Joel and Sabrina Garza are blessed to be a part of the ministry team of Abundant Life Church and are excited to see a generation of young people that are catching the heart of God for their world. Joel was raised in an Assemblies of God church in Southeast Texas and his parents have been involved in ministry through church eldership and worship leading. Although raised in a good environment, it took 19 years for Joel to quit fighting the voice of God and personally make a decision for Christ as well as surrender to a call to the ministry which he had known about since he was young.

In March of 1997, Joel came full term to a commitment to follow God and it wasn’t long after that he was sharing his testimony of being delivered from a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol with several church youth ministries throughout Southeast Texas. After being thrust into ministry many students were saved through weekly outreach services that he assisted a local church with. Not long after he attended a local bible college for a year and transferred to Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas where he graduated with an Associate Degree in Theology. He is a licensed minister with Christ for the Nations.

Sabrina came to the Lord at a young age after also being raised in church but strongly rededicated her life to Christ at 14 when she was involved in a near death experience. After finishing high school in Indianapolis, Indiana she left to follow God’s call and also attended Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas.

Joel & Sabrina were married November 5, 1999 while graduating Bible College and now have three beautiful children:  Chase, Brianna, and Noah.  Directly after graduating they served as youth pastors in an Assemblies of God church in North Bend, Oregon from 2000-2001 and have been serving now at AbundantLifeChurch from 2001 to the present with full time youth ministry starting in 2004.

We are honored to be youth pastors here at Abundant Life and love the opportunity to make spiritual deposits into students lives as we seek together to Reach A Generation for Eternity.