JOSE PEREZ
Lead Pastor

Jose Perez found Jesus at the age of 22 when he was desperate for a change. Shortly after giving his life to the Lord he felt called to the ministry and began serving at his church in Caracas, Venezuela. Over the course of 10 years, he served as the Youth Pastor, Evangelism Pastor and Fine Arts Pastor and finally was named the Associate Pastor. He led many evangelistic outreaches, directed and choreographed musicals, street dances, and mimes and was known for preaching to crowds in the streets. While he was serving as a pastor, he attended Bible College and graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies with a minor in Fine Arts. The Lord then opened the door for Jose to be a staff pastor at Destiny Church International in Caracas, which was founded by an Assembly of God missionary. Jose served there for almost 5 years, until he moved to Minnesota to marry Jenna. He received his License to Preach with the Assembly of God in Minnesota in April 2015, and is so excited to see how God has been forming his life for this time! He planted One Reason Church with his wife in October 2017!

E-mail Pastor Jose - Jose@onereasonchurch.com

JENNA PEREZ (DEAN)
Co-Lead Pastor

Jenna Perez (Dean) was born and raised as an Assembly of God pastor’s daughter in Duluth, MN. She felt called to the ministry at the young age of 12 years old. After traveling to over 15 countries on missions trips, she had an undeniable passion for missions. She attended North Central University and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelors of Arts in Pastoral Studies. After serving as an interim youth pastor at her home church in Duluth, she knew it was her time to go to the mission field. Shortly after, she was an appointed missionary with the Assembly of God and served the first year in Costa Rica studying Spanish and then finished the term in Venezuela where she helped facilitate a children’s home with 40 abandoned children. She has been actively involved in ministry as a licensed minister with the Assembly of God since 2008, and has a genuine heart to share the love of Christ with this world.

​When God began calling Jose and Jenna to plant a Spanish/English church in the metro of the Twin Cities it felt like a natural fit. Her heart for missions, passion for the Hispanic culture, love of Spanish, and motivation to reach the lost led Jenna to partner with her husband as they followed God’s direction to plant One Reason Church.  ​

E-Mail Jenna - Jenna@onereasonchurch.com

MELANI KOMPELIEN 
Children's Pastor

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Melani started serving God as a teenager when her parents answered God’s call to bring His word to one of her hometown’s most impoverished neighborhoods in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Her family, and a couple of close friends, began working by bringing food and Bible lessons to the neighborhood kids. Over time, more people came to Jesus. As the ministry grew and a church began to form (Alfa y Omega), God called them to serve also in many other ways. Melani feels privileged to have been able to participate in God’s work through evangelism, missionary and medical campaigns, Bible studies, and within the children’s ministry—where her heart feels called to.

She moved to MN in 2014, and after a couple of years, God called her to serve once more. She volunteered as the Children’s Ministry Coordinator for over 4 years at Door of Hope—a Christian ministry for families and women that suffer domestic abuse.

When asked to be part of One Reason, leading the children's ministry, she felt it was Jesus's answer to her petition to keep serving Him!
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Melani has a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Children’s Psychology. She is currently starting an M.A. in Counseling at Bethel University. Her passion is for children, and everybody else, to know exactly who God says they are and what He created them to be.

E-Mail Melani - Melani@onereasonchurch.com

ROB DEAN
Growth Groups Pastor

 Rob is an A/G preacher’s kid who went a-wall for 9 yrs.  He ran from God in every way and ended up in Hazelden Treatment Center in May, 1974 at 23 years of age. He was finally ready to quit running from God and surrender, which he did on May 17, 1974.  He then completed his Psych major at UMD, worked a year in a treatment facility in Duluth and then was asked to join the pastoral team @ The River Church, an A/G church in Duluth where his father pastored.  He served in various capacities in the church and then as lead pastor for 26 years.

He has been blessed to be married to an awesome women of God, Kim, for nearly 45 years.  He has 4 grown children and 8 grandchildren who all serve the Lord.  He moved to the Twin Cities to join his daughter and son-in-law on the pastoral team at One Reason Church in the summer of 2018.  

He has always had a heart for people wrestling through various issues, from homosexuality, emotional issues, to drug addiction.  He is honored to help people in any way he can.  He loves people and can’t wait to see all the good things God has ahead for you!

E-Mail Rob - Rob@onereasonchurch.com