PASTORAL

Dr. Riza Casidy

Position: Senior Pastor
E-mail: rizacasidy@xcitechurch.com
Phone: 0433 010 084

Dr. Riza Casidy is the founding pastor and head of ministry team at XCITE church. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies) degree from Harvest West Bible College and a Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Marketing from Monash University. At the age of 24, Dr. Casidy became one of the youngest PhD graduate in the history of Monash University with his dissertation entitled: "Church Marketing: the role of market orientation in church participation."

Over the past decade, Dr. Casidy has been actively involved in student and youth ministries in Indonesia and Australia. He has served as a youth leader at Gereja Pantekosta di Indonesia (GPDI) in Perth, Western Australia, as well as Caulfield Indonesian Uniting Church in Melbourne, Victoria. He has also been ministering in Indonesia as an itinerant preacher, with particular focus on the topic of 'Kingdom Living' and 'Kingdom Potential'. Since the year 2008, Dr. Casidy holds a minister credential from the Assemblies of God (AOG) denomination in Australia. He has also published articles about 'Kingdom Potential' in religious and secular media in Indonesia and Australia.

Aside of his pastoral role, Dr. Casidy is also a teaching staff in the Department of Marketing at Monash University and Australian Catholic University (ACU). He also makes regular visits to Indonesia every year, mainly for ministry purposes.

Video sermon:
http://www.tangle.com/search?page=1&search_type=all&search_text=riza+casidy

Audio sermon:
http://www.airhidup.com/resource.cfm?ProfileID=876&show=profile

Ministry requests:
rizacasidy@xcitechurch.com