Jeffrey Jay Tolle is the senior pastor of Vida Church, a church in the City of Los Angeles located in the community of North Hills. He is also the former pastor of CityLife Church (Ciudad de Vida) as well as a former youth pastor at La Iglesia En El Camino, which belongs to the

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The Foursquare Church is an international Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. It lies within the evangelical tradition. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. H ...

(as is his wife, Evelyn Tolle). He is also the founder of Eleva. a Christian youth conference.

Biography

Tolle attended

Los Angeles Baptist High School Los Angeles Baptist High School (LAB) was a Baptist, private, coeducational day school located in North Hills, California with approximately 848 students enrolled in grades 6 through 12. In the summer of 2012, the school was acquired by another ...

, where he served as the school’s ASB spiritual life chairman his senior year. After graduating in 1997, Tolle continued his education, receiving a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in music education from

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge), is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. With a total enrollment of 36,848 students (as of Fall 2024), it has the ...

in 2001, where he was also a swimmer. He earned his

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in intercultural studies at

Biola University Biola University () is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. It has over 150 programs of study in nine schools offering bachelor' ...

. He was ordained as a minister in the Foursquare denomination in 2008. Married to Evelyn in 2002, together they have four children.

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