Pastor Brian Brodersen grew up in Southern California and he is known for his challenging exposition of the Scriptures and his Bible-teaching program, Back to Basics.
In the year 1996, the Brodersen family moved to London, England, to plant Calvary Chapel Westminster and in the year 2000, at the request of Pastor Chuck, the family returned to California to transition into the pastorate of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.
10 Things You Don’t Know About Pastor Brian Brodersen Are
- Brian Brodersen was elected the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, in October 2013 and the president of Calvary Global Network. He is also the president of Calvary Chapel Bible College.
- He became a Christian at age 22 and began attending Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, pastored by Chuck Smith.
- Brian met his wife, Cheryl, the youngest daughter of Pastor Chuck and Kay Smith, at a Bible study in Huntington Harbor.
- They got married on May 23, 1980, and have four grown children, four grandsons, and one granddaughter.
- Brian Brodersen together with his wife, Cheryl have established churches and ministered to congregations while encouraging couples to embrace God’s lead in their lives.
- He is the featured popular speaker on the “Back to Basics” radio program and the director of Creation Fest (UK) and he has written and featured his wife in many Christian books
- Pastor Brian made sure that his church helped a new generation of churches see a deep passion for evangelism.
- The senior pastor organised a spirit-filled movement that believed in all the spiritual gifts, but focused on worship and spirit empowerment.
- Brian established a church that was birthed out of a desire to spread the gospel.
- Brodersen invented verse-by-verse preaching through books of the Bible and he operates a church that was informal which is more of come as you are type of Church.
His website is calvarychapelcostamesa.com