Meet the Staff

Linda LaRue - Children's Pastor
Linda has been serving as the Children's Pastor at LFCC since 2001. Previously she served in every capacity of Children Ministry since 1988. She has been called by God to minister to children and see them move into the purposes and destiny that God has for them.

Linda's desire is to raise a generation of revivalists that have a deep and intimate relationship with Jesus who know His voice and follow Him! She purposes to train and equip this generation of children to walk in the truth and power of God to see them release the Kingdom of God into the lives of people. She believes this is the calling on this and every generation.

She has been a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist since 1987. She is currently working part time with special needs children in a private practice. She has a heart to see these children become whole and be all that God has intended them to be! Linda is married and has 4 terrific boys!


Yvonne Cruz - Nursery & Climbers Coordinator
Yvonne has blessed our infants/toddlers, parents and nursery workers since 2004 . She is a compassionate, faithful woman who walks in great integrity in all she does!

Yvonne has been married since 1998 and has 2 adorable children! Her husband is a faithful member of the sound team in the church. They have been members for since 1999. She is a graduate of CSUN and holds a computer science degree.


Rich & Carol Conturo - Preschool Coordinators
Rich and Carol have been faithful members of LFCC since 1999. They have served in children's ministries for more than a decade. They started in preschool ministry while members at Church On The Way and continued when they joined LFCC many years ago. They have a heart to raise up preschoolers who carry the seeds of revival into their generation.

Rich is a graphic designer/artist, who often blesses the church with his talents. Carol works for Cleansing Stream Ministries in the accounting department. They have one amazing son.


Lisa Ballinger - Generation Changers Coordinator
Lisa has been serving in Children's Ministry at LFCC since 2000. She has served in many areas, including prayer coordinator, crew and station leader at Vacation Bible School, teacher in Heir Force, pre-school coordinator, outreach events, and teacher in SEALZ.

Lisa is currently learning prophetic dance and cannot wait to involve the children. She has a mandate from the Lord to see children have an encounter with Him on a real level. She believes children will run to His presence and want to be with Him as they encounter Him. Her heart is to see people transformed and healed from hurts from the past.

She has four incredible boys and an awesome husband, and says she would not be here without him-he is her hero! He has been serving at LFCC since 1998. They met at LFCC and were married in the church in 2002.


Marc & Lydia Miller - Blaze Coordinators
Marc and Lydia have been in ministry since 1990, and have been involved in many ministries positions and opportunities since. They have been missionaries to Baja, Mexico in which they where regularly having revival meetings. In 1998, they established Harvestfields Christian Center, which has now become Marc Miller Ministries. Marc and Lydia also reach out to the Universities in Southern California where they minister to the students on campus.

Marc and Lydia came to Living Faith Christian Church in the summer of 2007. They have a heart to raise up the next generation to encounter God and bring revival to the countries! They have been married since 1990.