Our History
The following is a chronological list of the major events that have transpired since the church first started back in 1966 with only 21 people.
1960’s
• Began meeting
in 1966 in small groups in homes, then called their 1st pastor
and rented a mortuary on Washington Blvd (current location of
Burger King) for worship
• Incorporated as
a church of 21 members and purchased a house on 1-1/2 acres
on Grimmer Blvd
1970’s
• Purchased 2-1/4
acres on Driscoll Road and built first Worship Center and
classrooms (Building B)
• Added on
the Fireside Room and church offices to the East - all are now children's classrooms
• Purchased 2
adjoining acres in 1974
• Built the present
Worship Center (Building A), added additional downstairs classrooms and
offices in 1979
1980’s
• Planted a
daughter church (Newark Community Church)
• Completed
the unfinished upstairs classrooms from the 1979 building addition
• Began Deaf
Church
• Traded property
with the Seventh Day Adventist Church next door in 1984 to acquire
land behind parking area
• Purchased 3/4
acre easement (under power lines) in 1989 for parking needs
1990’s
• Started
Little Lamb Ministries (day care and preschool) in 1991
• Began Cantonese
Church on campus
• Planted a
second Deaf Church in Bay Area
• Planted a
church in Romania
• Built the present
multipurpose building (Building C) and expanded the parking lot in 1997
(5-1/2 acres total)
• Transformed our
ministries into being cell based in all we do
Installation ceremony of senior pastor Mark Wold in 1991.
Groundbreaking ceremony for Building C (was called the
Cornerstone Building).
2000’s
• Completed
second
floor classrooms and offices in Building C
• Began Iranian
(Farsi speaking) Church on campus
• Planted
two more
Deaf Churches in Bay Area
• Started first
video venue worship services on campus
• Began Mandarin
Church on campus
• Planted
three
churches in Vietnam
• Launched
first off-campus video venue worship service in Livermore