Meet Our Pastor
Pastor Olinto L. Groce and Family
Born in the salubrious island of Jamaica to the late Levi Groce and Inez Groce Hamilton, Pastor Olinto Lorenzo Groce is one of six children raised in this Seventh-day Adventist family. His father an ardent Lay pastor and his mother a selfless church worker have exemplified and laid the foundation of Christian life which has contributed to the dedication and love that Pastor Groce and family have brought to ministry.
A product of SDA Christian education, Pastor Groce received his initial preparation for Ministry at the Northern Caribbean University (formerly West Indies College) in Jamaica, WI; where he obtained a Bachelors degree in Theology. He later obtained his Masters degree at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Pastor Groce also studied at Queens Community College in New York where he obtained an Associate degree in Computer Information System.
Pastor Groce is an ordained minister of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He is married to the former Sheron Coleman RN, and their union has been blessed with two beautiful teen girls Sherolin and Lorendawn.
Prior to pastoral ministry, Pastor worked in various other areas, as a teacher, sales and management executive and a literature evangelist in Jamaica, New York and Florida, among other things.
During his ministry, he has pastored churches such as:
- New Hope Seventh SDA church - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Rays of Light SDA Church - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Mt. Zion SDA - Kissimmee, Florida
- Poinciana SDA - Kissimmee, Florida
- North Orlando SDA - Orlando, Florida
At present, he pastors Faith SDA and Tabernacle SDA church. The ministry of Pastor Groce and his family has been tremendously blessed by God. God has used them as instruments to realize church properties bought and paid off; enormous church debt liquidated; multipurpose center built; and many many precious souls being converted to Jesus.
He is an avid lover of music and sports. He enjoys playing the guitar and believed to be an expert at table tennis and volleyball.
Pastor and his family desire to be instrumental, through Divine efforts, in heralding the urgency of the gospel of Christ with the intent to persuade men and women that their only hope for the 21st Century and beyond lies in a full surrender to Jesus Christ. Matthew 6:33 is at the core of his life's philosophy, "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all things shall be added unto you"