Reverend Chester L. McGensy was born and reared in Fresno, California. His wife of 30 years, Janetta, is a Principal in the Fresno Unified School District. They have three sons, Chester Lee III, a MBA/JD graduate of The University of San Francisco, Jason Paul, a BA graduate of Pepperdine University in the field of communications/film production and Kevin James, a graduate of Fresno Pacific University with a BA Degree/Teaching Credential. One Daughter in-law Penney McGensy married to Kevin. Also, a graduate of Fresno Pacific University with a BA Degree/Teaching Credential.
Rev. McGensy was a member of St. Rest Missionary Baptist Church for ten years where he served as a Vice Chairman of the Deacon Board and Chairman of the Trustee Board before being called into the Gospel ministry. He became an Associate Minister at St. Rest in 1990. On October 29, 1994, the Lord laid on Reverend McGensy’s heart to start a new church in Central/North Fresno. On December 8, 1994, two families met in his home and Family Community Church began. Family Community Church has grown to over 1400 members in the first fourteen years.
Family Community Church dedicated its 20,000 sq. ft. facility, located on just less than 20 acres of land at the northwest corner of Chestnut and Nees, on Oct. 24, 1999. The church also dedicated their new additional 12,000 sq. ft. Educational Wing on December 24, 2005.
Pastor McGensy has a heart for winning souls for Christ, a love for the City of Fresno and people around the globe. The Lord has placed a vision in his heart for a global ministry. The personal governing scriptures for this vision are: 1 Kings 9:1-9 and -
Joshua 1:3
Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me*in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
The Lord is fulfilling these three scriptures in the life of Pastor McGensy. The Lord has blessed Pastor McGensy to travel to many different part of the world to share his Christian faith and experiences with others. Below you will find the scope of his travels in various capacities.
AFRICA
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Congo
Kafumba
Kikwit
Kinshasa
Malela
ANTARCTICA/OCEANIC
Year 2012
ASIA
China
Beijing
Hangzhou
Shanghai
Suzhou
Philippines
Samar
Japan
Tokyo
AUSTRALIA
Year 2012
EUROPE
France
Paris
Switzerland
Chapel Bridge/Jesuit Church
Fontainebleau Forest
Liechtenstein
Lucerne
Vaduz
Italy
Como
Florence
Rome
Vatican
Venice
Austria
Carinbia
Innbrook
Germany
Cologne
Heidelberg
Munich
Rhineland
Holland
Amsterdam
Brussels
Belgium
England
London
NORTH AMERICA
Bahamas
Canada
Vancouver
Haiti
Mexico
Tijuana
Cancun
Cabo San Lucas
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado.
Florida
Georgia
Minnesota
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
Seattle
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington DC
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia
Cartagena
Palenque
Villahermosa
Panama