New Church Is Officially Established

On July 3, we officially and formally organized our church in Lima.  This is the incorporation process.  A lot of hard work, sweat, tears, prayer, giving and evangelization and training by so many to get to this point.  Most of all, it takes the working of the Holy Spirit in lives of men and women.

We approved our church constitution, articles of faith, and church covenant.

After approving these documents, each person came forward to sign the church covanant.  This is Freddy, his wife, Ivon, and their daughter, Zoila.  Their son and youngest daughter also joined, but are not in the picture.

It was a day of rejoicing.

Our deacon, Ricardo, and his wife, Nancy sign the church coverant.

We had four lines of members signing.

It tooks us 3 years to the day to reach this milestone.

We had a beautiful bronze pin made with the church's name and logo.

Each member received his or her own person church founder pin.  It is theirs to keep.

It is bronze and looks attractive when worn with any color of clothing.  While all members receive one, only members who were present at the foundation meeting received a charter member pin.  They will be treasured for years to come.

 Ruth receives her founders' medal of honor.

The members placed the pin on another in their first act of serving one another as a family in Christ.

 We also elected our church officials.  From left to right: Ricard (deacon), Cesar (treasurer), Stan (senior pastor), Eduardo (assistant treasurer), Edward (assistant pastor), Julio (assistant secretary), Pool (youth pastor and secretary).

  We began with 61 founding members.  They will forever be known as the charter members of the church.  In this picture are most of the ladies.

  In this picture are most of the men.   There were a total of 60 founding members.

 Since that day, we have added 14 more who could not be at the meeting the Thursday night the church organization took place.  We now have a total of 74 members.  More will soon be added and another baptismal service will also soon take place.

After the pinnning cerimony, we closed in prayer and went to a chinese restaurant to celebrate!

The time of rejoicing just made the food taste all that much better. 

How good and pleasant it is for brethern to dwell together in unity!  Psalm 133:1

The church surprised me with a birthday cake.  I turned 60 the day before.

 They gave me a beautiful shirt and matching tie.  They are so kind to Ruth and me.  (Did you notice the pin?)

And we got lots of good pictures.  Pastor Edward takes another.

This precious time will link on in our hearts and minds for a long time to come.  This is Leonardo and Laura.  They have plans to get engaged soon.  Both love the Lord and are a real testimony of how young people should walk in holiness.  They are fruit that abound to your account.