There must be hundreds of "Von's," and perhaps hundreds of "Pastor Von's" as well. Which 'Pastor Von' are we talking about on this site? This is the Pastor von that is in San Diego, California, and continues as a member of the staff at Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church where he has served for more than thirty years. The same Pastor von is the founder of SPECTRUM MINISTRIES which serves the poor in Mexico. He is also the Pastor von who has traveled overseas speaking to many missionary schools and mission bases throughout the world, particularly in South America.

As many of you know, von has been active in ministry to youth for more than half a century. There may be some of you who tapped into this web site to find out a little more about him personally and how he is doing or about his past youth ministry or maybe about his work with MK's and on the mission field. He has divided his website into three sections. The first is personal, the second is oriented to youth ministry and teaching, and the third is missions. To be informed of his current ministry and more of him working in Mexico, please click on this SPECTRUM MINISTRIES site. You can also find me posting now and then on FACEBOOK.

If you are in youth work, let me congratulate you, it's a great calling. If you would like to click on the second section, 'FOR TEACHERS AND YOUTH WORKERS', you might find some areas of interest to you. Anything I have learned from these years of experience I would love to share with others, especially those who are teachers or workers with youth and of course missionaries too.

The caricature of von below, will pull you directly into his adventure page.

— Pastor von

	ABOUT PASTOR VON If you ever wanted to know anything or everything about this guy called Pastor Von, you'll find it in this section.		JOURNAL (WEBLOG) If anyone would like to follow my current thinking, this weblog is the place to find it. Controversial? Of course. I've never been "politically correct."
	FOR TEACHERS AND YOUTH WORKERS More than fifty years as a California Youth Worker, and teaching kids of all ages, plus creating and planning activities, leaves a lot to share.		CONTACT INFORMATION For those of you that would want to contact me, this page will tell you how.
	FOR MISSIONARIES The many years I've spent time with different missionaries and their kids (M.K.'s) has given me a respect for their unique ministry. Here are some photos and articles I would like to share with my fellow missionaries.		FEEDBACK Thanks for visiting my website, lots of content that's for sure. I hope your time clicking through it proved profitable. If you have the time, I would appreciate hearing any comment you might have regarding your visit.
	AUDIO A section full of some of my "vintage" messages and teachings from various churches, camps, retreats, and missionary conferences. Many of these have a humorous spin.		VON'S MISSIONARY ADVENTURES Cartoon by Bill Pittenger Here's a special page dedicated to Amazon adventure. Photos, videos, stories and books combine to make a unique missionary page. (Parents, this colorful page might interest your kids as well.)
	VIDEO Short clips and video 'slideshows' of exotic people and exotic places. See tribal people as they live in they're world. There's also a short video on the genesis of Spectrum's ministry in Tijuana.
	PHOTO ALBUM Photos, photos, photos. I love taking photos. I use photos to bring history, life and a degree of authenticity to this site.