- WARREN HOYT
Senior Pastor, Teacher, Speaker, Writer
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11709 West Fisherman Lane Home Phone: 352 – 503-6321
Homosassa, Florida Cell Phone: 915-799-5668
34448 Email: hwarrenhoyt@gmail.com
Website: www.hwarrenhoyt.com
SUMMARY PROFILE
· Proven strengths in preaching, teaching, writing, and training.
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills in Spanish or English.
- Experience on television, radio, and internet.
- Years of experience in personal Christian counseling.
- Started a Celebrate Recovery program.
- Experience with setting up and running small groups.
EDUCATION
M.Div., Interdisciplinary Studies 2018
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA
B.A., Biblical Studies, Pre-Seminary Major 1998
Southeastern University
Lakeland, Florida
DISTINCTIONS
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
- Who’s Who in American Colleges and Schools, M.Div. Program, 2017 and 2018.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Pastor Jesus Chapel Church, El Paso, TX (2006-2016)
- Developed and oversaw a budget of $500,000/year with $2 million facilities.
- Selected and ordained elder board, transitioning church from board-led to elder-led
- Supervised a building campaign that raised $500,000.
- Established Celebrate Recovery Ministry.
- Established home group ministry, training and raising up leaders.
- Taught in-house Bible courses, new believers’ courses, yearly discipleship courses, a class for those called to ministry. Also taught through several well-respected Christian books.
- Oversaw elders, financial accountability team, church staff and all lay-leaders
Language Teacher (2004-2006)
- Taught High School Spanish at Lake Region High School near Lakeland, FL.
- Taught English and Spanish at three independent language schools in Tampa and Orlando, FL.
Traveling Bible Teacher, Preacher, and Evangelist (1998-2004)
Based out of Lakeland, Florida
- Traveled to 12 Latin American countries, many American states, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Cambodia in teaching/preaching ministry.
- Raised financial support, distributed a monthly newsletter, held intermittent supporter meetings.
- Taught at Bible Colleges, Institutes, Missions and Discipleship schools, and churches.
- Spoke in prisons, drug-rehab facilities, half-way houses, churches, and schools.
- During this period, I was asked to serve as interim pastor for a Spanish-speaking group at Lakeland Kathleen Primitive Methodist Church. Served there for one year and raised up a replacement pastor couple before leaving.
Staff member at Vineyard Christian Fellowship and pastor of Mexican (Spanish-speaking) group within that
church (1991-1996)
Vineyard Christian Fellowship, El Paso, Texas
- Served as “pastor on call” each week, attended weekly staff meetings
- Participated in staff training and planning sessions.
- Served as an elder of the English-speaking congregation and pastor of the Spanish-speaking one at same time.
- Conducted weekly services in Spanish as well as speaking from time to time to the English congregation at weekly services and training sessions.
Missionary Evangelist/Bible teacher El Paso, Texas, Juarez, Mexico, other Latin countries (1985-1991)
- Served with Christ is the Answer and Youth With a Mission
- Taught and carried on evangelism of all types
- Served on YWAM Leadership Council
- Recruited, organized, and led first two bilingual discipleship schools conducted in Mexico
Lay Minister, Orlando, Florida, Lakeland, Florida (1978-1985)
- Youth leader, Community of the King Fellowship, Orlando, Florida
- Spoke regularly as an evangelist/preacher at Orange County Juvenile Detention Facility, Orlando, Florida
- Central Florida chaplain ministry, held services, speaking regularly in Disney World Hotels
- Taught and preached from time to time as Lay Teacher/preacher, Community of the King Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS
Teaching Materials
Self-published evangelism training booklets, discipleship course materials, and commentaries on the Bible.
Produced many series of teaching CDs (The Life of Christ, books of the Bible, New Believers studies, etc.)
Blog/Website
Maintain my own website with written, video, and podcast materials from 2016-present: www.hwarrenhoyt.com
TEACHING INTERESTS
Biblical studies
Basic doctrines of the Christian Faith
Apologetics, worldviews, reasons for faith
Cults and world religions
Evangelism and Missions
Spanish and English language
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Pastor and Church Planter Conference April 2004
Astana, Kazakhstan
Pastors and Cell Group Leaders Conference July 2000
Siem Riep, Cambodia
Pastors’ Conference June 1999
El Estor, Lago de Izabal, Guatemala
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Church Planter Course (1994)
Facilitated by Vineyard Christian Fellowship, El Paso, TX.
Certified Public School teacher (High School, State of Florida, Spanish)
TRAINING SESSIONS
Youth With A Mission Discipleship Schools (80+ schools, five states in the US, plus 5 cities in Mexico, 2 in Colombia, 1 each in Ecuador, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic)
Bible Schools/Institutes (Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic)
Pastors and Leaders Seminars (Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Texas)
CROSS-CULTURAL MISSION TRIPS
Cancun, Mexico ~ Evangelistic & Construction Outreach (July, 1998). Served as a team leader for about 10 adults. I spoke in churches, but also led team in Bible College construction project.
Israel ~ Led church tour group, teaching, counseling, serving communion, baptizing in Jordan river, 2013.
Creel, Mexico (Aug., 1995). Led a small team to do house-to-house evangelism, a VBS, and work projects.
Iquitos, Peru (1994) Co-led a church team to support church missionaries, teach in a Bible School, do evangelism and prayer ministry, speak and testify in churches
Various villages of Guatemala (1999). Led a team of English believers to various towns and village of Guatemala to do street evangelism, drama, and helps projects.