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The Real Story About The Border Crisis and What You Can Do

It is true that the closer you get to something, the more complicated it becomes. Alex Rivero, EFCA West's Director of All People Ministries, and Tim Jacobs discuss what they learned during a recent trip to the border along with ten other EFCA pastors and leaders.

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Bay Area Regional Catalyst

Pastor Ron King will be serving as EFCA West first Regional Catalyst. Deploying regional catalyst across our district is the next phase of EFCA West strategy to connect our pastors and leaders together so that no one is left alone.

Pastor Ron has been married to Sue for 32 years and they have two grown sons. Him as his wife served in youth ministry for 20 years and has served 20+ years as senior pastor. He is currently the Senior Pastor at Bridges Community Church in Fremont, CA. He loves sports and enjoys running (30-50 miles per week!). He looks forward to connecting with churches on the northern edge of our district in California. Reach out to him at ron.king@efca.org.

Church Plant Launch September 19, 10am

Come and join the launch of Gospel City Church in Long Beach, CA. Nick Ranieri is the lead pastor and planter. Their vision was born out of a passion to see more followers of Jesus in the city of Long Beach. Gospel City Church strives to be a community of Christians that pursues the unchurched and invites them to experience the gospel message of Jesus. They are meeting at Burbank Elementary School in Long Beach, CA.

ReachGlobal Crisis Response calls for financial generosity to support the response to the recent earthquake in Haiti. Give to the response.

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As Afghan refugees flee their country, ReachGlobal Crisis Response needs your help to offer tangible resources and cross-cultural disciplemaking for refugees.

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Hurricane Ida made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana with 145 mph destructive winds. ReachGlobal Crisis Response is on the ground and needs your help.

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"Domestic Abuse - When It Arrives, Don't Mess Things Up!"

by Bob Osborne

Dealing with a domestic abuse event involving church members is a high-risk, low frequency event - the stakes are high, we don't want to make things worse, and we seldom have actual experience dealing with these situations. This is Something to Talk About.

September 25, 2021

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and, though we may wish it were not true, domestic violence occurs in our churches. Domestic Kindness is a growing organization that has grown out of the Evangelical Free Church of Diamond Bar that seeks to enhance awareness of domestic abuse, provide resources for addressing domestic abuse, and provide training and education to prevent domestic abuse in churches.

You are invited to attend their third annual workshop on Saturday, September 25, 2021, from 9 am to noon either virtually via Zoom or in-person at the EFC of Diamond Bar.

You can find more information about this organization, its services and this workshop, as well as registration information by following the link below.

Domestic Kindness

EFCA Statement of Faith Article Seven: The Church

By Tim Jacobs

“The Mission Demands All Hands-on Deck!”

Every minute we spend criticizing another legitimate church is another minute our ships are taking on water and more of our neighbors are going to Hell. Every hour spent on a pithy blog post that that takes aim at a brother or sister shows we are asleep at the helm while the enemy closes in. Have you been justified by faith alone in Christ alone? Good. You’re on our team. Now grab a weapon and let’s go.

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October 18-20

Sticky Teams has a new name—North Coast Leadership Conference. It is a new name, with the same great content for pastors and church leaders. With keynotes and breakout sessions, your team will gain inspiration and practical tools to help take your ministry to the next level. Bring your entire team to North Coast Church, located in the greater San Diego area, for foundational leadership content and essential team building opportunities.

October 18-20

The EFCA Worship Leader Gathering is a time for worship leaders to encourage each other, learn together, and be equipped to lead their congregations in vibrant, heartfelt, biblically-grounded worship for years to come. This gathering is open to full-time, part-time, and volunteer worship pastors, directors and leaders in EFCA churches. Creative, programming and production team members are also welcome to attend. Registration is open through Friday, October 1.

September 29-October 31

Are you serving immigrants and refugees in your ministry? English teaching is a strategic way meet a felt need and open doors for the gospel. EFCA ReachGlobal offer a free, professionally facilitated, 4-week online course, Building Bridges with English, that will equip you with skills and resources to reach out to immigrants, refugees who desire to learn the language. The course is without cost for attendees of EFCA churches.

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Visit the EFCA Events page to learn about upcoming National and District events. You'll find events for youth workers, executive pastors, missionaries and much more. Learn more by following the link below.

EFCA EVENTS

EFCA HELPS

Did you know that the EFCA has a page full of FREE resources for pastors and church leaders? You can find Student & Children Ministries lessons, sermon graphic bundles, resources that address racism, and much more. Check it out!

EFCA HELPS

SERVICES

Financial Services

Through investments, loans, and capital campaigns, and as a Christian investment company, CIF helps churches--and individuals--grow so they can serve others.

FCMM is the church benefits provider of the EFCA. They offer Retirement Plans (403B), Benefit Plans, Payroll Service, Group and Long Term Care Insurance.

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