Families from the La Libertad church that were affected by the storm
It was ten o'clock at night when the desperate screams of a neighbor awoke the Hernández family. They had just enough time to help their children over a wall. Minutes later the swollen river overflowed pulling along with it trees and rocks, destroying their house and all their belongings. They give thanks to God to be alive and not counted among the 130 dead or 14 missing from the storm. The pastor from La Libertad and other brothers from the La Libertad church, will submit requests to the mayor to provide them with a small piece of land so they can construct ...
How the storm affected our church in La Libertad, El Salvador
SITUATION IN LA LIBERTAD In the La Libertad church, Pastor Ivo informed me that at least three families have lost part or all that they have. Surrounding communities suffered landslides and are in need of food, water, and blankets. If you would like to help, please see below. Monday afternoon the Great Commission Church, San Savlador pastors went to La Libertad to evaluate the damage and see how they could help the brothers and sisters from our church in La Libertad. Late in the afternoon, together with the pastor from the La Libertad church, they evaluated some of the needs which were ...
La Zona (The Zone): Youth Ministry has been Launched. Sept-2009.
Our youth ministry: La Zona (The Zone); began with the following vision: "We are youth that love God and are motivated to grow spiritually and reach our friends for Christ. To accomplish this we utilize music, biblical instruction and recreational activities to develop friendships." La Zona meets every Saturday at 4:00 PM in our church offices and since they started their meetings have had an average of 30 youth in attendance. One fact to emphasize is that the ministry's structure is divided into four small groups under the leadership of: Carlos Martinez, Ricardo Vásquez, Daniel Marroquín, and Salvador Galicia. These leaders ...
La Red (The Net): University and Young Adult Ministry
At Iglesia Gran Comisión (IGC), we are aware of the need that young adults and college students have, and as a result of that need, we have developed a new ministry: La Red (The Net). The idea of La Red is to connect students with Jesus, with IGC, and with each other. Our vision is to begin discipleship groups on all major campuses in the San Salvador area. The final goal is to see committed young people serving in our local church. This important work has been delegated to Jorge and Sarah Solórzano by the pastors. As this is a new ...
Results from following-up with new attendees from Jan.-Oct. 2009.
On January 11th, 2009, we began a new follow-up plan: "Conectados" (Connected). This plan includes a series of activities, which we began in an effort to attend to our visitors better. At the end of our Sunday service, we invite them to a ten minute meeting which has three purposes: a) to share the gospel with them, b) to collect their information for future follow-up c) to give them a CD which contains the gospel and a study on eternal security given by the director of GCLA, Nelson Guerra. Using the information that the new attendees provide us we make our ...
Helping those affected by Hurricane Ida in La Libertad.
Iglesia Gran Comisións' group of university students and young adults: La Red (The Net), together with students from La Evangelica, a local university, and Pastors Victor Turcios and Ivo Américo, visited one of the communities affected by Hurricane Ida. After evaluating the needs of the people, we invited them to the church in La Libertad where they would receive food and clothing. The team then continued on to a local school, La Escuela Alianza, located in La Libertad and handed out food and clothing. In both the community and the school the students shared the gospel and there were people ...
Gracia Abundante (Abundant Grace): Social Help Ministry has been Launched. Sept. 2009
Gracia Abundante (Abundant Grace), Iglesia Gran Comisión's social help ministry, was designed to meet two main objectives: 1. Help members of our church who are in need. 2. Help people who live in poor communities. To reach these objectives, members of our church have committed to donating clothes, food, and school supplies in order to give them to those who need it most. It is important to emphasize that in the month of September our church held a medical campaign in El Guayabo, a poor community located on kilometer 26 in the road up the San Salvador Volcano. In this medical campaign ...
Baptisms at our church in August and September 2009
A. On Saturday the 15th of August of this year, 10 members of our church were baptized. The baptisms were held in a pool at La Escuela Cristiana Américana (The Christian American School). About 45 members of the church came to praise God, pray, and witness the baptisms of these new Christ followers. B. The second week in September of this year, members from one of our small groups, Carla, Inri and Alba, were baptized in the Recreation Center located in Telecom on Conchalio beach in La Libertad. It was a time of friendship and prayer. They even had the opportunity ...
