy environments that reduce problems and improve the spirit of unity amongst the saints.
A commitment to strengthening educational operations in order to reduce costs and improve discipleship procedures.
Inspired to bring advanced teaching skills and department leadership experience.
Goal-oriented to advance departments, improve teaching, and modernize courses.
Dedicated to providing believers with necessary tools to achieve academic goals and prepare for future ministries.
An engaging orator who conducts pre-sermonic and pre-lesson research, writes and outlines studies, and delivers speeches of the highest caliber to audiences both domestically and abroad.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dean of Education
Life Of Faith Church
Los Angeles, CA
10.2021 - Current
- Create strategies to improve educational departments by reducing expenses, modernizing operations, and restructuring processes.
- Increase institute registrations with improved promotional approaches, outreach strategies, and student testimonials.
- Capitalize on emerging educational trends and improve educational operations by aligning departmental procedures.
- implement initiatives to drive curriculum quality and target learning outcomes.
- Create plans and communicate deadlines to complete projects on time.
- Conduct research, gather information from multiple sources and present results.
- Recognize discrepancies in theology and promptly address them for resolution.
Pastor
PneuMan Ministries
Westlake Village, CA
01.2012 - 10.2021
- Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms and nursing home services.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship and service opportunities.
- Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
- Raised congregational awareness of needs and contributions of youth to church life and operations.
- Provided spiritual and administrative leadership to church and managed daily operations.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling and prayer.
- Oversaw administration and management of all areas of ministry.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.
Professor
Channel Islands Bible College & Seminary
Channel Islands, CA
01.2007 - 09.2012
- Used a variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning and enhance presentations.
- Shifted between informal and formal teaching methods in order to create a multi-layered web of learning by incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions, and projects into lessons.
- Class discussions were encouraged by incorporating them into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions, and employing techniques to track student participation.
- Created a dynamic learning environment that valued interaction between the instructor and students.
- Collaborated with tutoring, enrollment, testing, and advising services to support students.
- Graded tests and assignments and uploaded to school database.
- Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
- Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with students.
- Conducted on-going program assessment, enrollment and retention tracking.
- Worked with dean to assess and evaluate courses and programs in appropriate discipline.
Youth Pastor
Faith Tabernacle Of Peace
Camarillo, CA
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Scheduled and managed teams of youth volunteers.
- Raised congregational awareness of needs and contributions of youth to church life and operations.
- Planned weekly groups as well as special events and overnight retreats.
- Set goals for youth in church and communicated with parents regarding progress.
- Taught and counseled youth ages 12 to 25.
- Shared valuable life experiences to promote positive self-esteem and improve social skills.
- Oversaw youth ministry budget and tracked all expenses.
- Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling and prayer.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship and service opportunities.
- Oversaw administration and management of all areas of ministry.
Education
Master of Arts - Ministry
Channel Islands Seminary
Channel Islands, CA05.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Ministry
Channel Islands Bible College
Channel Islands, CA05.2004
Associate of Arts - Biblical Studies
Channel Islands Bible College
Channel Islands, CA05.2002
Skills
Spiritual Leadership, Training, and Development
Officiating
Congregational Care
Biblically based approach, Non-Denominational
Disciple-Making
Youth ministry
Public speaking
Congregational sermons
Bible Study Lessons
Differentiated Lecturing
Promoting Analytical and Critical Thinking
Curriculum Development
Academic research
Accomplishments
Shepherded a congregation of 500+ members
Shepherded an Executive Team of 12 administrative members
Shepherded a Ministerial Team of 6 members (4 ordained; 2 licensed)
Shepherded 4 Deacons
Shepherded a Volunteer Staff of 33 members
Designed and implemented year-over-year vision plan to drive growth of community services.
Established a non-profit investment fund to produce interest that would assist with donations, expenses, and charitable causes
Established a solid presence in community, successfully growing church membership 44.5% year over year within the first 6 years.
Cut organizational expenses and streamlined processes using the Six Sigma approach by strengthening operational controls and providing additional opportunities for volunteers.
Developed and introduced service programs to increase engagement and service within the community.
Professor of the Year (2012)
Affiliations
Life of Faith Church
C Street Ministries
Victory Outreach
Grace Church of Jesus Christ Ministries
Channel Islands Bible College & Seminary
Certification
Lean Six Sigma, Management & Strategy Institute - May 2016
Work Availability
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Quote
“One of the major failures of the church is not a focus on building disciples but a focus on building members.”
Dr. Tony Evans
Timeline
Dean of Education
Life Of Faith Church
10.2021 - Current
Pastor
PneuMan Ministries
01.2012 - 10.2021
Professor
Channel Islands Bible College & Seminary
01.2007 - 09.2012
Youth Pastor
Faith Tabernacle Of Peace
01.2002 - 01.2007
Master of Arts - Ministry
Channel Islands Seminary
Bachelor of Arts - Ministry
Channel Islands Bible College
Associate of Arts - Biblical Studies
Channel Islands Bible College