Costin Jordache, Senior Pastor
Costin Jordache holds a Master of Arts degree in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA in Finance from California State University as well as a B.A. in Theology and Biblical Languages from Southwestern Adventist University. Upon completing his graduate work in media, Costin served as Associate Pastor at the Ft. Worth First Seventh-day Adventist church in Ft. Worth, Texas. While there, he became the General Manager of the Texas Media Center, a non-profit media production firm owned by the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; a position that would become his full-time job at the close of 2001. From 2000-2002 Costin also lectured as Adjunct Professor at Southwestern Adventist University in the area of media production. In March 2003 Costin accepted a position as the Pastor for Media at the Loma Linda University Church in Loma Linda, California where he produced a wide variety of television and digital media projects, both for the University Church and for personalities such as Florence Littauer, Steve Green, and Jose Rojas. In January 2008, Costin joined the Dallas First Church where he serves as Senior Pastor. Costin is married to Leah Jordache, who serves as Associate Pastor at the Dallas First Church. They are the parents of two amazing boys, Roman (5) and Lance (3).
Leah Jordache, Associate Pastor
Leah Jordache has been a public speaker and pastor for almost 12 years. Leah’s ministry began in Arlington, TX after finishing a degree in theology at Southwestern Adventist University. After a brief time at the Seminary at Andrews University, she spent 5 years as the Pastor for Young Adults at the Loma Linda University Church in southern CA before taking a break to be a full-time mommy. Leah currently serves at the Dallas First Church with her husband of 15 years, Costin, and their two boys, Roman (5), and Lance (3). Leah’s passion in life is connecting people to God in a deep and authentic way. During the last several years she has focused her time and energy on the development and implementation of discipleship and Bible study concepts and materials, and has done trainings and retreats around the US. Leah enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including travel, spending time outdoors, eating and cooking, learning new things, listening to music and spending time with her family.