Rosario PicardoRoz grew up in western New York as a first-generation Sicilian-American. In 2003, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Houghton College and in 2007 a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He graduated with a Doctor of Ministy from United Theological Seminary in 2014 and an MBA in 2021 from Dakota Wesleyan University. During his senior year of college, Roz entered the ministry as a military chaplain, serving four years in the Marine Reserves and five years in the Navy Reserves. While attending seminary, he recognized a call to serve the local church and has experience in all facets of church life, through roles ranging from church custodian to associate pastor to church planter and executive pastor of church planting at Ginghamsburg Church for five where they had three campuses and worshipped over 4,000.Roz is one of the founding pastors at Mosaic Church, a seven-year-old United Methodist multicultural church in Dayton, Ohio (www.wearemosaic.org). In addition to his work in the church, Roz is a national speaker, leads a consulting group for church planters/pastors called Picardo Coaching LLC, and is the author of nine books. Read More Read Less