PASTORAL STAFF
Pastor Paul Endrei is an ordained minister who graduated from Southeastern Bible College in Lakeland, Florida with a degree in Missions. He spent seven and a half years working as a Youth Pastor and later as an Assistant Pastor at Church on the North Coast in Lorain, Ohio.
In 1989, he received a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Ashland Seminary.Pastor Paul and his wife, Patti, launched Church on the Rise in Westlake, Ohio with a vision of seeing "A Church for the Whole Family." Since the first service in 1993, the church has grown to more than 1,200 people. Often Pastor Paul is called upon by various media news outlets in the Cleveland area and nationally to give a Christian perspective on issues facing our society. He has traveled extensively in all 50 states and in over 20 countries, and has conducted overseas ministries with Dr. Ed Cole of Promise Keepers, Dr. Charles Blair in Ethiopia where they have planted 1,000 churches along the Ethiopian border, and Every Home for Christ training Pastors in Uganda. Pastor Paul resides in Avon, Ohio with his wife Patti and their five children Jordan, Natasha, Gabrielle, Promise and Gideon. << go to pastoral staff page |
