Our mission

THE DIFFERENCE WE WANT TO MAKE

We are passionate about serving our community and demonstrating God's love to others. Whether in person or online, individually or in groups, within our church or around the world, we are focused on our mission. Our mission is to introduce people into the community of Jesus and to develop passionate disciples. 

This means whether you don't think you have any faith, or you've walked with Jesus all your life, we want to help you trust your life to God in more practical and effective ways. We think this happens four different ways:

  • Follow

    We grow our faith by following Jesus in baptism and spiritual disciplines such as prayer and study.

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  • Grow

    We grow our faith by growing together, learning to be the body of Christ with one another.

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  • Serve

    We grow our faith by serving others in our church and in our surrounding community.


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  • Share

    We grow our faith by sharing the story of God's work in our lives and God's work throughout history.


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Our Values

How we go about our mission

Faith should be simple, even when living it out might not always be that way. So we protect our mission by operating under these key values that keep us together and focused on Jesus, even when life gets complicated.

  • We strive for clarity because God's grace for us is clear and our ministry with one another is more effective when we are clear.
  • We strive for authenticity because we are all sinners in need of God's grace, and pretending to be something we are not prevents God from doing the work in us that He has planned to do.
  • We strive for meaningful interactions because whether we are in the middle of a deep conversation, crying with one another over loss, or simply having fun, God can use any moment to grow our faith.


Our History


On March 14, 1972 a handful of members from the Pomona Adventist Church looked around their community and realized that it was growing faster than they could serve. At the time the community population was around 167k people, and as a group they decided “It is impossible for one church to maintain any dynamic influence over such a geographic area, and population.” 


They had a passion for Christ-like influence that would help foster changed lives in their community, and so in 1973 they brought in their first Pastor, Terry Cassingham, and began to make plans. By 1975, they became an official Adventist church, and a year later they purchased the property we currently occupy. They built 8 homes with the help of Earl King, a member and contractor, and then sold those homes, using the profit to build our current campus. Their motto during these years was, "Everyone is to receive a blessing from everyone doing their part."


Construction began in 1978 with pastor Jim Walters leading, and the building was opened and dedicated in August of 1980. Today, nearly a half-century later, we continue this overall mission. 


We still strive to influence our community toward Jesus and to encourage everyone to receive the blessing that comes when we all find a way to contribute.