BRIDGEPOINT is a multi-generational, multi-cultural community of believers with a heart to provide a haven for spiritually displaced individuals. If you are longing for a place to know God and interact with people who pursue matters of faith, you have found your home.
(L-R) Jacob, Ed, Rebekah, Ana, and Jonathan
Meet Pastor ED
Ed Miciano currently serves as lead pastor of Bridgepoint Community Church; a post he has held since 1992. He is also an education and church consultant. Ed has served as Assistant Professor of Theology at Patten University in Oakland and currently serves on the faculty of the Systematic and Applied Theology Departments at the SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary.
Ed was born in Manila where he grew up with his parents, both former airline employees, and two brothers. Although he grew up in a religious home, Ed did not make a personal commitment to Christ until he was thirteen. Soon after that, he became involved with his church’s youth and music ministries. He was a youth minister during the late ’80s and was also a bass player for a Christian band.
Ed is a graduate of the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries (B.Th.), the Pentecostal Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Fuller Theological Seminary (D.Min.). He is the author of three books – “The Ministry of Coaching,” “The Faith Factor, ” and “Fooling Ourselves with Fig Leaves.”
Beyond his local church responsibilities, Ed serves as the district overseer of Word International Ministries-Bay Area and serves on the administration and faculty of the Word International School of Leadership.
Ed is married to Ana Sanchez Miciano, a former special-needs educator and now an executive chef. Together they have three beautiful children, Jonathan, Rebekah, and Jacob.
The Micianos are residents of Union City, California.
10 Questions with Ed
What do you like to do outside of church work?
Watch live jazz. And sleep.Do you have any hidden talents?
I know judo, karate, tae-kwon-do, jujitsu and other Asian words. But seriously, I can juggle, spin a pen around my thumb, and pronounce the entire English alphabet as a single word.What is your most embarrassing moment?
When I was in third grade, I was late for the school’s first-Friday mass so I ran to the chapel like crazy. Unfortunately, I slipped and fell on a puddle of mud. Needless to say, all eyes were on me when I was lining up for holy communion covered in mud from head to toe. You should’ve seen the look on the priest’s face!
Do you have any phobias?
I’m dreadfully fearful of sharks. I think being eaten by one is the worst way to die. Well actually it’s the second worst. The absolute worst is to be strangled to death by a really weak person.
What is something people don’t know about you?
People who meet me for the first time assume that my name is spelled E-D-U-A-R-D-O, but it’s actually spelled E-D-O-A-R-D-O. My parents insist that they chose the Italian spelling to match my Italian family name. Although my middle name is Samson, which is Hebrew. That kinda messes up the whole naming system, don’t you think?If you weren’t a pastor, what would you be?
I’d be the baddest bass player that ever lived. (sigh)
Who is your favorite band?
There are two—The Beatles and Earth, Wind, and Fire.Do you have a favorite type of food?
Yes.What’s on your bucket list?
To give Ana a kiss while standing under the Eiffel Tower…and to live long enough to walk my daughter, Rebekah, down the aisle and hand her over to a man who will never be worthy of her.For what are you most thankful?
That I’m employed by the same guy who gave me eternal life