REV. CARL PASCUAL
Minister of Church Engagement
Carl is serving as our Minister of Church Engagement, focusing on community life and small groups. He brings a wealth of experience in ministry and a love for growing spiritual communities. Carl received his Master’s in Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary and has previously been on staff with New Hope Covenant Church in East Oakland and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He worked as the lead planner for Proposition 63 (The Mental Health Services Act) supporting mental health treatment and prevention services in Alameda County.
Carl lives in the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood with his wife Celia and their three sons Caden, Camilo and Cairo. He first came to the East Bay to attend UC Berkeley and later earned a Master’s in Organizational Development from the California School of Professional Psychology in Alameda. Carl and Celia moved to East Oakland to be part of the Oak Park community, described in the short documentary The Oak Park Story and chronicled in Russel Jeung’s memoir At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors (2016).
Carl enjoys laughing with friends, Onewheeling with his boys around the Bay Area, and living and dying with our local sports teams.
