Presenters

• Kevin Acosta

  Pastor Kevin Acosta was born in Miami FL in the year 1999, at the age of 17 he attended Southern Adventist University and attained a Bachelors Degree in Theology while currently working on his Masters in Divinity.
  
  During his time in college he was the director for a comedy show called Studio 4109, as well as directing a play for Latin American night. He spent much of his summers working as a camp counselor in Indian Creek Camp, and more recently was working with Pastor Kendall and Pastor Link in Arise Miami.
  
  He enjoys preaching, Bible studies, and life groups, and has a passion for ministry relating to mental health and youth. It is important to him to address the needs of the congregation, and to create a place where anyone can feel comfortable expressing their doubts, hardships and anything else that might impede the work of God in someone’s life.
  
  On his downtime he enjoys reading, video games, movies, and sports, and does whatever he can to live life to the fullest

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• Michael Stephenson

  Michael Stephenson was born in Jamaica and lived in the British Virgin Islands before settling in the USA. He has served in various ministries in Plantation SDA church ever since he returned to the path that Jesus was calling him to 20 years ago.
  
  Although he now serves as Plantation’s Mission Council chair he believes in ministry where essentially anyone can be a servant and there are opportunities at all levels of the organization for the Spirits giftedness to operate.
  
  He is a strong advocate for Bible exploration with a sensitivity to contemporary applications – experiencing and living the word so that it can be believed in our culture and sphere of influence. This being a core foundation of our mandate and purpose in Christ.
  
  Michael is married to Janice and they are blessed with 2 sons: Michael Jr. and Matthew. He is a Technology Consultant who spends too much time working but takes it as an opportunity to represent Christ to the unchurched in very real, practical ways. When he's not working, he enjoys amateur photography. A surprising fact about Michael is that he was the smallest kid in the entire high school until Grade 9.