 Yogi Naresh
Yogi Naresh was born in India to an American woman seeking Eastern Mysticism and a native Indian man. Yogi returned to America at a very early age with his mother after the divorce of his parents. The Lord used a diverse family background of divorce, remarriage, drug, and alcohol abuse to draw Yogi to himself at age 16.
Early on, the Lord’s hand was directing Yogi to pastoral leadership. His gifts and talents have been used in youth, college, and short-term missions ministries.
The Lord has also provided business training and ownership opportunities. Before graduating from West Valley High School, Yogi began his first residential window cleaning business in the Spokane area. This helped him earn his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Gonzaga University, Spokane WA , in 1997 where he majored in Operations and Information Systems. Yogi sold this first window cleaning business to go to seminary in southern California, where he quickly built up another window cleaning business.
He graduated from The Master's Seminary, Sun Valley CA, in 2002 with his Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree and his Master of Theology (ThM) in 2005. During part of his time at The Master's Seminary, Yogi served as the Short-term Ministries Coordinator at Grace Community Church pastored by John MacArthur.
In addition to his current responsibilities overseeing local and international outreach at Faith Bible Church, Yogi is also actively involved with Short-term Ministries, hospitality and church website design.
Yogi and his wife, Connie, are enjoying raising their three young sons (Ethan, Andrew, and Jackson). During his spare time he loves to wrestle with his boys, read, remodel his home and fix things.
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