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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 | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's | 2010's
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
- 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
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 worship services on campus
- Planted a second
- Planted a church in
- 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
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 worship service on campus
- Planted three churches in Vietnam
- Launched first off-campus video venue worship service in Livermore
- Converted Livermore video venue to a church plant (Livermore alive)
- Began Filipino worship service on campus
2010’s
- Launched a new church in the tri-city area (
