Ben and Kara Diaz
03/24/2023
"Benjamín Díaz was born in Mexico City. At age 15 he started leading worship in his parents church, Lugar de Misericordia (Place of Mercy). When he was 18, he became a missionary and traveled through the United States, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Brazil, preaching, leading worship and directing massive crusades in stadiums, mission trips, outreaches in parks and on the streets and throughout small villages along the road. During this time he was working for CRM, a wonderful evangelistic ministry that served as a tremendous learning season in his life. At this time, he met Kara Edwards who later on became his wife.
At 21 he married Kara, his best friend. She was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ and had also been traveling as a missionary to different places in Mexico, Europe and Kenya, África, where we are currently building an orphanage (Heaven on Earth Homes). Benjamín moved to Phoenix in July 2005, just a few months before their wedding in November 2005 and continued leading worship in New Promise Church (Kara's parent's church) and other churches in the valley. Later on they moved to Mesa, AZ and Benjamin lead worship at LWBC for a few years before he started pastoring. In 2008 they started Vida Church, which started with 5 people and continues to grow in more ways than they ever thought.
Benjamín has lead worship for 20 years and taught the Word of God for 17 years. Kara published her first book in 2010, "Living The Abundant Life"; she obtained her Doctorate in Theology in 2014 and teaches the Word as well. Vida Church is a non-denominational church and is relationally affiliated with Bethel church in Redding, CA. Andrew Wommack is also a tremendous source of influence in our church and his teachings have impacted us greatly. Ben and Kara have 4 daughters and 1 son and are not expecting any more!"
