Rev. Dr. Lucas de Paiva Pina, pastor, author, and the speaker was born in Brazil, raised, and converted to the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. He graduated from the Presbyterian Seminary of the South in 1979 and was ordained in 1980. He served many churches in Brazil; worked with Youth for Christ in Brazil, Portugal, and the greater New York area. Here in the US, he worked with churches in New Jersey, Cincinnati, Toronto-OH, and Canton, GA. In 2007 he finished his D.Min. at Columbia Theological Seminary.
He was the Tri-Presbytery (Cherokee Presbytery, Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, and Northeast Georgia Presbytery) Immigrant Ministries Coordinator. Currently, he is the pastor of Cocoa Presbyterian Church in Cocoa, Florida. He is married to Marta and they have two children and four grandchildren in Brazil. Pastor Lucas and Marta live in Rockledge, Florida.
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Cocoa Presbyterian Church
1404 Dixon Blvd
Cocoa, FL 32922
Office Phone
(321) 631-3956
Church Service
Sunday’s at 10:30 am EST
I enjoyed watching your videos ……awesome. Hello to Marta.