Roger Dermody
Executive Pastor
Bel Air Presbyterian Church
Roger Likes to say, “I was bitten with the missionary bug very early.” At a young age, he lived in Cameroon, Africa with his parents, who were serving as short term missionaries with the North American Baptist Convention.
He received his undergraduate degree in architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. After practicing Architecture for 5 years with The Luckman Partnership here in Los Angeles, Roger served Bel Air Presbyterian Church for six years as the Director of Student Ministries, Director of College Ministries, and Interim Director of Missions. Roger received his Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in June of 1996. He was ordained in October 1997, and has continued to serve in the areas of College Ministry and Mission. For the past three years, Roger has led the new Contemporary Worship service at Bel Air.
Additionally, Roger has, or is, serving God as an "on-call" chaplain at UCLA Medical Center, the Dean of Forest Home's Annual College Briefing Conference, a design Architect for the Christian Environmental Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Living Hope in Los Angeles, and Lasting Impressions in Zimbabwe.
Roger’s passion remains firmly grounded in Missions. He has also led short-term mission trips to such diverse places as Romania, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Germany, Egypt, Belize, Mexico City, and South Central Los Angeles. “I love to walk alongside of people who discover how incredible God is, by getting out of the pew, rolling up their sleeves, and sharing the good news of His Son in word and deed, in neighborhoods very different than their own.”
Roger's life goal is to know Christ and to make Him known. He married Megan Wilde on January 18, 2003.
