Great news in a time of crisis. The Great Commission Church in Miami will be celebrating the first meetings in the new building Sunday February 22nd. Starting from this date the church will meet in the new location.  The official launching to the public will be March 15th, and the church will be serving and reaching out the neighborhoods in the Doral Area. The new address is 3900 NW 79 Ave, El Doral, FL 33166. Take a virtual visit to our Great Commission church in Miami

Watch the video on this post, click here to see it and read the English translation of the background song! The translation of the song is: Celebrate life, think freely, help people in need, fight and be patience, carry light loads, do not hold onto anything, because in this world nothing lasts forever, look for a star to guide you, don’t hurt anyone, share happiness. Celebrate life, don’t hold anything, share everything, second by second, and every day. If someone hurts you by saying I love you, put more wood on the fire, and start again, don’t let your dreams fall on the floors, the more you love the closer is heaven, shout against hate, against lies, the war is death and peace is life. Celebrate life, don’t hold anything, share everything, second by second, and every day.

Earlier this month, I took a trip to Dallas, Texas, where I met with Milton Pleitez, Marlon Pleitez, and Edgardo Paz.  A few years ago, these men and their families moved from Honduras to this US city. Since they got there, they have been meeting together in their homes and reaching out to others with the Gospel.  Oscar Gutierrez and Sergio Handal, GCLA pastors from Monterrey, have been instrumental in exhorting them to organize. These brothers are excited and hopeful when they consider all that God is doing and will continue to do through them. Their plan is to start three weekly home groups in different parts of the city, with the hope of building up committed disciples from among them. There will be a monthly general meeting of all three groups in a general location. We want to support them by having, if possible, a rotation of pastors from other GCLA churches come to Dallas to preach at the general meeting. Fidel Guerrero, pastor of our GCLA church in Atlanta will be the “coach” of the church in Dallas.  I also will assist him in this process.  The pastors from the Monterrey, MX church will continue to offer their friendship and ...

We call our disciplehsip process the Spiral or Spiritual Formation. The entire process has different resources that help the new believer as well as the person providing the discipleship, an easy, structured, and yet flexible program to follow. It is divided in 4 phases: Enlist - from New Believer to Connected Establish - from Connected to Committed Equip - from Committed to Trained Send - from Trained to Catalizer Every church in our movement is enrolled into this process, and we use it with the youth, with the women, men, elderly, with our groups, with outreach, with social and compassion programs, with College students as well as rural peasants. God has blessed us with a process of our own, a process that reflects the path the Lord has brought us in the last three decades

GCLA offers different conferences which target different groups within our churches. There are conferences for women, youth, men, leaders, families, and for the entire movement of churches. Our rececent Easter 2008 Conference attracted more than 3,500 people from the different churches spread all over Latin America, the name of the conferece was "Change your World"; Also in October, GCLA organized the Pastors and Leaders Conference where more than 350 men attended, the name of the conference was "Mission Possible"

Our churches are lead by pastors whom are men reached, growned, trained, tested, and the appointed within the church leaders. Every October GCLA organizes a Pastors and Leaders Conference where more than 350 men are trained on different topics. Each pastor is responsible for providing discipleship and training to other men. That way we will have leaders ready to organize new Home Groups, or lead different ministries within the walls of the church or outside, also men ready to go when called and appointed to plant a church within their country or within the Latin American region

Our churches have a young flavor, and that attracts youth. Every church has different groups that target youth, college students, young adults, young professionals, and other activities such as sports, retreats, camps, to fill the needs of today youth. In those groups, they are able to express their minds, their likes, hobbies, sports and arts.

Baptisms What would it be of a great commission church without baptisms? As part of the Spiritual Formation program baptisms have increased in the last year. More than 250 people have been baptized in our churches. We plant and water, but God gives the growth.

GCLA offers a platform of services for churches in the United States to send small Short Term Mission Teams to partner with the local churches in the ongoing projects they are developing. A team can be of 10-15 members, and they can go to a GCLA church to serve for 6-10 days. GCLA offers the online resources to register, download materials, we provide a calendar, and also provide all the logistics, planning and executing of the project. Team members need to pray, be trained, and raise the funds necessary for the trip. The local church will make all arrangements for meals, transportation, water, housing accommodations, and making sure that the materials, contacts, appointments are made ahead of time to have a succesful mission experience.

Need - Jesus said the poor you will always have, and that is so much true, it has been a reality for many since the day He said it. It was him also who said, whatever you do unto one of these little ones, you have done unto me. With that in mind, we go out and share the Gospel, not as an empty message, but a message of true love. And what better way than doing it with sacrifice, as a core value of our lives. GCLA wants to impact the world, we need of your help. Will you help us help them? Honduras Interview - Final from cedarcreek church on Vimeo.