Over the next few months, we will be introducing you to our 2012 deacons. Each of our members are assigned a deacon each year. At Southview, deacons are servants, after the Biblical pattern of Acts 6. The task of the deacon is to serve with the Elders and staff in performing pastoral ministries and caring for the individuals and families entrusted to their care. Deacons care for the temporal needs of the members, visiting them in the hospital, praying with individuals and families in times of crisis, and providing spiritual support in times of need. Deacons strive to protect the unity of the body of Christ, always seeking to resolve conflict within the body and preventing Satan from gaining a foothold within our fellowship.
MEET CISCO BADIOLA
Francisco Badiola (“Cisco”) joined Southview Community Church in 2008 after moving to Northern Virginia from San Diego. Prior to coming to Southview, Cisco was a member of First Baptist Church Mira Mesa in San Diego, where he came to Christ and was baptized on Easter Sunday 2004. Cisco served at FBCMM as an SMBS teacher, Children’s Church leader, and assisted in several other church ministries. At Southview, Cisco is privileged to lead the Red Cows small group and some of the neXt discipleship classes.
Cisco is a native of Stamford, Connecticut, and moved to Miami at the age of 13. Four days after graduating high school, he left for the Marines and served from 1999 to 2006. He was first stationed in Hawaii, where he met and married his wife Iris in 2002 and was transferred to San Diego in 2003. He is a graduate of Barstow College (AS in Business Management), Chapman University (BA in Social Sciences), and Webster University (MBA and MS in Finance.) Cisco continues to serve his beloved Corps as a financial manager at Headquarters Marine Corps. Cisco and Iris are blessed with three wonderful children: Kayla, Alex, and Naomi. He enjoys reading, traveling, watching movies, using computers and other gadgets, and getting together with all of the Purple Cows.
Cisco feels truly blessed to be a part of what God is doing at Southview and is excited to continue loving, growing, and serving alongside you. He feels especially honored to have been entrusted to serve as your deacon and looks forward to serving Southview families.
