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Hi there friend! Thanks for wanting to get to know us! Each member of the pastoral team here at STN brings something unique to the mosaic that is SaveThe Nations. Our unique blend of experiences, both life and ministerial as well as our genuine desire to bring all people to the knowledge of a graceful and merciful Savior and passion to develop believers towards their destiny helped prepare us to walk with you on this journey we call "life". We're not perfect not by a long shot but we're certainly honored God would call us to pastor this church, we love people and all align under this one simple belief: YOU WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS. We are awed that God will allow us to co -labor with him to bring the greatness in you to fruition. Our team consists of:

Kenneth and Lisa Albin (Founders & Lead Pastors)
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Pastors Ken and Lisa Albin never thought that they would be creating a church from the ground up but the Lord through a variety of circumstances confirmed in their heart that this is their life’s call. Abandoning human logic, their faith compelled them to invest everything they have into a gathering that is now called Save The Nations.

Pastor Ken was born in New York and moved to Florida at the age of seven after his parents divorced, which left him emotionally scarred for a long time. During this time, Ken being Jewish went to Hebrew school and Temple regularly. At the time of his Bar-Mitzvah, many confirmed a calling as a “rabbi” or “cantor”.

It was soon after this that Ken’s grandparents met the Lord at a full Gospel business men’s meeting. The ball really started moving as Ken’s Dad accepted the Lord as well and had a “life makeover”. Ken being moved by his now “born again” Dad, he was open to hear what changed Dad’s life. In the summer of Ken’s sophomore year at Nova High school in Davie Florida, Ken met Jesus who radically changed his life as well. After a radical conversion ken began to attend Church where in youth group he met his “life partner” Lisa.

Ken has been faithful to the house of God ever since then. He has served in Children’s ministry, Youth, Worship, as well as in Associate and Senior Pastor roles for now over twenty years. Pastor Ken has an earned Bachelor of Theology from International Seminary and is soon to be working on a Masters degree. He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter who has written over 100 songs. Pastor Ken has a heart to reach and empower people with the Word of God. As Founder and Lead Pastor of Save the Nations, he is leading the sheep as a “good shepherd” who desires the best for his flock. Pastor Ken is a down-to-earth communicator of the Word, who is known to belt out in a song if it relates to his message. His vision for this house is H-U-G-E and he believes God is going to shake the nations.

Pastor Lisa is a pew baby having been born and raised “in the church”. Her parents and siblings are in ministry and this is the only thing she’s ever known. Pastor Lisa has a powerful prayer anointing and is known to battle in prayer for the things God has promised her and others. She is a dynamic teacher and preacher and has spoken at events throughout the city. She has a heart for women and leads the women’s ministry of Save The Nations as well as oversees the prayer and altar ministry. As a co-founder and co-pastor with her husband, Ken, she shares in the dreams of building a unique place of worship where people are diverse in their worship and limitless in their use of their gifts for the kingdom.

Pastors Ken and Lisa have been married since 1982 and have one daughter, Brittany who is attending Southeastern University and is herself involved in worship ministry. Pastor Ken authored his first book "You Are Born For Greatness", which may be ordered on Amazon.com. Click here to order Pastor ken's book from Amazon.com

Damian Martinez (Children & Youth Pastor)
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Pastor Damian originally from Washington Heights, NY is a dynamic, energized young man with a heart to guide youth and children back to their Abba Father. He is responsible for the overall development and operations of D5 Nation, STN's Children's ministry and Youth Nation, the youth ministry of STN.

Pastor Damian has been involved in various ministry internships in recognized churches and as a graduate of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fl, Pastor Damian is poised to make a huge impact on the surrounding community with his relevant and innovative ideas and true love of ministering to this age group.

He loves a good joke, has the go power of the energizer bunny and currently resides in Hollywood, FL.

Hiram and Liz Rios (Associate/Executive Pastor)
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After three years as church planting pastors and twenty years of ministry in New York City, Pastors Hiram and Liz are honored to serve at SaveThe Nations as Associate Pastors. Pastor Hiram is a gifted teacher, preacher, and musician. As a percussionist, he was involved in many Christian bands including Orchesta Xariz, La Cosecha, and Morning Star. He was the lead drummer of his home church, Primitive Christian Church in NYC for many years as well as the Founder of DESTINY youth ministries at his home church which became a city-wide known ministry ministering to youth leaders in the Tri-state area through its annual conferences. Pastor Hiram also served as Executive Director of Vision Urbana, the community outreach arm of Primitive Christian Church as well as Director of the Urban Youth Fellows Program at the Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC) and after September 11th was a Crisis Counselor at LPAC’s House of Healing helping New York residents rise up after the devastating attack on the city.

For 17 years, as a bivocational minister Pastor Hiram has made his living as a fabricator of artificial limbs and braces, helping people deal with loss and physical disabilities. He manages the Labs for two Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotic offices in Tamarac. Educationally, Pastor Hiram has three years of Assemblies of God Bible Institute as well as Organizational Management credits from King’s College in NY. With a heart for the development of men, he oversees the men’s ministry, ushers as well as works with the lead pastors in developing leaders. Pastor Hiram is also known for his humor, quick wit and his cafe con leche skills!

His wife, Pastor Liz serves as the Executive Pastor responsible for operations and various other aspects of this growing church working closely with the lead pastors to bring their vision for this house to life. Due to her background in faith-based nonprofit organizations, she also functions as Executive Director of the church’s new outreach arm to the community, The Dream Center of South Florida. With a call and passion for the advancement of women, she is also the Founder and CEO of The Center for Emerging Female Leadership, a leading women's leadership development organization operating in NY and Florida focused on "Moving Women from Average to Excellence" in their educational, personal and professional pursuits. Pastor Liz has also served in many executive level positions in nonprofit organizations in NYC.

Since 2005, Pastor Liz who is known for her "keepin it real" speaking and writing style, has been informing and inspiring women nationally as a regular columnist and Contributing Editor for PRISM magazine and a Consulting Editor for Outreach Magazine both national magazines for church leaders, pastors and church planters. In 2007, Outreach Magazine named her one of the Faces of the Future, she was the only woman on the list. Dr. Liz has also written academically with a chapter in Latino Religions and Civic Activism and Azusa Street and Beyond 100 Years of Commentary on the Global/Pentecostal Charismatic Movement which was highlighted at the Azusa Street Centennial. As an advocate for education, she's been an adjunct professor at two well known Christian universities in NY, DC and South Florida.

Pastor Liz who is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (South Broward Alumnae) has a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the New School for Social Research, a Master of Arts in Management with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management from the Regent University School of Business and an earned Doctorate in Education in Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. She has done post-graduate work at Fordham University School of Religion, Indiana University Center of Philanthropy and the Blanton Peale Graduate Institute for Pastoral Counseling.

In addition to all Pastors Hiram and Liz do, they count their family as one of their most important roles. Married for 18 years, together for 20, these New York City natives love to spend time together with their family and friends. They are the parents of two very different boys, Samuel (11) who is homeschooled through Liberty University Online Academy and Daniel Jeremiah (DJ-9) who has severe special needs. Together they enjoy the benefits of a Godly and wholesome family in West Miramar, FL.

Follow Pastor Liz on www.twitter.com/drlizrios and Pastor Hiram on www.twitter.com/pastorhiram

Alvin Santiago (Worship Pastor)
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Pastor Alvin grew up attending meetings and sitting in on his father's band rehearsals as a young child. He was introduced to music, and more importantly, how one could minister to God and others through it. Raised in a small bilingual church in New Jersey, pastored by his parents, Rev. Noel & Haydee Santiago, Pastor Alvin picked up many instruments and was very involved in several aspects of ministry. Along with his sister Heidi, they led worship together and later had the opportunity to go to Southeastern University and co-lead a large traveling worship ministry team for several years (Adoracion). His influences are salsa, jazz, and contemporary worship music such as Fred Hammond, Martha Munizzi, Israel Houghton, Salvador, and others.

Eventually graduating from Southeastern with an opportunity to take a job with a six figure income, he denied it to join the team at STN and develop the worship ministry of this growing, vibrant fellowship of believers. He is engaged to Nicole Rodriquez who joins him in the ministry of worship.

His passion is to please the heart of God through everything he does, and help others do the same. If God has blessed you with musical talent, please contact Pastor Alvin Santiago @ 954.548.4979

Johnnald & Debbie Segura (Associate Pastors)

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Pastor Johnnald was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He gave his life to the Lord Jesus early on in his life and he knew that God wanted to use him since the age of 4. He grew up in church with Pastor Guido Luis Nunez and when he was about 18 yrs old he had a closer personal encounter with God and decided to give his life to God in service and worship. He then had the opportunity to move to Florida and lived there for a couple of years to finish his High School. God opened the door for him to sing in the choir of the church he was attending and he also helped the multimedia ministry and served as a Sunday School teacher and became one of the strongest youth leaders in the group.

God opened the door and called him to go to London, England with his Mother and brothers and go to Bible College graduating from the Portuguese faculty where he also took courses in English. It was there while earning his Diploma (Theology/Missions) where he served at the English speaking Kensington Temple known also as KT temple and the Portuguese speaking church of Pão de Vida,(Bread of Life) and the Spanish church Comunidad Cristiana de Londres, helping in various ministries. On the year 1997 God called him back to South Florida where he served at Dios Siempre Presente who later changed their name to Catedral de las Naciones. In May 2007 Pastor Johnnald started a Spanish speaking church from his living room but was seeking a covering when God directed him to Save The Nations.

Pastor Debbie was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and as a small child she knew that there was a God and she gave her life to Christ at the school she attended but did not follow the Lord until later on her life as an adult. As a adult she gave her life in 100% commitment to God and understood that God called her to dance for him as for many years she was a part of the National Folklore Dance goverment ministry of Puerto Rico, dancing the traditional music of Puerto Rico, and also earlier on her life as part of a girls group singing and dancing all over her country.

God called Debbie to be his servant and she has used all her talents and abilities to establish the Kingdom of God here on earth. She also was a part of Catedral de las Naciones for many years and served asa teacher and Director of the Dance Ministry. Her life has been dedicated to serve her God and Savior Jesus Christ and along with her husband and kids she is ready to continue serving the Lord on this new phase here at Save The Nations.

Pastors Johnnald and Debbie will lead the efforts of STN’s ministry to Spanish and Portuguese speaking individuals as well as lead our translation ministry efforts and guest relations. They are blessed to have two beautiful children and live in God’s favor in Coral Springs, Fl.


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Our Church Pastoral Team Servant Leaders 2010 Service Times Statement of Faith Vision & Values		Pastoral Team You are here: Home >> About >> Pastoral Team To translate this page click on one of the flags above. Hi there friend! Thanks for wanting to get to know us! Each member of the pastoral team here at STN brings something unique to the mosaic that is SaveThe Nations. Our unique blend of experiences, both life and ministerial as well as our genuine desire to bring all people to the knowledge of a graceful and merciful Savior and passion to develop believers towards their destiny helped prepare us to walk with you on this journey we call "life". We're not perfect not by a long shot but we're certainly honored God would call us to pastor this church, we love people and all align under this one simple belief: YOU WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS. We are awed that God will allow us to co -labor with him to bring the greatness in you to fruition. Our team consists of: Kenneth and Lisa Albin (Founders & Lead Pastors) Email Pastor Ken Email Pastor Lisa Pastors Ken and Lisa Albin never thought that they would be creating a church from the ground up but the Lord through a variety of circumstances confirmed in their heart that this is their life’s call. Abandoning human logic, their faith compelled them to invest everything they have into a gathering that is now called Save The Nations. Pastor Ken was born in New York and moved to Florida at the age of seven after his parents divorced, which left him emotionally scarred for a long time. During this time, Ken being Jewish went to Hebrew school and Temple regularly. At the time of his Bar-Mitzvah, many confirmed a calling as a “rabbi” or “cantor”. It was soon after this that Ken’s grandparents met the Lord at a full Gospel business men’s meeting. The ball really started moving as Ken’s Dad accepted the Lord as well and had a “life makeover”. Ken being moved by his now “born again” Dad, he was open to hear what changed Dad’s life. In the summer of Ken’s sophomore year at Nova High school in Davie Florida, Ken met Jesus who radically changed his life as well. After a radical conversion ken began to attend Church where in youth group he met his “life partner” Lisa. Ken has been faithful to the house of God ever since then. He has served in Children’s ministry, Youth, Worship, as well as in Associate and Senior Pastor roles for now over twenty years. Pastor Ken has an earned Bachelor of Theology from International Seminary and is soon to be working on a Masters degree. He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter who has written over 100 songs. Pastor Ken has a heart to reach and empower people with the Word of God. As Founder and Lead Pastor of Save the Nations, he is leading the sheep as a “good shepherd” who desires the best for his flock. Pastor Ken is a down-to-earth communicator of the Word, who is known to belt out in a song if it relates to his message. His vision for this house is H-U-G-E and he believes God is going to shake the nations. Pastor Lisa is a pew baby having been born and raised “in the church”. Her parents and siblings are in ministry and this is the only thing she’s ever known. Pastor Lisa has a powerful prayer anointing and is known to battle in prayer for the things God has promised her and others. She is a dynamic teacher and preacher and has spoken at events throughout the city. She has a heart for women and leads the women’s ministry of Save The Nations as well as oversees the prayer and altar ministry. As a co-founder and co-pastor with her husband, Ken, she shares in the dreams of building a unique place of worship where people are diverse in their worship and limitless in their use of their gifts for the kingdom. Pastors Ken and Lisa have been married since 1982 and have one daughter, Brittany who is attending Southeastern University and is herself involved in worship ministry. Pastor Ken authored his first book "You Are Born For Greatness", which may be ordered on Amazon.com. Click here to order Pastor ken's book from Amazon.com Damian Martinez (Children & Youth Pastor) Email Pastor Damian Pastor Damian originally from Washington Heights, NY is a dynamic, energized young man with a heart to guide youth and children back to their Abba Father. He is responsible for the overall development and operations of D5 Nation, STN's Children's ministry and Youth Nation, the youth ministry of STN. Pastor Damian has been involved in various ministry internships in recognized churches and as a graduate of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fl, Pastor Damian is poised to make a huge impact on the surrounding community with his relevant and innovative ideas and true love of ministering to this age group. He loves a good joke, has the go power of the energizer bunny and currently resides in Hollywood, FL. Hiram and Liz Rios (Associate/Executive Pastor) Email Pastor Hiram Email Pastor Liz After three years as church planting pastors and twenty years of ministry in New York City, Pastors Hiram and Liz are honored to serve at SaveThe Nations as Associate Pastors. Pastor Hiram is a gifted teacher, preacher, and musician. As a percussionist, he was involved in many Christian bands including Orchesta Xariz, La Cosecha, and Morning Star. He was the lead drummer of his home church, Primitive Christian Church in NYC for many years as well as the Founder of DESTINY youth ministries at his home church which became a city-wide known ministry ministering to youth leaders in the Tri-state area through its annual conferences. Pastor Hiram also served as Executive Director of Vision Urbana, the community outreach arm of Primitive Christian Church as well as Director of the Urban Youth Fellows Program at the Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC) and after September 11th was a Crisis Counselor at LPAC’s House of Healing helping New York residents rise up after the devastating attack on the city. For 17 years, as a bivocational minister Pastor Hiram has made his living as a fabricator of artificial limbs and braces, helping people deal with loss and physical disabilities. He manages the Labs for two Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotic offices in Tamarac. Educationally, Pastor Hiram has three years of Assemblies of God Bible Institute as well as Organizational Management credits from King’s College in NY. With a heart for the development of men, he oversees the men’s ministry, ushers as well as works with the lead pastors in developing leaders. Pastor Hiram is also known for his humor, quick wit and his cafe con leche skills! His wife, Pastor Liz serves as the Executive Pastor responsible for operations and various other aspects of this growing church working closely with the lead pastors to bring their vision for this house to life. Due to her background in faith-based nonprofit organizations, she also functions as Executive Director of the church’s new outreach arm to the community, The Dream Center of South Florida. With a call and passion for the advancement of women, she is also the Founder and CEO of The Center for Emerging Female Leadership, a leading women's leadership development organization operating in NY and Florida focused on "Moving Women from Average to Excellence" in their educational, personal and professional pursuits. Pastor Liz has also served in many executive level positions in nonprofit organizations in NYC. Since 2005, Pastor Liz who is known for her "keepin it real" speaking and writing style, has been informing and inspiring women nationally as a regular columnist and Contributing Editor for PRISM magazine and a Consulting Editor for Outreach Magazine both national magazines for church leaders, pastors and church planters. In 2007, Outreach Magazine named her one of the Faces of the Future, she was the only woman on the list. Dr. Liz has also written academically with a chapter in Latino Religions and Civic Activism and Azusa Street and Beyond 100 Years of Commentary on the Global/Pentecostal Charismatic Movement which was highlighted at the Azusa Street Centennial. As an advocate for education, she's been an adjunct professor at two well known Christian universities in NY, DC and South Florida. Pastor Liz who is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (South Broward Alumnae) has a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the New School for Social Research, a Master of Arts in Management with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management from the Regent University School of Business and an earned Doctorate in Education in Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. She has done post-graduate work at Fordham University School of Religion, Indiana University Center of Philanthropy and the Blanton Peale Graduate Institute for Pastoral Counseling. In addition to all Pastors Hiram and Liz do, they count their family as one of their most important roles. Married for 18 years, together for 20, these New York City natives love to spend time together with their family and friends. They are the parents of two very different boys, Samuel (11) who is homeschooled through Liberty University Online Academy and Daniel Jeremiah (DJ-9) who has severe special needs. Together they enjoy the benefits of a Godly and wholesome family in West Miramar, FL. Follow Pastor Liz on www.twitter.com/drlizrios and Pastor Hiram on www.twitter.com/pastorhiram Alvin Santiago (Worship Pastor) Email Pastor Alvin Pastor Alvin grew up attending meetings and sitting in on his father's band rehearsals as a young child. He was introduced to music, and more importantly, how one could minister to God and others through it. Raised in a small bilingual church in New Jersey, pastored by his parents, Rev. Noel & Haydee Santiago, Pastor Alvin picked up many instruments and was very involved in several aspects of ministry. Along with his sister Heidi, they led worship together and later had the opportunity to go to Southeastern University and co-lead a large traveling worship ministry team for several years (Adoracion). His influences are salsa, jazz, and contemporary worship music such as Fred Hammond, Martha Munizzi, Israel Houghton, Salvador, and others. Eventually graduating from Southeastern with an opportunity to take a job with a six figure income, he denied it to join the team at STN and develop the worship ministry of this growing, vibrant fellowship of believers. He is engaged to Nicole Rodriquez who joins him in the ministry of worship. His passion is to please the heart of God through everything he does, and help others do the same. If God has blessed you with musical talent, please contact Pastor Alvin Santiago @ 954.548.4979 Johnnald & Debbie Segura (Associate Pastors) Email Pastor Johnnald Email Pastor Debbie Pastor Johnnald was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He gave his life to the Lord Jesus early on in his life and he knew that God wanted to use him since the age of 4. He grew up in church with Pastor Guido Luis Nunez and when he was about 18 yrs old he had a closer personal encounter with God and decided to give his life to God in service and worship. He then had the opportunity to move to Florida and lived there for a couple of years to finish his High School. God opened the door for him to sing in the choir of the church he was attending and he also helped the multimedia ministry and served as a Sunday School teacher and became one of the strongest youth leaders in the group. God opened the door and called him to go to London, England with his Mother and brothers and go to Bible College graduating from the Portuguese faculty where he also took courses in English. It was there while earning his Diploma (Theology/Missions) where he served at the English speaking Kensington Temple known also as KT temple and the Portuguese speaking church of Pão de Vida,(Bread of Life) and the Spanish church Comunidad Cristiana de Londres, helping in various ministries. On the year 1997 God called him back to South Florida where he served at Dios Siempre Presente who later changed their name to Catedral de las Naciones. In May 2007 Pastor Johnnald started a Spanish speaking church from his living room but was seeking a covering when God directed him to Save The Nations. Pastor Debbie was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and as a small child she knew that there was a God and she gave her life to Christ at the school she attended but did not follow the Lord until later on her life as an adult. As a adult she gave her life in 100% commitment to God and understood that God called her to dance for him as for many years she was a part of the National Folklore Dance goverment ministry of Puerto Rico, dancing the traditional music of Puerto Rico, and also earlier on her life as part of a girls group singing and dancing all over her country. God called Debbie to be his servant and she has used all her talents and abilities to establish the Kingdom of God here on earth. She also was a part of Catedral de las Naciones for many years and served asa teacher and Director of the Dance Ministry. Her life has been dedicated to serve her God and Savior Jesus Christ and along with her husband and kids she is ready to continue serving the Lord on this new phase here at Save The Nations. Pastors Johnnald and Debbie will lead the efforts of STN’s ministry to Spanish and Portuguese speaking individuals as well as lead our translation ministry efforts and guest relations. They are blessed to have two beautiful children and live in God’s favor in Coral Springs, Fl.