Pastor Lawrence GarciaPastor Lawrence Garcia is a dedicated scholar and gifted preacher, teacher, seminary instructor, and television personality. He is the senior teaching-pastor of Academia Church, which has as its mission the synthesis of the sanctuary and classroom, presenting the message of the Gospel through the in-depth study of the Scripture in its original languages, world history, philosophies, and theology. Pastor Garcia is dedicated to one-on-one discipleship, and is a visiting professor of Emmanuel Theological Seminary, where his broad-ranging teaching is based on his in-depth study of covenantal theology. Additionally, Pastor Garcia appears on the TCT television network, as a featured teacher on the program “He Chose You.”
N.A. Smith Pastor N.A. SmithPastor N.A. Smith is an enthusiastically devoted student of the Resurrection, as well as being a preacher, a teacher, a seminary instructor, and television personality. He is a teaching pastor of Academia Church, carrying out the mission of Academia through his unique “lecture-sermons.” Pastor Smith has dedicated his life to the mission of becoming the world’s foremost scholar of the Resurrection of Christ. As a visiting professor of Emmanuel Theological Seminary, his teaching is focused on enabling his students to understand and systematically defend the historicity of the Resurrection. Pastor Smith is also makes regular appearances on the TCT television Network program, “He Chose You.”