Show Summary:

On this episode we interview good friend Pastor Rod Vargas of Union Houston, a life-giving church in Houston, Texas.

Rodrigo serves as the Lead Pastor of UNION Houston. Rodrigo is the visionary of the mission of Union Houston. Being living proof of the redemptive life-changing power of Christ Rodrigo’s passion is to connect the least the lost and the last to Christ.

Sara is the Operations Pastor of UNION Houston. She coordinates operations at UNION’s physical location, Sara provide support to the staff and attenders, and leads volunteer teams to execute initiatives of the vision of the Church music.

We talk about his family migrating to the US and all the challenges that came with that. Then we got into his first addiction, money and success. At one time Rod became an atheist. In 2007 he had DEA, ICE, and Condoleezza Rice wanting to interview him about some properties he sold to people who were in trouble.

We also dive into Rod’s bout with depression and how he overcame it. By the age of six he had already experienced physical, sexual, and verbal abuse and admits it robbed him of his identity, self worth, self esteem and filled him with shame and condemnation. Rod is the most real, transparent, big-hearted pastor I know.

Union Houston does a lot of mission work in Afghanistan. They’ve planted churches in Iran, equipped pastors in Afghanistan, and are now helping to extract them as well. Please check out the link below to see how you can partner with Pastor Rod and Sara, as well as Global Catalytic Ministries, to give support to their efforts in Afghanistan.

Memorable Quote: “I’m passionate about what I do because my intention is to reach that Rod, or the female version of Rod, that is actually intending on killing themselves.”- Pastor Rod Vargas