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Who is Montia?
When was MABC established?

Who is Montia Setzler?  top

Dr. Montia Setzler came to MABC in 1998 to serve as Interim Pastor. On Mother's Day of that same year he was called to be the Senior Pastor. Montia was born on January 18, 1956. He grew up in Clyde, Texas where he met and married his wife, Karen.

Montia received his Bachelor of Science, Mechanized Agriculture from Texas A&M University. He went on to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas where he earned his Master of Divinity. In 1997 he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.

He has served as Pastor/Interim Pastor of several churches in Texas and California. He has published several articles and has been key note speaker at seminars and conventions.

Montia and Karen have 3 children and 2 Dachshunds. His hobbies include golfing, fishing, hunting, and wood working. He also enjoys entertaining at banquets and gatherings of all kinds with stand-up comedy, singing and various character skits with Karen, who is a ventriloquist.

When was MABC established?  top

Soon after California Baptist College moved to Riverside, a group of faculty and students began holding services on that campus under a deep conviction that an adjacent church was essential to the spiritual life of the college family. On February 27, 1955 twenty-four people met at the Edgemont Baptist Mission and elected Rev. C. A. Norquist as the mission pastor.

The search for a permanent location led to the property at 8351 Magnolia Avenue. This was a two-story colonial home on 1.5 acres, located where the "D" building stands. A group of seventeen believers organized a church there on Mother's Day, 1955.
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