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San Diego, California
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From
as early as 1542, with the arrival of Spanish explorers,
Spanish influence has dominated San Diego and Southern
California. Up until 1793, the Spanish, and the Roman
Catholic Church controlled the area. In 1821, when Mexico
won its independence from Spain, California came under
control of Mexico. In 1826, Jedediah Smith became the
first American to blaze an overland trail from the Salt
Lake Valley, opening the way for more American pioneers
from the east. This migration expolded in 1848 with
the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. Later that year,
as a result of the Mexican/American war, the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo establishes the political boundary
between the United States and Mexico just south of San
Diego. Two years later, California officialy becomes
a State.
Improved methods of transportation,
such as the intercontinental railroad, and interstate
highway system, have lured many from other parts of
the U.S. to the pleasant climate of Southern California.
Yet the Spanish/Mexican culture remains entrenched to
this day. And with over eight million Hispanics living
south of Los Angeles today, it is a field "ripe
for Harvest" for the Gospel.
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Iglesia
Nueva Vida, Escondido, CA |
Pastor Juan and Martha Arjona
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The Iglesia Nueva Vida
(New Life Church) has worship services on Sundays at
1:00 pm at
615
W. Citracado Rd
Escondido,
CA 92025
The church offers Men's and Women's
Bible studies, discipleship studies, marriage counseling,
mercy ministry, and ESL classes every week.
Contact Pastor Juan Arjona
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Mission Statement
We proclaim the Love of God among Hispanic families and
individuals that came to USA looking for new life. We
bring them into the New Life, which is in Christ. We live
His Love in a community grounded and built in the Scriptures,
and a prayer discipline, where every man and woman is
trained according to our reformed doctrines, having each
Hispanic an important part in the body of Christ.
We worship God in a contemporary style with a Hispanic
savor and keeping our Reformed worship traditions. In
our daily walk we bring friends before God. Praying together
and encouraging one another. We will see a Hispanic community
changed for the Love of God, which will be a blessing
for San Diego North County, and in the time to all USA.
We trust God will build through this community a church
planting movement, that in the next years will split many
new Hispanic churches around the country.
Philosophy of Ministry
We are reaching a fast growing Hispanic community in
Escondido, CA (which has grown more than twice in the
last decade), primarily but also other Hispanic communities
in Southern California, which urgently needs the good
news of Jesus Christ. The Hispanic Christian population
represents less than 1% of their total Hispanic population.
We serve them in spiritual and material needs.
We bring them into a new fellowship where God is glorified,
building in them a strong biblical and reformed faith,
and equipping them to be an outreaching body. We have
a church engaged with the community around it, looking
outwardly rather than inwardly. We see this church to
be a planting and networking church with Hispanics in
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