Los Angeles Church Conducts Preview Service

About 100 people from the community attended worship with a strong mix of African American and Hispanic participants, according to pastor Danny Martinez. Pacific Southwest Conference administrator Walter Contreras was a guest at Sunday's service.

Pastors Danny and Donna Martinez, along with their three children, moved to South Central Los Angeles as part of the call to plant a multi-racial church with an emphasis on compassion and justice. Danny Martinez had recently finished his seminary education at CHET, the Covenant's Hispanic seminary in Bell Gardens, California, and worked as a youth pastor at Bell Gardens Covenant Church since August 2001.

Martinez said the work of people like Richard Parks and Erika Carney Haub has been critical in paving the way for a successful church plant. The Redeemer Community Partnership has already been active in the community and Pasadena Covenant Church has helped financially in partnering with the conference to back the new congregation.

Church of the Redeemer will host its second preview service on Easter Sunday, April 11. The third preview service is scheduled for May 9 and Martinez stated that he expects the church to have its grand opening in the summer.

To learn more about the church and its outreach ministries, call Martinez at 562-881-5772 or email him at danmar32@msn.com.

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