Pastor Marçal DaCuñha

MARÇAL WAS BORN IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE IN 1984. HE WAS RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY AND GREW UP IN THE CHURCH. AT 13 HE MOVED TO AMERICA WITH HIS PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMICAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLES. THERE WERE SOME DIFFICULTIES ADAPTING TO THE CULTURE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM WHICH EVENTUALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS LIFESTYLE.

AT 23 HE FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING AT HIS LIFE WHICH HAD DRIFTED SO FAR AWAY FROM THE REALITY OF GOD. STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION AND CONTROL OF HIS LIFE IN GENERAL BROUGHT HIM TO THE POINT OF DESPAIR; A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY WAY OUT. DURING THE CLIMAX OF ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS PAST, AFTER A SERIES OF DIVINE EVENTS THAT LEAD HIM TO THE DOORS OF TEEN CHALLENGE, MARÇAL BEGAN HIS COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.

AFTER GIVING HIS LIFE TO THE LORD WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS, HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE TEEN CHALLENGE WITH HIS CERTIFICATION IN BIBLICAL COUNSELING. HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT SOMERSET CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS PLACE ON THE DEAN’S LIST AND WAS VOTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT BY A VOTE OF HIS PEERS.

PASTOR MARÇAL IS A GRADUATE OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES WITH FOCUSES IN THEOLOGY AND BUSINESS . HE IS A GRADUATE OF THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF MINISTRY. HE IS A CERTIFIED BIBLICAL COUNSELOR THROUGH GLOBAL UNIVERSITY.
AT 23 HE FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING AT HIS LIFE WHICH HAD DRIFTED SO FAR AWAY FROM THE REALITY OF GOD. STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION AND CONTROL OF HIS LIFE IN GENERAL BROUGHT HIM TO THE POINT OF DESPAIR; A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY WAY OUT. DURING THE CLIMAX OF ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS PAST, AFTER A SERIES OF DIVINE EVENTS THAT LEAD HIM TO THE DOORS OF TEEN CHALLENGE, MARÇAL BEGAN HIS COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.

AFTER GIVING HIS LIFE TO THE LORD WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS, HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE TEEN CHALLENGE WITH HIS CERTIFICATION IN BIBLICAL COUNSELING. HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT SOMERSET CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS PLACE ON THE DEAN’S LIST AND WAS VOTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT BY A VOTE OF HIS PEERS.

PASTOR MARÇAL HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES WITH FOCUSES IN THEOLOGY AND BUSINESS . HE IS A GRADUATE OF THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF MINISTRY. HE IS A CERTIFIED BIBLICAL COUNSELOR THROUGH GLOBAL UNIVERSITY