Bio
Pastor Manny Cruz was born
in Tijuana, Mexico and at the age of 8 he and his family moved to Los
Angeles, California where he lived until the age of 17. It was in Los
Angeles that he and his family began attending the 7th-day Adventist
Church. He was baptized at the age of 17 in Glendale, California. He
received a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from the Universidad Adventista
de Motemorelos, in Mexico.
Pastor Manny has been involved in Youth Ministry for over 15 years. His
unique “Street Artists Ministry” has taken him all across the U.S., Canada
and Mexico speaking to teens and youth about the power of God in
transforming lives. Young and old have been blessed by Pastor Cruz’s
testimony of how God brought him out of a life of alcohol, gangs, and
graffiti in the streets of Los Angeles to a life helping teens and youth.
Currently he serves as the Associate Director of Youth Ministries for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America.
Pastor Manny is married to Melanie and they have 4 children; Carmen,
Carolina, Caryn and Christen.
