Char Brodersen

Senior Pastor

Brian Charles Brodersen (Char) is the Co-Senior Pastor at CCCM. Char pastored Refuge Christian Fellowship in Northern California for 13 years before moving back to Southern California in 2021 to join the leadership team of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. He and his wife Grace have been married for 16 years and have three children: Judah, Hudson, and Evelyn.

Char is very passionate and convicted about lifelong learning and has just completed the MABL program through Western Seminary. He has a deep passion to see the church live out the life of Jesus and to put the kingdom of God on display. His other passions and interests include time with family, traveling, and exploring the wonders of God's beautiful creation, deep friendships, reading (all sorts), music (both playing and listening), film, and just about anything else you can think of. Char has a deep conviction that this is God's world, filled with his power and presence, and is seeking to live in that reality day by day.

Recent Studies

1 Sep 2024
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Faithfulness in Exile
What does faithfulness to Jesus look like during a time of exile? How can the church transform the culture around us for Christ? Is it through resistance and battle? Join...
25 Aug 2024
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The Pain and Suffering of God
As Char Brodersen continues to teach through the books of wisdom, we come to the story of Job, a narrative that resonates with all of us, addressing the universal issue...
18 Aug 2024
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How Biblical Wisdom Leads to Flourishing
The purpose of the Bible is to train us in wisdom, understanding, and knowledge so that we will become wise ones and reach our full human potential through the redemption...
11 Aug 2024
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God’s People; God’s World
The Psalms give us language and permission to express our raw, unfiltered emotions to God, yet they simultaneously seek to shape and redirect our emotions into righteous ones. With the...
4 Aug 2024
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Jonah and the Mercy of God
The Book of Jonah is about the mystery of God’s mercy. Unlike the Torah or the other prophets, in which instruction and correction are given, Jonah is wisdom literature that...
28 Jul 2024
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Covenant Faithlessness.
What are the Old Testament prophetic books about? Are they merely predictors of the future or calls to social reform? And how should we read, interpret, and apply their words?...
14 Jul 2024
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The Canaanite Conquest and Violence
Throughout the Bible, we see moments of violence. Throughout history, all people have lived through violence. But the Bible provides us with an ethic of peace modeled after the character...
23 Jun 2024
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The Story of the People: Forming A Peculiar People
True freedom is living within our created purpose, and Scripture tells us again and again that we were created by God, and we were created for God. We will only...