Wayne Cordeiro is Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii; one of the nation’s fastest growing churches. New Hope, on the island of O`ahu, is Pastor Wayne’s eleventh pioneer work. The church began on September 10, 1995 and over the last 12 years there have been 31,000 who have received Christ for the first time and the church has grown to over 12,000 weekend attendees.
Recently Outreach magazine has listed New Hope Oahu as one of the top most 25 influential churches in America and one of the top ten most innovative.

Pastor Wayne is an author, songwriter, and highly sought after speaker. He has authored eight books, including Doing Church as a Team, Dream Releasers and The Seven Rules of Success in addition to releasing three music CDs.

As a motivational speaker for businesses and civic organizations, Wayne’s most popular talks include subjects on leadership, building relationships, and restructuring for success.

Prior to relocating to O`ahu, Wayne pastored in Hilo, Hawaii for 12 years. He is a church planter at heart and has helped to plant 80 churches in the Pacific Rim and beyond, including Hawaii, Montana, the Philippines, Japan, as well as Myanmar.

Today, New Hope continues to build and train leaders and pastors through the Pacific Rim Bible College, New Hope International Ministries and the Hawaii Leadership Practicum. New Hope O`ahu also hosts their annual “Doing Church as a Team” conference. This popular leadership conference fills to maximum capacity with registrants from around the State of Hawaii and the world.

Wayne enjoys relaxing rides on his Harley-Davidson. He and his wife, Anna, celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary this year with their three children, Amy, Aaron, and Abigail.