Caliph Zaphnathpaaneah El, born in Homer, LA, relocated to California in 1977 after graduation from Homer High School. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 1995 by the Survine M...view moreCaliph Zaphnathpaaneah El, born in Homer, LA, relocated to California in 1977 after graduation from Homer High School. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 1995 by the Survine Ministries Bible College, located in Aurora, CO.
He serves as Senior Pastor of Moriah Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in Oakland, CA for the past 30 years.
In 1994 he led the Moriah Church in a building campaign to erect an edifice in Oakland, CA and performed in the capacity of a project manager. The facility was completed in 1996.
He was a business owner of Agape Trucking Company, located in Oakland, CA; President and Founder of Lighthouse Ministries Housing and Community Economic Development Corporation; Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Bay Area Inner City Leadership Alliance (BAICLA) (www.baicla.org); and Founder and Chairman of the National Coalition of Clergy and Community Together (NCCCT) (www.thenccct.org).
He has worked with numerous ministerial alliances, associations, and conventions within his denomination and outside his denomination. His ministries were declared a national model.view less