Mario Adriel Ortiz

Mario Adriel Ortiz is a pastor, worship leader, and church planter serving on the Senior
Leadership Team at The Church On The Way, a multiethnic, multigenerational church in
Los Angeles, CA. In his dual role, he oversees Worship & Creative Arts and leads The
Church On The Way – En Español (TCOTW-EE), a thriving Spanish-speaking
congregation he helped launch in March 2021. A proven church planter, Mario founded Vida Real at Real Life Church, in Valencia, CA., in 2013 and planted Neuma Church in 2016, which later merged with The Church On The Way in 2020.

Beyond the local church, Mario is the Director of Español Coaching for City to City
SoCal, the Southern California branch of City to City, a global church-planting network.
His Spanish Sunday messages air daily in thirty-three California state prisons,
extending his ministry to the incarcerated. He holds a Master’s in Theology from Fuller Seminary and is passionate about developing leaders, worship, and creative arts.