Hi! I’m Angelica and thank you for joining us.
Let’s connect you to events and stories of faith
within the Church Of Christ in your community and around the world.
Welcome to Iglesia De Cristo Mundo.
With nearly 7000 local congregations all over the world,
chances are you will find a local congregation
or group worship service in your community.
How does where you are affect who you are?
How does it inspire you? Does it influence you in a positive way?
Sometimes a change in scenery is all you need.
After completing a huge renovation project,
the local congregation of Antioch, California re-dedicated its house of worship
on December 14, 2018.
We met with Brother David Corona
to get his perspective of the process of renovating the house of worship,
its completion and what it means to him
and the brethren in Antioch.
This is the renovation.
It’s the beginning.
The city of Antioch is a small city,
with approximately 100,000 residents…
…It’s a small town,
so that at night, one can appreciate the stars.
The building at 510 Texas St. is home to the Iglesia Ni Cristo
here in Antioch, California,
one of 40 congregations in the Northern California region.
Dedicated in 2000,
its red brick facade
has greeted the community for many years.
Among them is Brother David,
a civil engineer working in the city.
My work brought me here to Antioch
The office was here already
and here I was able to buy a house near the chapel.
For the last 10 years,
I’ve been working in an extension
of the rail section
of public transportation here in the city of Antioch.
David is also one of the Head Deacons in Antioch,
helping take care of the brethren in the area.
The duty and responsibilities that one has as a head deacon,
is to assist the minister in worship services,
but also to be aware of the well-being of the congregation.
In 2017, the local of Antioch launched a project that would change everything.
A total renovation of the building, inside and out.
I had the opportunity to be the engineer of this renovation,
but besides that,
I was the garbage man.
In the matter of work, it is very similar.
The big difference is that in my daily work,
one has clients.
In this case, the client was God.
It was He who asked us for this work,
so it was a much more important responsibility.
The renovation of the house of worship in Antioch
was a massive effort that took nearly a year and a half.
All kinds of brethren, young and old, did what they could to help.
A lot of unity, a lot of responsibility from each one
and that is what you see throughout the whole Church.
and that is what you see here in Antioch.
On December 14, 2018,
the newly renovated house of worship in Antioch
was dedicated to God.
Today is important because
God has given us this opportunity
to dedicate this house of worship to Him.
As beautiful as the chapel is on the outside,
its heart is built up by the love of the brethren that fill it.
As the minister told us,
“This is a grand house of worship”
but he also said that the members have to have a faith equally great,
equally beautiful and that’s what we are going to take.
It’s true what God says:
we must sacrifice to reach glory
and if it was eighteen months, a year and a half,
we sacrificed to be in this great place
There is no comparison,
only joy and happiness,
and we know God gave us this gift of being here
United and with God
we will move forward
and the impossible is going to be possible
because we won’t do it for ourselves, but for God.
Congratulations once again to the brethren
in the local congregation of Antioch.
The house of worship looks amazing!
If you’d like to visit the Church Of Christ in Antioch,
or find out times and places of our worship services in your community,
please go to INCMEDIA.ORG.
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Members of the Church Of Christ from different parts of Spain
including the capital city of Madrid,
unite with brethren in Cádiz, Spain for an inaugural service.
In Henderson, Nevada,
focus was on faith,
family and the importance of marriage:
A happy 56th anniversary to the “Buklod”
or married couples organization of the Church Of Christ
and our warmest greetings to you all in Spain.
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and even our content online.
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We’ve come to the end of another episode of Iglesia De Cristo Mundo.
Thank you Brother David and all the brethren in Antioch for sharing your story.
I’m Angelica Fisher and from all of us here
thank you for joining us and see you next time!