With 28 years of pastoral ministry, Jim leads Trinity Ministries as primary presenter of the preaching/ teaching ministry and primary steward of Trinity’s vision. He also serves the city of Cedar Hill as a coordinator of Transformation Cedar Hill, a coalition of business, education, government and churches committed to see God’s principles enacted into the fiber and relationships of the community. Jim came to Trinity Church in November 1994 from St. Petersburg, FL where he served for 9 ½ years. He is a graduate of Central Bible College, Springfield MO. Jim and his wife Becky, have three children Ross, who is married to Angela, Ryan, and Katlyn.

Becky is a gifted teacher and minister. She is serving as Director of Women’s Ministry. Quarterly meetings called “Girlfriends” have grown from approximately 250 to over 600 in attendance in 18 months. “Women of Worth” Women’s Ministry clearly broadcasts a message of hope, crossing generations and cultures. Becky’s passion is to create a safe place for women to grow, for women to hear and learn about God’s fantastic will and plan for each individual woman. Her mission: Women of Worth would be a vehicle of transformation in our community, the marketplace and beyond as we embrace women from all walks of life. Living by a mandate of action to help women realize their value, purpose and destiny in God’s master plan.

As Executive Pastor of Trinity Church, Tim Ferguson oversees the ministries of the church, leading the Directors and Pastors in executing plans and programs that support the Vision and Core Values of the church...a true passion in his life! Prior to serving as Executive Pastor, he served as the youth pastor at Trinity Church for ten years. Tim and his wife Michelle have three children.

Shelia directs the business operations of Trinity Church, overseeing Financial operations, Facility construction, operation, and maintenance, Human Resource activities, Communications, Information Technology and Asset Protection.

Shelia brings 24 years experience in the corporate arena to Trinity where she was responsible for managing multi-million dollar capital expenses, and budgeting as well as directing procedures and operations for Human Resources and Facilities. In 1995 she felt the call of God to transition to Trinity Church to serve as the Administrator. Shelia believes all of her previous business training and experience was merely preparation for being a part of God’s plan to take Trinity Church and the community “Beyond the Dream”.

Shelia and Jim Hood have been married for many years, have four children and live in Duncanville with an ever changing menagerie of animals.

Robert felt the call of God on his life to minister at the age of thirteen. After which, the Lord began using him strategically in his local Church, specifically in the area of drama. In 2001 Robert was awarded first place in the nation during a National Fine Arts Drama Solo Competition. Upon winning this award, he was blessed by the Lord to receive a full year tuition scholarship to Southwestern Assemblies of God Bible University.

It was at the age of seventeen that Robert strongly felt God calling him to preach the gospel. Since then God has opened up a plethora of opportunities for him to minister to Churches, Youth Groups, and Schools across this nation through dynamic preaching and drama.

As Superintendent of Trinity Christian School, Mrs. Watts coordinates, develops and implements programs that support the vision of the church and school ministry. Her passion is to see young people love God, be trained in their gifts and talents, and be outstanding Christian leaders in society.

Mrs. Watts attended Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, for her Bachelor’s Degree and earned her Master’s Degree in Education and Administration from Oral Roberts University. She has also completed her Ed.D from ORU. Mrs. Watts was on the faculty of TCS when it opened its doors in 1981. Through the years she has served as teacher and also as principal at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels from 1981 until 1994. She returned to TCS in 2002 to serve as school superintendent.

Kathy and her husband of 39 years, Clay, have four married children and eight grandchildren.

Pastor Carlos is the Director of Student Ministries at Trinity church. Together with his staff, he oversees the Junior High, High School, College and Master's Commission ministries. He and his wife Libby, have a passion to see young people grow into spiritual maturity and develop the heart of a true disciple. Carlos graduated with honors from SAGU and is a graduate of Master's Commission. A native of the Dallas area, Pastor Carlos met Libby (born and raised in Iowa) while they were both on a missions trip to New Orleans' Mardi Gras in 1999. They married in March of 2000 and have 3 children.

As the Director of Children’s Ministry, Pastor Benji is responsible for overseeing the spiritual development of children, nursery – 5th grade. To accomplish this effort he leads and trains a volunteer group of over 200 adults on a weekly basis. Benji’s passion is to develop and empower leaders to serve the children and families within the local community and beyond.

Benji is the husband of Lori Allen and dad to Hailey, Brayden and Addison. Benji & Lori have served at Trinity since 2004.

Normandy Ortiz is our High School Pastor, and is originally from the Dallas Area. After graduating from Trinity Christian School, he went on to join Master's Commission for three years before attending Christ for the Nations. Upon completing school, he served from 2005 to 2008 as youth pastor for Segadores de Vida church in Miami, Florida which currently holds 7000 congregants. Normandy has been with Trinity Church since April of 2008. He married Shirley Rivera which hails from the island of Puerto Rico, they got married November 14, 2008. They are passionate about changing the way "conventional" youth ministry operates. They have 0 kids, 0 pets, but plenty of video and board games.

Matt McKay and his wife Jennifer grew up right here at Trinity Church. After graduating from Master’s Commission they moved to Lawton, Oklahoma where Matt was the full-time Children’s Pastor for almost 7 years. In August of 2007, they moved their family back to Trinity where currently Matt serves as the Elementary Pastor for 1st-5th grade Students. They currently live in Waxahachie and have two sons, Ryan and Brandon.

Scott Jandik grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in a family of five. He went through the three years of Master's Commission in Malvern, Arkansas and served on the MC staff after completion of the program.. In October of 2004, Scott came to Trinity Church to assist with the High School student ministry. He married his wife Amanda in June of 2005.

As the Pastor of BridgePoint Ministry, Buddy Flowers oversees the flow of pastoral care, Smallgroup, fellowship and discipleship ministry to the 40's & 50's of Trinity Church.

Before becoming Pastor of BridgePoint Ministry, Buddy served as a youth pastor for nine years at Trinity Church, a senior pastor in Austin, Texas for ten years, as well as executive pastor in Red Oak, Texas and Pensacola, Florida. Buddy graduated from Southwestern Assembly of God University in 1981 with a degree in Pastoral Ministry.

Buddy and his wife Vickie have been married for twenty-seven years and have two children Misty & Amy.

Lisa leads the prayer ministry at Trinity Church. Her vision is to see prayer become a lifestyle, not just an event. Lisa oversees over 40 groups called TCells that meet at least once a month at the Tuesday night Prophetic prayer meetings. She has designed and set in place "The Pathway to Freedom", incorporating a combination of deliverance appointments and classes designed to help change victims into mighty warriors. Lisa also oversees the dicipleship of new believers through "SBasic Training" classes and small groups. Her mantra is "Get equipped. Be prepared, Fulfill your mission!"

Lisa was raised in Southeastern Oklahoma. She was saved in 1977 and began ministry in 1979. Lisa traveled for several years as an evangelist. In 1981 she attended Southwestern Assembly of God University where she met and married Wallace Swayze. She worked as a youth and Associate pastor in the Dallas area for nine years and as senior pastor for eight years.

Lisa and Wallace live in Cedar Hill and have two children.

John Michael and Tami Jean Barajas came to Trinity Church in Cedar Hill to pastor Velocity in 2007. In 1997, they stepped into their first pastoral roles as Trinity’s Youth Evangelism/Campus Pastors.

From 2000-2004, they ran the Sunday morning Junior High Ministry, while writing and producing drama’s for the HD Youth Ministry. John Michael and Tami Jean then spent three years as the Youth Pastors of Vertical Life Student Ministries at Bethel Assembly in Temple TX, where they founded the Central Texas Master’s Commission.

Serving in many facets of Church Ministry Kevin’s pastoral experience spans the last 30 years beginning in 1979. The passion of Kevin and Michelle is for life transforming revival in the local church through the power of the Holy Spirit. Their intensity for God’s Presence coupled with the direction of Trinity Church intersected in November 2007. During a Conference Hosted at Trinity, the Peterson’s felt the Lord leading them to partner with an evident move of the Spirit.Currently they lead the iConnect Small Group ministry.

Kevin graduated from Central Bible College, Springfield, Mo. in 1983, and continued to pursue the call of God on His life. His ministry history includes various Pastoral roles, Revivalist travels, University Administration, and Teaching. He is also President of an Awakening Ministry called “Refining Fire Ministry, Inc.” The Peterson’s met while in High School and were married in 1981 while Kevin was finishing College. They have two sons, Drew and Devin. and have an adorable Grandson, Elijah Scot.

Brenda joined the Trinity staff in 2002 as the Director of Fine Arts. She is responsible for overseeing the music ministries, directing the Sunday morning choir, and leading worship. Her desire is to bring together people from all walks of life to a common place of worship every Sunday and to excel the kingdom of God by uniting people’s gifts and talents through music ministry.

Receiving the call to music and worship while in college, she was music and youth pastor in Arkansas while completing her Bachelor’s in Marketing from Southern Arkansas University, and MBA from Louisiana Tech University. Since then, she’s been involved in directing youth choirs, worship events, and conferences. For the past eight years, she has taught business administration at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie Texas. Pursuing both worship and education has been a fulfilling path.

In June 06, Brenda and her husband Todd welcomed their first child, Camden Wade.

Jeff’s passion is to see worship and the technical arts work together in churches to effectively communicate the gospel. He graduated from South Dallas Master Commission’s three year program and went into Youth Ministry as the worship and missions coordinator for five years. Jeff received a recording engineering certificate from Cedar Valley College and started the Audio/Visual program at Trinity Christian School teaching students audio recording techniques and video editing. After serving for two years as the media director at Trinity Church he transitioned to worship director and currently lives in Cedar Hill with his wife Sarah and daughter Grace.

As pastor and evangelist for more than forty years, Doctor Hennesy has a unique gifting to minister to those who suffer. He has great compassion and love for people. He and wife, Margie oversee the Senior Adults serving as teacher, friend and special event organizers.

Dr. Hennesy received his master’s degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri and continued his education at Erskine Seminary in Due West, South Carolina where he earned a doctor of ministry degree. For nineteen years James served as President of Southeastern College in Lakeland FL.

Doctor Hennesy and Margie are the proud parents of two sons; Jim and Mark and grandparents of Ross, Ryan, Katlyn, Ben, Joshua and Kristin.

Michiel directs operations at Trinity Church; overseeing Facility construction, operation, and maintenance, Communications and Information Technology. He began attending Trinity in 1980, graduated from Christ for the Nations in 1985, and begin working at Trinity in 1986. Michiel believes he was called to serve at Trinity and has been for more then 20 years.

Michiel was born in the Netherlands and came to Dallas as a child. Michiel and Sherryl have 3 daughters, Michiel, Krisna, Stacia, and 5 grandsons, Dokoah, Prestin, Eric, Logan, Carsen.