Cailfornia's High Desert now includes Philippines
First Filipino Baptist Church in Lancaster starts new congregation in Philippines
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Bay Area has big need for new churches
Only 7 percent of metro San Francisco residents affiliate with an evangelical church — one of the lowest percentages of all of North America’s large cities. The region has only one Southern Baptist church for every 17,139 people.
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From backslidden to Christ-driven, Sanchez plants Catalyst Church
With his wife, Jennifer, their four children and a core group from Shadow Mountain, Manny Sanchez turned his attention to planting Catalyst Church in downtown San Diego — a place that has seen some 10 church plants start and fail in the last five years.
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Californians asked to "Boldly Go" in 2016
The Church Planting Enterprise launches this year. It will involve forging alliances ... reaching the final frontier ... transforming ... and exploring new worlds.
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To many immigrants, California is a land of promise
Last in a series on immigration and how California Southern Baptists are ministering among the many people groups in the nation’s most populous state.
Category: California NewsRead moreImmigration a "missionary opportunity" in California
Third in a series on immigration and how California Southern Baptists are ministering among the many people groups in the nation’s most populous state.
Category: California NewsRead moreVariety of challenges face ethnic work
Second in a series on immigration and how California Southern Baptists are ministering among the many people groups in the nation’s most populous state.
Category: California NewsRead moreImmigrant population provides big opportunities for ministry
First in a series on immigration and how California Southern Baptists are ministering among the many people groups in the nation’s most populous state.
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California leads SBC in church starting efforts in 2014
California Southern Baptist Convention accounted for more than 10 percent of Southern Baptists’ new church starts and affiliates in 2014, according to a report from the North American Mission Board. In mid-March, NAMB reported 1,193 new congregations were added to the Southern Baptist Convention in 2014. During that same time CSBC reported 122 new starts and affiliated congregations, for 10.2 percent of the NAMB total.
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Los Angeles is focus of church starting strategy
By nearly every demographic metric imaginable, metro L.A. is a behemoth - large, diverse and nearly overwhelming as a church planting destination. Only 8.3 percent of the population claims affiliation with an evangelical church with only one Southern Baptist church for every 18,794 people.
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