{"id":172,"count":5,"description":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for taking a few moments to read my bio!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is an honor to serve in this role as Youth Pastor at Bethel Christian Assembly (BCA), knowing I am treading the path of ministry paved by the prayers and sacrificial examples set by my preceding generations. Yet, my journey to this calling has been unconventional. I graduated from Trinity International University, with my Bachelors in Biology and my Masters in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bioethics.in\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bioethics. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I received a science-based education integrated with faith-based principles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, offering a unique perspective where science and faith collide. This deepened my understanding that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">science and Scripture are indeed complementary, each revealing various aspects of God\u2019s divine power &amp; wisdom. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After my time at TIU, I completed my Masters in PA Studies from A. T. Still University. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By profession, I am a licensed PA, practicing since 2012. My dual calling has reinforced the way I approach both medicine and ministry; that the well-being of a person must include the body, mind, &amp; spirit.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navigating both callings is a challenging task, but I am reminded everyday that God fully equips those whom He calls.Whether in the clinic or the pulpit, the purpose of the calling remains the same: to bring hope &amp; wholeness to God\u2019s people.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am blessed to be married to my better half, Olive, and the Lord has entrusted us with three children. My family and I are so excited to watch our youth at BCA take steps in owning their faith as we partner with parents to see the next generation empowered by the Holy Spirit.<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/bethelchristianassembly.org\/?sermon_speaker=jojin-mathews","name":"Jojin Mathews","slug":"jojin-mathews","taxonomy":"sermon_speaker","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelchristianassembly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sermon_speaker\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelchristianassembly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sermon_speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelchristianassembly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/sermon_speaker"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethelchristianassembly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsermons&sermon_speaker=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}