“The Immigrant Church Project:” A Refuge of Hope and Worship in Los Angeles
The demographic reality of California—especially Los Angeles, where most Spanish-speaking churches receive many immigrants—inspired Pastor Francisco Zamora of Modus Church and his leaders, Eunice Soriano and Barnett Quiñones, to launch the "Immigrant Church Project.”
December 12, 2024
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5 min read
“La iglesia inmigrante:” Un refugio de esperanza y adoración en Los Ángeles
La realidad que se vive en California, especialmente en Los Ángeles, donde la gran mayoría de iglesias reciben inmigrantes constantemente, es lo que inspira al pastor de Modus Church, Francisco Zamora y a sus líderes Eunice Soriano y Barnett Quiñones, a poner en marcha el proyecto “La Iglesia inmigrante.”
December 12, 2024
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6 min read
Adviento: tiempo de esperanza de un mundo mejor
Adviento es un tiempo de esperanza que anticipa la llegada del reino de paz-shalom, que trae alegría a la humanidad, pues manifiesta el amor inconmensurable y gratuito de Dios por todas las personas sin distinción alguna.
November 27, 2024
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19 min read
Nuestra misión cristiana hoy: Relaciones cotidianas con la familia, el Estado y la creación
El segundo tiempo ordinario del Año Cristiano y el Calendario litúrgico (noviembre). La manera en que vivimos nuestras relaciones de cada día en la familia y con las instancias de poder, como el Estado, son otras formas de cumplir nuestra tarea misionera, de ser luz del mundo y sal de la tierra. No menos importante y sin duda más urgentes nuestra responsabilidad hacia la creación: la tarea ecológica.
November 26, 2024
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47 min read
Advent and Christmas Resource Guide
This is a guide to Advent and Christmas worship planning resources from our website and our ministry partners' websites.
November 13, 2024
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2 min read
Helen Rhee on Early Christianity’s Views on Wealth and Poverty
Many Christians think that how they acquire and use money is peripheral to the gospel. Relatively few preachers address wealth and poverty in their sermons. Yet early Christianity proclaimed and practiced the countercultural value of caring for the poor. Their worship services reflected this value.
November 7, 2024
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7 min read
Leopoldo Sánchez on Preaching the Holy Spirit at Advent and Christmas
Many Christians understand the liturgical calendar as a way to follow the birth, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Pentecost season reminds us of the Holy Spirit’s work. But Leopoldo Sánchez suggests a theological twist for Advent and Christmas to remind us of the Holy Spirit’s role in the life of Jesus—and in our own lives.
November 7, 2024
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7 min read
Welcome All Wonders: A Service of Lessons and Carols
Advent is a season inspired and guided by the Bible’s many apocalyptic texts—texts that candidly describe tribulation and gloom, prophesy stunning reversals and vindication, and evoke unsentimental hope and sturdy joy. These texts tell of stars beginning to fall, plead for the heavens to open, and portray choirs of angel armies singing.
November 4, 2024
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8 min read
La Reforma Protestante: memoria y apropiación
El segundo tiempo ordinario del año cristiano y el calendario litúrgico (octubre)
October 31, 2024
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11 min read
The Parables of Luke
In Luke’s gospel we find several of Jesus’ best-known parables—stories that despite their renown are found nowhere else in scripture.
October 28, 2024
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1 min read
After
Have you thought about what you are going to say to your congregation the day after? The Sunday after?
October 28, 2024
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9 min read
Helen Rhee on Illness, Pain, and Health Care in Early Christianity
Accounts from ancient historians and early church fathers show that caring for and visiting the sick was an essential marker of what it means to be a Christian. Their example of addressing illness, pain, and health care for everyone, not just Christians, holds lessons for today’s worship planners.
October 25, 2024
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8 min read
