Meet the Team

SVETLANA PAPAZOV, Lead Pastor

Dr. Svetlana Papazov is a thought leader, Lead Pastor and church planter who started and led five for profit businesses, a church and a nonprofit. She has been featured in and written for well-known publications and magazines such as Barna: The State of Pastors, Influence magazine, Evangel, Enrichment Journal and more.

Churches and associations hire Dr. Svetlana for training in leadership, team development and community transformation. She coaches leaders and entrepreneurs to craft and deliver captivating talks. As a speaking coach and business consultant, she positions churches and businesses for maximum influence.

What excites Dr. Svetlana the most is unleashing human potential and having a front row seat in the development of influencers. That is why she has intentionally transitioned from a life of a business owner of multiple enterprises to a life of an equipper of leaders. In 2016, she founded Real Life Church and Real Life Center for Entrepreneurial and Leadership Excellence, a first of its kind model of church and business incubator that connects faith, leadership and entrepreneurship. She especially loves coaching women in co-creating beautiful futures with God.

Her new book Church for Monday (September 2019) talks about the Church that equips believers for work on Monday and fosters the creative streak placed in every one of us from God, practices corporate public faith by uniting worship on Sunday with the mission on Monday.

For more information and booking visit www.SvetlanaPapazov.com

MICHAEL PAPAZOV
Executive Pastor / Worship

 Michael is married to his sweetheart Svetlana, and is the dad to two great kids Gabriella and Bryan.

 Michael is the Worship Pastor at Real Life Church where he oversees the music ministry and he is involved with the overall strategic operations of the new Church. He is a worship pastor and licensed minister of the Assemblies of God.  

 Michael’s heart is to connect people to Jesus Christ and help them develop a personal lifestyle of worship and become all God has made them to be.

 Michael received his Bachelor degree from SAGU in Waxahachie, TX, and his M.B.A. from Texas A&M University. In his professional career, Michael has diversified experience in project management, finance