Pastor Ron Hindt is the senior pastor at Calvary Houston. Born and raised in southern California, he spent several years as a rock musician in the Hollywood/LA area. In 1980, Pastor Ron joined Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa under Pastor Chuck Smith. He later served as an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Pacific Hills, California for several years.

Pastor Ron moved to Houston and founded Calvary Houston in 1991. What started as a small home fellowship, focused on contemporary worship and expositional teaching of the Bible, now serves thousands of people each week.

The vision of Calvary Houston is to Worship the Lord, Win the Lost, Disciple the Saints, and Send the Equipped. He and his wife, Yani, have a blended family with three grown children, two adopted children together, and two grandchildren.

The ministry of Calvary Houston has expanded to include daily radio broadcasts of Pastor Ron’s unique, expositional style of teaching. These half-hour broadcasts known as “Larger Than Life,” are aired daily throughout the United States.

As a child (in 1974) John’s family began attending Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, where he attended elementary school, junior high and Calvary Chapel High School. Following graduation, he went on staff at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa as a janitor. During this time he met his wife, Michelle, an elementary school teacher at Calvary.

After four years on staff serving the children’s and high school ministries and in worship, John joined the staff at Calvary Chapel Vista, Calif.

In 1997, the Randalls set out on a venture of faith to the west coast of Florida to plant their first church—Calvary Chapel of Brandon. After 10 years of ministry in Florida, the Lord called the Randalls back to Southern California where John currently pastors at Calvary South OC. Pastor John has been serving in pastoral ministry for over 20 years and is the featured speaker on the Bible teaching radio program “A Daily Walk.” He is known for his clear and relatable presentation of the Scriptures. John and his wife Michelle have four children.