Leadership

Senior Pastor

Dr. Jim Meek

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Dr. Meek accepted the call to El Camino Baptist Church as full-time senior pastor, October of 2016. He comes to us having served in four churches over the last 40 years. Dr. Meek received his Masters of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Nancie, have three children and 3 grandchildren. Jim has a passion for history, teaching and evangelism.




Worship Leader

Jason Kell

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Jason Kell has grown up at El Camino and is grandson to the previous pastor Max Kell. Jason is a talented drummer that has always played with the worship team and as of 2021 has stepped into the role of worship leader. He is a business owner in the concrete industry. Jason has a passion for the bible, family, music, and hunting.




Youth Director

Greg Horton

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Greg has served and attended El Camino since 2008 and accepted the call to ministry as a part-time youth leader in January of 2018. Greg also has experience serving in another church Bay area.  He grew up serving in Boy Scouts of America, and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Greg attributes many of his values and service-oriented attitude to his years in Boy Scouts. Greg truly enjoys getting to work with the youth and other youth leaders to teach them to love God and develop them into future leaders.




Assistant Youth Director

Tonja Cosma

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Tonja accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior in 2015. Since then Tonja has dedicated her life to sharing the gospel with younger generations. She moved to Sacramento in 2018 for college and new ministry opportunities. After experiencing the warm welcome of El Camino she became a member and started serving as a youth leader. Her goal is to always empower youth through Bible study, worship, and fellowship. Tonja currently serves as the Assistant Youth Director alongside Gregory Horton in their journey of building a future generation of leaders.




Pre-school/Children's Director

Colleen Ishimaru

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Colleen has served at 5 previous churches, including the LA area, Santa Barbara and San Francisco as the children’s pastor/director. El Camino Baptist will be her 6th church. She has also served as area director of 3 Child Evangelism Fellowship chapters and as a physical education/aquatic director at 3 YMCAs.

She has a bachelor's degree from Biola and is a graduate of the Children's Ministries Institute. A mom of 4 adult children and gram-gram to three.

Colleen views children’s ministry as the most important mission field.




Missions/Men's/Young Adult Director

Jafet Estevez

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Jafet has grown up at El Camino and was interested in serving in ministry when he had the opportunity to help in the sound booth as a youth. In 2013 his family was asked to start a Hispanic ministry and lead a Spanish speaking service as an extension of El Camino in order to better serve the community. Jafet stepped up as a leader around January 2015 taking on many roles; Chairman of the Missions Committee, Chairman of the Deacons, Men's Ministry Director, and the Young Adults Small Group Leader.




Office Administrator

Carl Turner

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Carl accepted the call to El Camino in March of 2020 as a part-time Office Administrator. Carl has served in the United States Air Force and after completing his military service, he began studying for the ministry completing his Bachelors in History with a Minor in Pastoral Ministries and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University. Carl has many years of experience serving in other churches.




 
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Worship Service - March 26, 2023

Dr. Jim Meek and the Worship Team
March 26, 2023
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