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"And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. " (Ephesians 4:11-16, ESV)

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What We Do When We Gather


  • We humbly gather together in unity to do the things our Savior and Friend taught us to do through His Word and through His original disciples two thousand years ago.(John 17:20,21)

  • We love each other through actions of caring and providing for one another and we love God through the act of obeying His commandments. (1 John 5:1-5)

  • We pray together for each other as each person shares his or her needs or the needs of others.(James 5:16)

  • We take communion every week so that we can continue to announce our Savior's death until He comes again.(1 Corinthians 11:26)

  • We encourage each other to spread the Good News our Saviour brought us. We have been set free and wish to tell others how Christ can set them free as well and how to they too can be His disciple.(Matthew 28:18-20)

  • We share songs that we have written or been blessed by with each other. (Ephesians 5:19)

  • We use the Spiritual gifts God has given us to bless each other. This includes teaching God's Word. (1 Corinthians 12:7)

  • We have a fellowship meal as part of our gathering where everyone brings food so we can continue to spend time together encouraging and supporting each other.

We do these things when we gather because we see Christ's disciples doing it universally through the New Testament. While only one verse was used to support each act, many more could have been used. Throughout the New Testament these are clearly the things that the Church was doing. We don't think these were the only things they were doing but we see it as the basics.

Planted in December 2008 in San Juan Capistrano, as called by Christian Leaders Institute, we are now located in Valley Center, CA focused on training people how to be disciples of Christ.  We take to heart Paul's message that we should take care of each other and look out for one another as a brother would his sister.

We encourage you to bring something to the table of the Church, Christ's Body. We are not interested in entertaining you but are very interested in encouraging and equipping you to be a powerful instrument for God's Kingdom. We are asking God to form a community that tirelessly pursues the well being of others. (Hebrews 10:23-25).

It is in this community of support that we become sensitive to each other , not consumed with our own lives, but focused on the needs of our brothers and sisters.  It is through focus on our brothers and sisters that we all can help each other become stronger in our faith, by the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 1:14).