The understanding of grace is the foundation for a love motivated relationship with God, rather than one that is works motivated. People from a religious background or having grown up in the church can struggle with having a Pharisee mind set, knowing the requirements of Christian life, but missing the heart motivation. Similarly, overachievers (in the world or the Kingdom) are valued by others and themselves based on their performance. […]
Category: North America
10.27.2013
Chris Broom of the OC Region: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation… We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us!” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20) Friday, God allowed us to be His “ambassadors” to over 400 teens through “180 Worldwide” – the benevolent arm of the CR Ministry that Russ Preston, a Shepherd-in-Training […]
2nd Annual American Red Cross – MERCYWORLDWIDE Blood Drive
ARM-to-ARM 2 1 3 2nd Annual American Red Cross – MERCYWORLDWIDE Blood Drive by Olimpia Argueta MERCYWORLDWIDE Blood Drive Coordinator Every 2 seconds 1 pint of blood is needed and 1 pint of blood saves 3 lives. In partnership with the American Red Cross, MERCYWORLDWIDE is hosting the 2nd Annual Blood Drive, titled Arm-to-Arm 2 1 3. “More than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. “ […]
Good News 10.13.13
Victor Gonzalez of the East Region: Greetings from Las Vegas!! This week, my wife & I had the incredible privilege to fellowship and preach for our brothers and sisters in the Las Vegas International Christian Church! The zeal and love here in Las Vegas is exactly the same as the City of Angels Church! It is truly a privilege to be a part to a totally unified movement! Back home […]
10.13.2013
Capil Marhatta: The Sensational Singles Ministry in the South strikes again! The Lord is moving powerfully and we are happy to be following His lead! Our dear brother, Steve Morici (ICCM student) & Andrew Nicholas – a four month old in the faith – have been building a great friendship with Steve’s former co-worker (Ramiro Vasquez) from the Mazda-Lincoln Car Company. They linked up on Facebook a few months ago […]
10.6.2013
Capil Marhatta: What a glorious day it was in the sensational South Region! Our very own 20 year old young prophet – Sean Valenzuela (a Campus Intern and ICCM student) preached his very first sermon simply titled, Your Relationship With God! The lesson brought many to tears. To close his message, Sean kneeled down and challenged us to beg for God’s mercy! Be praying for Sean as he is preparing […]
2013 Campus Retreat: ELEVATE
All of the life changing lessons and sermons from this years Campus Retreat entitled ELEVATE are now available to listen to online!
Central Region on USC Campus!
Greeting from Central Region! God is moving powerfully in the hearts of the campus disciples as they have hit the ground sharing their faith on USC Campus! This month marked the first month that the fellowship met at the Radisson Hotel for Sunday service. Please pray for all the great things that God will be doing on the University of Southern California!
Teen Ministry Represent!
Greetings from the Central Region! It was a special Sunday as another teen was baptized into Christ! Over 60 people from four different regions came out to witness Kaycee James, (a Kingdom Kid) move from the darkness to the light! She is the awesome daughter of Damon & Vicky, our Congregational Deacon Couple! Just before her baptism, Kaycee shared about other Kingdom Kids and teens that inspired her to make this […]
October 6th
Greetings from Ventura! The Lord blessed us with two more baptisms today – Amber and Stephanie! Amber is a Ventura College student, and Stephanie is the best friend of Monique who was baptized three weeks ago! This gives us eight baptisms in the last three weeks! We began 2013 with 31 disciples in the Ventura Region and now very excitingly, as of today, the Lord has grown the region to […]
September 29th
Greetings from Ventura! Today was our incredible International Sunday Service where several disciples and visitors alike dressed in varying cultural garbs! Our service began with a welcome in nine different languages! Then Luke preached an incredible message – that moved many to tears – to our record attendance of 109 with standing room only in the back! Concluding our service, we witnessed two modern day miracles with the baptisms of Cherie […]
September 22nd
Greetings from beautiful Ventura!! God has done“immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine!” This week, we witnessed Michael, Cassandra, Monique and Jacob saved through the waters of baptism! It all began earlier this month when I met a young man at Ventura College named Michael and set up a Bible study. However, he didn’t show up to the study even though he confirmed the day before! He also changed […]
Spiritual Triplets!
Greetings from the Central Region! Today we saw three incredible young souls added to God’s Kingdom through the waters of baptism! First, we baptized Enrique who is a student at ELAC and has a dream to one day study at UNAM in Mexico City to become a doctor! After studying the Bible, Enrique was overjoyed to learn that as a disciple he can also be a doctor for those who are sick […]
International Sunday!
Please come join us as we celebrate “All Nations” on September 29th! Please wear clothing from your heritage to church and bring a dish from your favorite foreign land for a pot luck after church! Courtyard Marriott Oxnard – 10am 600 E Esplanade Dr Oxnard CA, 93036
First Principles Study Series
We will be studying the ‘First Principles’ taught in the bible and how to teach them to others. We will be meeting on Fridays, starting September 20th, and meeting for 10 weeks, ending November 22nd. These meetings will be in place of our normal midweek service during this time. Fellowship begins at 7pm. Lesson begins at 7:30pm. We will be meeting at the Racquet Club Apartments Clubhouse (44045 15th Street […]