Agape Church was planted in 2005. After meeting in Plaza Mexico and Montebello Hotel, we moved in 2007 to Parkcrest Christian Church, Lakewood Campus. We met at the Activity Center until September 2008, when we moved to the Worship Center. We have an attendance of 130 now. We praise the Lord for the progress of Agape. We have our own Worship team who is being led by Sean Grace, a very talented young man. He has empowered our youth in this important ministry.
At the beggining of the year I gave the church our vision of ministry. The book "Simple Church" helped a lot to simplify our vision. Agape exists so people can Love God, Love Others,
and Serve the World. We love God in our Sunday worship service, (God's house living-room). We love others in our eight small groups (Grupos Levaduras- Yeast groups, which is God's house dinning-room). And we serve the world in our outreach ministries: Marriage Encounter, missionary trips to Rosarito, food bank, etc. (God's house kitchen).
We are facing a challenging year: by September we will need to find our own worship facilities in order to become and independent church, and by January 2010 we, the Sotos, will no longer be a part of CMF International. After working with them for 12 years, the time have come to transition from missionary to local pastor. It will be a great step for Agape Church as well as for us. We are trusting the Lord, and we count on your prayers.
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