Elia Vivoni

Elia Enid Vivoni pastors the Jax Hispanic Church in Jacksonville, Florida, which she and her late husband, Dr. Joffre Pascal Vivoni, founded in 1981. Fluent in English, Spanish, and French, she wants all people to know the redeeming and transforming love of Jesus Christ.

Colección de Poemas describes her love for her Savior and her family. Her grandchildren are the main characters in The Bear With No Teeth. In Beauty in Suffering, God's Grace in Caregiving, A Memoir, she relates the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus as she cared for loved ones and as she went twice through breast cancer. This book is now in Spanish: La Belleza en el sufrimiento, la gracia de Dios en el cuido de otros, mis memorias.

Pastora Elia is thankful for all of God's blessings and especially her children: Laurita; Eliane and Jason; her son Jann Pascal (Jean Pascal); and her four grandchildren. In 2023 her family welcomed into their home a charming Corgi named Yoshi.

In 2024 she earned a specialized doctorate in Faith Based Higher Education from Northwind Theological Seminary, for which she gives the Lord Jesus all of the glory.