Welcome to Faith!
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WELCOME PASTOR MARIO GONSALEZ! Please join us in welcoming our new Pastors, Rev. Mario and Bretta Gonsalez 
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We are a Family oriented church that offers something for all ages. We would love for you to check us out. You will find friends and fellowship in our Christian Education meetings starting at 9:30 AM on Sunday morning. God has blessed us with many talented and dedicated teachers. There is a place for you here. A vibrant worship service awaits you at 10:30 AM. We have an anointed worship service that allows you to reach out to God, and feel His mighty presence. We place a special emphasis on the importance of our missionaries around the world. A Unique feature of this Church is the Sunday evening service beginning at 6:00 pm for both the adults and the Teenage youth. When most churches are closed on Sunday Evening, we are open! Hearty singing and great music and preaching will encourage you to start a new week well. Our Sunday evening Youth services attract teenagers, where they learn and participate and find new friends. Ever wondered how to understand the Bible? We would encourage you to visit our Wednesday night Bible Teaching service at 7:00 pm. It is a time of fun as you learn, and is open for your questions as we go along. There are activities for Children and Teens, and loving Nursery workers to look after the little ones during Sunday and Wednesday services. When you visit, be sure and ask your friendly receptionist about the many programs for your self, and your family. You will see a small house near the entrance to the Church, called Daily Living. This is our Community Compassion ministry, to serve those who need items not usually available from food banks, and is open every Friday to help the needy with cleaning and hygiene items. If this sounds like what you've been looking for, by all means stop by and visit us! |
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The Assemblies of God grew out of the Pentecostal revival, which began in the early 1900s in places such as Topeka, Kansas, and the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles. During times of prayer and Bible study, believers received spiritual experiences like those described in the book of Acts. Accompanied by “speaking in tongues,” their religious experiences were associated with the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Jewish feast of Pentecost (Acts 2), and participants in the movement were dubbed “Pentecostals.” The Pentecostal movement has grown from a handful of Bible school students in Topeka, Kansas, to an estimated 600 million in the world today.
Many participants who were baptized in the Holy Spirit during revivals and camp meetings in the early 1900s were not welcomed back to their former churches. These believers started many small churches throughout the country and communicated through publications that reported on the revivals. In 1913, a Pentecostal publication, the Word and Witness, called for the independent churches to band together for the purpose of fellowship and doctrinal unity. Other concerns for facilitating missionaries, chartering churches and forming a Bible training school were also on the agenda.
Some 300 Pentecostals met at an opera house in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914, and agreed to form a new fellowship of loosely knit independent churches. These churches were left with the needed autonomy to develop and govern their own local ministries, yet they were united in their message and efforts to reach the world for Christ. So began the General Council of the Assemblies of God.
Assemblies of God churches form a cooperative fellowship. As a result, the organization operates from the grass roots, allowing the local church to choose and develop ministries and facilities best suited for its local needs.
