ABOUT US
We are a healthy Church, fulfilling the Great Commission.
We are followers of Christ, making a difference for the glory of God.
Our History
Our church was founded in the city of Fort Lauderdale in 1972. Our congregation has always been predominantly Hispanic. As the years passed, we found the need to expand our ministry to reach families in our English-speaking community. We are guided by the Holy Spirit, focused on the Word of God, and obeying what Jesus has commanded.
Our Vision
A healthy church fulfilling the Great Commission
OUR MISSION
Be followers of Christ filled with the Holy Spirit, making a difference, for the glory of God.
OUR VALUES
OUR BELIEFS
The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by divinely inspired men and is God's revelation of himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God as its author, its purpose is salvation, and its theme is truth, without any admixture of error. (Romans 15:4; 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
The Churches
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local, autonomous congregation of baptized believers, associated in covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; fulfilling the two ordinances of Christ, governed by his laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges with which they have been invested by his Word, and seeking to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. (Efesios 1:22-23; 2:19-22)
God
There is one God, and only one, living and true. He is an intelligent, spiritual and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver and Governor of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and in all other perfections. The eternal triune God reveals himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, Luke 1:35, Acts 1:8).
The Salvation
Salvation involves the total redemption of man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by his own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. (Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-22)
Man
Man is God's special creation, made in his own image. He created them male and female as the crown of his creation. The gift of gender is therefore part of the goodness of God's creation. (Genesis 1:26-30; 2:5,7,18-22; 3; 9:6)
Stewardship
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; We owe everything we have and are to Him. Christians are spiritually indebted to the whole world, a holy trust in the gospel, and an obligatory stewardship of their possessions. (1 Corinthians 4:1-2)
Family
God has ordained the family as the fundamental institution of human society. It is made up of people related to each other by marriage, blood or adoption. Marriage is the union of a man and a woman in a covenant of commitment for life. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and his church. (Genesis 1:26-28)
Evangelism and Missions
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to strive to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man's spirit by the Holy Spirit of God means the birth of love for others. (Matthew 28:18-20)
Baptism
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience that symbolizes the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and resurrected Savior, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. (Matthew 3:13-17)
Worship
We seek to passionately praise and worship Him, as individuals, families, and the local Church. (John 4:23-24)
Our shepherd
Dr. Frank Moreno, pastor of our church, has an extensive ministry career spanning several decades of experience as a pastor and denominational leader. He was a pastor for over 12 years in Texas. He was also on the staff of the Union Baptist Association of Houston, Texas, where he was the director of ministry with Hispanic churches. Later, he was called to Florida to join the staff of the Florida Baptist Convention, where he ministered for 21 years and became director of the Language Division, made up of all the ethnic churches in the state.
He also served 10 years as president of the Executive Board of the well-known Editorial Mundo Hispano/Casa Bautista de Publicaciones of El Paso, Texas.
His academic preparation is as follows:
B.A. from Mary Hardin Baylor University.
M.A. from Houston University.
M.A.M. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry) from Louisiana Baptist University and Seminary. D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry) from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Both doctorates had different concentrations of studies.
Dr. Moreno has received several recognitions, including the following: In 1990 he was recognized by the Mary Hardin Baylor Alumni Association as the Outstanding Young Alumnus, a recognition given to young professionals who have graduated from said University, and is They consider each year to be one of the most outstanding within their professional field. It was the first time that a Hispanic was honored with that recognition at the university institution.
A Proclamation from Miami-Dade County on December 5, 1999, as “Rev. Frank Moreno Day” for contributing to and benefiting the Miami-Dade County community by improving the quality of life of its citizens.
And the Proclamation of the City of Miami on February 3, 2001, as “Rev. Frank Moreno Day” for his excellent and visionary contribution to improving the lives of the inhabitants of the city of Miami.
He is married to his beautiful wife Magdalena. They have a daughter and a son, and a granddaughter and three grandsons.
His passion is to always be a shepherd who enthusiastically and carefully leads the sheep to delightful pastures, and to fulfill the Great Commission.
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