CANVAS Church
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Canvas ChurchJacksonville, FL Aaron and Suzette Maners are the lead pastors of CANVASChurch, based out of Jacksonville, FL and are a new church plant with the Association of Related Churches. In late 2005 they moved to Jacksonville from Shoreline Christian Center in Austin, TX with Pastors Rob and Laura Koke where they served for almost five years as Youth Pastors to over 500 teenagers at Catalyst Youth Church. Before that, they spent seven years youth pastoring in Central Florida at New Life Christian Fellowship with Pastor Larry Linkous where the church and youth ministry celebrated aggressive growth. For them, full-time ministry began as they interned in the dynamic youth ministry of Orlando Christian Center in early 1991. Aaron and his wife Suzette, have three beautiful daughters, Katie, Sarah, and Allie. These awesome young ladies enjoy their Boxer puppies, shopping, fashion and Sarah’s Ball Python, “Spots”. Aaron is in high demand in churches and conferences around the nation and has the ability to speak God’s destiny and plans into the lives of today’s culture. He has been able to reach even the most diverse groups of people with life changing series and illustrated messages. CANVASChurch desires to be a life-giving church that encourages people to allow God to create His awesome destiny on the canvas of their lives. Aaron’s main message is one of destiny and purpose and that every person has been given Heaven-sent gifts and abilities to help build the local church and to flourish and succeed in life. In many leadership training forums, he has been able to encourage church leaders, help sow big vision into youth pastors and volunteers, and reiterate the importance of the local church. He has written for CharismaLife Publications as well as writing the youth discipleship book Teens Discipling Teens, selling thousands of copies. Aaron and Suzette have spoken at some of the nation’s greatest churches and conferences as well as teaching and training pastors and youth pastors in South Africa, Columbia, Peru, Jamaica, Venezuela, and Mexico. Today, their passion and life-work is to build a life-giving church in Jacksonville, FL |