Wayne Cordeiro

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name = Wayne Cordeiro

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birthdate = 1952
birthplace = Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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occupation = Theologian, Author, Minister
nationality = American
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subject = Leadership, Theology
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Wayne Cordeiro (Born October 20, 1952) is Founder and Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii. Recently Outreach Magazine listed New Hope fellowship as one of the top most 25 influential churches in America and one of the top ten most innovative.Fact|date=June 2008 Cordeiro is noted for his motivational style of communication and humor.Fact|date=June 2008

Biography

Cordeiro was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia and grew up in Honolulu Hawaii and Eugene, Oregon. He graduated from Eugene Bible College in Oregon, an affiliated member and official college of the Open Bible Standard Churches. He graduated at the top of his class and traveled for the college. He received his doctorate degree from the Foursquare denomination.

Cordeiro met his wife Anna at Eugene Bible College, and the two were married in 1974. He spent seven years with Youth for Christ and three years as High School Pastor at Eugene Faith Center, a Foursquare church in Eugene, Oregon. In 1984, Cordeiro and Anna moved to Hilo with their two children, Amy and Aaron. Their third child, Abigail was adopted a few years later. The thirty-one year old Cordeiro led a fledging congregation of 35 people at New Hope Hilo. By 1991, the congregation size was nearly 2,000 in attendance. Cordeiro led the building of their church facility on a 20 acre lot that hosts a gymnasium and softball fields.

In 1995, New Hope Christian Fellowship expanded its reach as Cordeiro and his wife relocated to Honolulu to begin again. They began at a Middle School, and within five months, New Hope had grown to over 1500. By 2008, their weekly attendance had reached over 14,500 with nine satellite campuses and over 34,000 having made first time decisions to become Christians. They had also planted five other New Hope churches that are stand alone campuses. Cordeiro helped plant over 102 churches in the Pacific Rim and beyond, including Hawaii, Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles, Montana, the Philippines, Japan, and Myanmar. Cordeiro is also the President of Pacific Rim Bible College that he pioneered in 1998. He is also the director of New Hope International, the leadership training and church planting arm of New Hope.

New Hope Christian Fellowship rents Farrington High School and has partnered with the school to provide services, furniture, sports equipment, drama sound and light systems, alternative after-school tutoring and culinary training through its "Spirit of Aloha" program.

Words of New Hope is a daily radio program that airs in Hawaii, Oregon, and on the Calvary Network. His television program aires weekly in Hawaii.

As a motivational speaker for businesses and civic organizations, Cordeiro speaks on leadership, building relationships, and restructuring for success.

Family

Cordeiro and his wife Anna have 3 children (Amy, Aaron and Abigail) and 2 grandchildren, Katie and Zachary. His son Aaron, pastors the Hawaii Kai campus south of Honolulu. He and Anna reside in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bibliography

* Gems Along the Way ISBN 0-9654251-0-X
* Doing Church as a Team ISBN 0-8307-3680-8
* Dream Releasers ISBN 0-8307-2807-4
* Attitudes that Attract Success ISBN 0-8307-2888-0
* Rising Above ISBN 0-8307-3632-8
* Indispensible Life Lessons – re-released as The Seven Rules of Success ISBN 0-8307-4294-4
* Culture Shift (co-authored by Robert Lewis) ISBN 0-789-7530-3
* The Divine Mentor ISBN -13: 978-0-7642-0349-7

See also

* New Hope Christian Fellowship
* Bill Hybels