Pastor Ken Clowdus is the founder of CCC and has been the Senior Pastor
for over 25 years. He has a Shepherd's heart 
and
has shown a great love for people - whatever their ethnicity or circumstances:
rich, poor, physically or emotionally challenged, etc. He treats all the
same. He prays for all the people in the congregation and is truly concerned
about their welfare. He visits people, listens to problems and looks past
idiosyncrasies to the heart. He is a pastor's pastor in that other pastors
and evangelists seek his counsel.
He believes the Word of God with his whole heart including the work and gifts of the Holy Spirit. He seeks the face of the Lord and wants to receive all that the God has to give and encourages the congregation to do the same. As God leads, he endeavors to equip the body of Christ at CCC to enable us to be doers of the Word in order to reach a lost and dying world for God. His ministry shows that he is a God chaser. He prays constantly for Revival and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our church and the city of Covina. This church has caught his vision and we have been praying, marching, fasting and believing for that Revival. He is a fervent prayer warrior and CCC is a house of prayer because of it.
Pastor Ken is a man of faith and walks in what he teaches. But he also has a humble heart and will confess to the congregation about his short comings. He always wants to give all the credit and glory to God for what the Lord has done here at CCC. He talks a lot about Jesus' teaching about the importance of being a servant; and he has been known to serve meals at different functions. He helped remodel the church and does carpentry and repair work as is needed.
Sandy Clowdus is a tender hearted and loving woman of God. She is quiet but very strong in the Lord and has been a solid support and encourager for Pastor Ken. She loves to provide a warm and beautiful home for her family and is a gracious hostess. She also is head of the Nursery Department at the church.
Pastor Ken is a great leader and sets a wonderful example of how to strive
to follow Christ in being loving, compassionate, giving, forgiving, hardworking
and humble.
Link to Pastor Ken's Testimony:
"A Love Affair With Jesus and..."
Church Evangelist, Dennis Ponce
Dennis Ponce has been our Church Evangelist for about
a year. He is very bold and outgoing with a genuine love for 
people.
He is dynamic and someone who wants to get things done. He is open to
the Holy Spirit and the current move of God that takes us outside the
walls of the church into the community to reach people for God and to
help those who are in need. Dennis believes in equipping others in evangelism
and he teaches classes so that CCC now has many people on the evangelistic
team. He is always encouraging others.
Under his leadership along with Pastor Ken (with direction from the Holy Spirit), we have had a six month period of time renting an apartment and ministering to the people there in that large complex. Bible studies were held, food and clothing were given to those in need. There were many salvations and rededications. It was a very anointed ministry.
Now we have a mobile outreach trailer that we can take out into different areas in the community for the same purposes. Things are happening and the anointing is strong. The Holy Spirit is moving, doors are opening, new ministries are being developed, people are being saved, and needs are being met. God is alive and well in this ministry.
We thank God for Dennis but he gives all thanks and credit to God. Click link below to read the story about how God transformed his life from drugs, suicidality, and mental problems to being the mighty man of God he is today.
Associate Pastor, Tony Paraspolo
Pastor Tony has been an associate pastor at CCC for 9
or 10 years and is in charge of small groups. He also leads several
Bible
studies, men's fellowship and prayer meetings plus he counsels people
for the church on a regular basis. He came from a background of drugs
and alcohol but he has been free from those things for 26 years. He
says he has peace in his life that only God can give you. He is a man
of integrity who deeply cares about others and is well loved by the
people at CCC . He is also known for having a great sense of humor.
He would be the first one to admit that he is far from perfect but the
comparison of the man Tony was before he accepted Jesus as his Savior
to the new Tony in Christ is staggering. He gives all the credit and
glory to God.
Pastor Tony says, "After 25 years of being single,
God has gifted me with the perfect wife for me in Dee." They were
married February, 2002 and it is obvious to anyone that this marriage
was ordained in Heaven as the two complement each other so very well.
Dee is a loving, kind, and intelligent lady who is very practical and
down to earth.
Link to Pastor Tony's
testimony:
"From a Low-Life to Abundant Life in Jesus"
Associate Pastor, Mike Stephens
Associate Pastor Mike Stephens has been a Christian for
26 years. He is truly a man of God who has an excellent 
knowledge
and memory of the Word. He is known for being full of the Holy Spirit
and on fire for God. Linda is a very sweet, encouraging and intelligent
lady who loves children.
He and Linda are in charge of Children's Ministries, (ages 3-12). He has a heart for evangelism of children having grown up himself in foster homes where he was cruelly beaten and mistreated. He says that there was a Christian man who came by and picked him up every Sunday when he was very young to take him to a Baptist Church. Pastor Mike remembers the love of the people there at the church and that memory has stayed with him his whole life. He says it was like coming out of darkness into a warm, lovely light at that church.
Pastor Mike also has a heart for those that are down and out. He ministers once a month at skid row downtown L.A. at the mission there. Many souls have been saved due to that ministry. He also ministers at Charter Oak Mental Hospital twice a month and San Dimas Sub Acute Care Unit twice a month. He leads a Bible study on Tuesday nights and Tuesday morning prayer. He is talented musically and plays guitar, sings and leads in praise and worship at times.
Dustin and Sara Paraspolo
Praise Team Leader, Rick Hoover
Rick Hoover has been a Christian since 1976. He has been
our Praise and Worship Leader for five years. He plays guitar 
and
Kathy is one of the Praise singers. He says that he has an overwhelming
desire to usher our congregation into the very presence of God. He feels
that our church is on the right track of where God wants us to be and
what God is doing in the body of Christ. Our Praise Team really blesses
us so much. There is a freedom here to worship God in song and dance as
well as to kneel before our Lord at the altar (all done in an orderly
manner). Rick is remarkably faithful in his ministry and will be at church
whenever called upon, if at all possible.
He says that it was prophesized over him many years ago that God would
use him mightily in music. At the time, it seemed impossible, but right
after that word from the Lord, God started a progression of events that
led him into music ministry and God has kept His hand upon him and Kathy
ever since.
Rick and the Praise Team minister to the inmates at Chino Prison the first
Sunday evening of each month. They report that the prisoners really enjoy
it and stand outside waiting for them to get there. It means a lot to
these seemingly hardened men. Rick and Kathy say that the prisoners get
teary eyed at times as well as members of the Praise Team. He says that
they always give an altar call and, over the years, there have been hundreds
of salvations.
Rick and Kathy have a strong marriage today. They say that
the hard times strengthened them spiritually. And a good sense of humor
helps. They are very dedicated to the Lord, to each other, and to this
body of believers here at Community Christian Center.
