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REPORT INDEXPRESIDENTBISHOP JOHN FORTINO
VICE PRESIDENTBISHOP ISMAEL MARTÍN DEL CAMPO
GENERAL SECRETARYBISHOP FELIPE A. SALAZAR
GENERAL TREASURERBISHOP FELIPE LUGO
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONSBISHOP ANDY PROVENCIO
NATIONAL MISSIONSBISHOP JOE A. AGUILAR
CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONBISHOP JOSÉ G. ZÚÑIGA
SOCIAL ASSISTANCEBISHOP JOSEPH V. RODRÍGUEZ
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PRESIDENT’S REPORTBISHOP J. FORTINO“VICTORY COMES FROM THE LORD”
Dear Bishops, Elders, Pastors, Missionaries, Evangelists, Delegations of Sister Churches, Special Guests, Ministers, and People of the Lord,
Praise the Lord.
I. INTRODUCTION I’d like to welcome everyone to our 2018 General Electoral Convention. It seems like just yesterday that I wrote these same words in November 2014. It is both a pleasure and an honor to deliver this Presidential Report. We do it with much gratitude to God … “who has given us victory”.
• Proverbs 21:31 says, A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from the Lord.
It is impossible to summarize in a sentence what has happened during our administration, however in my opinion, this biblical statement is the one that comes closest to my reality and the one that best explains my experiences.
In this passage, we observe how the sacred writer inserts two very important elements for success in what we do as leaders. On the one hand, he tells us about the “rider - warrior”, who prepares the horse for the day of the battle; and on the other hand, he tells us about the “power of God” that helps that soldier and gives him victory in battle.
Sothesoldier(whopreparesthehorse)istheonewhoprepareshimtogotothefieldtofight.Then with faith goes to the battle, trusting that his God will be with him, and will give him the victory.
The sacred writer emphasizes these two essential aspects to succeed in spiritual warfare: The human aspect and the divine aspect, that is, what man does and what God does. Each one has a leading role.
Inotherwords,personalwork,spiritualeffort,faithandsacrificeareindispensableintheleaderwhowantstobevictoriousinbattle.Allofthisrepresentsthefirstpartoftheverse,preparethehorseforthebattlefield.Andthen,God,whoistheonewhowantshisChurchtotriumph,willjudgeouraction,and will bring the reward, giving us the victory.
For the glory of God, if we have come this far it is because God has given us the victory. We did what He asked us to do, we were obedient to His voice, we let ourselves be guided by it, and as a sample of HIS power, we have reached this point with victory, and although we have faced many battles, God helped us. Now we have to continue climbing, knowing that there is a bright future for the Church.
I feel very happy and satisfiedwith all the achievementswehave achieved. I ammore thanconvinced that this is so because we have found grace before His eyes, and God blessed us by giving us the victory.
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I have always believed that personal effort, accompanied with a clear vision, coupled with con-stant dedication and hard work; they open the way for the hand of God to intervene in our tasks.God gives us the privilege of serving Him in this capacity and we must do it with all our strength, and withallourheart,notsparinganyeffortsorsacrifices.Atthislevelmanythingsaresacrificed.Ifoneis not willing to do this than the road way will be a continuous uphill climb. You also need a family willingtosupportyouineverythingandalsowillingtosacrificethemselves.Butthisisonlyonepart,our part. This is what the writer says: You are the one who readies the horse for battle. You are the one whopreparesit,takescareofitanddressesitforthatday.Youaretheonewhodecidestogofightandnot stay home. If you do it with faith, recognizing who you are and who He is then the Lord … comes and will give you the victory.
In each of my battles, I have seen the hand of God in action; especially in the battles where I couldnotfindthewayout.ThatisthereasonwhyIcannotboastnorsaythatitwasmyintelligenceorability that helped us to move forward, no ..., may God free me from such a statement! The only thing we did was to go to battle with faith, not run away from it, trust in Him and wait. If you see me here beforeyouwithphysicalandmentalhealth,itisbecausedefinitelyGod gave us the victory!
InthebattlesofmylifeIhavefeltGodsoclosetomethat,literally,IhavefeltthatHefightsnextto me, that He is there next to me. That’s why all the credit for the battles won are His, the glory is His, and all the applause are His. I only consider myself a soldier who enlisted the horse for battle, the victory was given by the Lord.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT In compliance with the provisions of our Constitution1 , I present the report of our administration covering the period from November 2016 to November 2018, leaving the details of the statistical data to the Secretary General at the time of presentation.
A. PARTICIPATIONS, WORK AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 1. I have participated in and led all meetings of the International Board of Directors. 2. I have attended and led all the Joint Bishops Meetings.
3. I have participated in and advised in the School of Bishops Nationally and Internationally.
4. I have participated in and advised the 2016 General Convention.
5. I have participated in and advised the Youth Convention of 2017.
6. I was invited to and attended the General Convention of the Apostolic Church of Mexico in November 2016 after 20 years since the last time that the Apostolic Assembly had participated in a Convention with our sister Church. I have also delegated the subsequent visits to General Conventions to different Bishops to represent us. In like manner, we have invited the Apostolic Church of Mexico to also attend ourGeneral Conventions.Thus, filing down the asperities of the past and promoting friendship and mutual respect. We must maintain relationships of respect and fellowship with all our sister Churches.
1. Constitution of the Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus, Revision 2017 - Chapter VII, Section X.
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7.Ihavevisitedthefollowingmissionfields:Argentina,Bolivia,Canada,Colombia,CostaRica,Chile, Spain, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, England, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, and Uruguay.
8. I have participated in and advised the School of Pastors of 2017.
9. I have attended and participated in the Pastors’ Kids camps. It is a blessing to see these young people dedicated to the service of God and willing to help their parents in their Churches. I would like to thank my daughter, Veronica, for the excellent work she has done in the direction of these camps. As well as Bishop Joe Rodríguez and his entire team.
10. I have visited all the districts of the Apostolic Assembly via Conventions, the Strategy of Jesus, G.R.O.W.T.H. Seminars and pressing needs.
11. I have attended to every emergency presented in the districts in a constant manner by means of visits, physical meetings, telephone calls, emails, GoToMeetings, etc. and in the same way, I have attended the needs of each Bishop.
12. We have taken the pulse of our Districts thanks to the Episcopal Reports that we receive every 2 months.
13.IhaveattendedinthePresidentialOfficeandotherplacesallthecasesthatrequiredurgentattention from the President (more than 90 meetings).
14. I have maintained a courteous communication with different leaders of apostolic groups with the purpose of maintaining open and fraternal relations for possible global evangelization with the mes-sage of the name.
15. I participated in the First National Apostolic Prayer Congress in Washington DC.
16. I have ensured that the agreements and budgets of each secretariat and of the Apostolic As-sembly in general are within the framework of what has been established and agreed upon.
17. We are constantly advising on the growth and supervision of the National and International Mission Fields.
18. With the help of God and my family, I continue to pastor the Fountain of Life Apostolic Church in Miami, Florida, which God has granted us the privilege of founding in April of 1987.
B. PROJECTS AND GENERAL ACHIEVEMENTS
In this section, I will report on the projects and achievements that have crystallized during this administration. They did not necessarily begin with this administration, but have been accomplished during it. Although they are mentioned in my report, I want to clarify that these achievements were the product of the united effort of an army of men and women who work in commissions and share our burden; without them, and their brilliant contributions and ideas, these achievements would never have crystallized.
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1.ThankGod,wehavefinallymanagedtoobtaintheCertifiedAuditoftheApostolicAssembly.This is a historic achievement. This will assist for the banks to see our economic strength and receive better interests in mortgage loans.
2.WearealreadyworkingonthelastdetailsofApostolicMutual.Thisfinancialplan,withthehelpofexpertsinthefield,willgiveusindependencefromthebanksandhelpusbringtheeconomyofthe Apostolic Assembly to a level never seen before.
3. We have seen a substantial increase in the tithes of tithes of the churches, this year we will attain another historical income record.
4. We have achieved the dream of owning the life insurance policy. This is why we have managed to maintain the price of pastoral credentials for 2 consecutive years, and help immediately in cases of death. When we depended on other agencies they increased us between 30 and 40 thousand dollars each year. Therefore, we had to increase the cost of pastoral credentials. Now, we do not need to increase the cost of the credential and as this reserve fund grows, the opportunities to better help brothers will grow.
5. We have helped churches and families who suffered natural disasters. The “Open Hand Relief International” Ministry is already in operation and working, so that our affected brothers can receive helpwithinthefirst24hours.
6. We have formed the C.A.I.M. (Commission for Aspirants to Initiation to the Ministry) who will be analyzing the cases of candidates for initiation who do not qualify or who need a more thorough review. This Commission will study each case separately. We are already working on the guidelines so that this Commission can function in the next administration.
7. We have formed the Commission C.A.S.D. (Commission to Address Situations of Divorce). Like the CAIM, this Commission will be analyzing each case of divorce (in the ministry) separately and will give its recommendations to the Episcopal Body in the Joint Meetings. We are already working on the guidelines so that this Commission can function in the next administration.
8. We have formed the Implementation Commission of the Pastoral Transition Manual. This Commission arises from the need to have practical and conclusive guides that help us in Pastoral changes and for when pastors retire from their pastorates. We cannot allow a pastoral change to become a division. We are already working for this Manual to take effect in the next administration.
9. We have formed the Commission of the Congregation Acceptance Manual. Seeing the prog-ress and structure of the Apostolic Assembly, many independent (Jesus name) congregations wish to join the Apostolic Assembly and we believe that more will continue to do so. This is why we need the guidelines to be done in an honorable but constitutional way in all parts of the country and abroad.
10. We have formed the Episcopal Manual Commission. In this Manual, we desire to incorpo-rate all the theses formulated by the Commissions (approved by the pastoral body), Annex Documents, and those that are written in the future, so that our Bishops are ready to face the challenges that await us in the years to come.
11. The Real Estate Manual. This Manual is already in operation. Currently, it is the manual that helpsusstayfocusedonbuyingdecisions-propertysales,refinancing,andbuildingrents.ThisManualwillbeintimatelylinkedtothedevelopmentofthefinancialplanoftheApostolicMutual.
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12.WehaveformedthePastoralRetirementCommission.Weareworking tofindapracticalsolution to the problem that 40% of our pastors do not have their retirement up-to-date, or have never received it. It is sad to see pastors who have given their lives to the Church, who cannot retire from their labor,becausetheyneverreceived3,5or7%.Manyofthemhavesacrificedtheirretirement,becausetheir priority was the needs of the Church. We are already working on the guidelines so that this Com-mission can function in the next administration.
13.ThesaleoftheGeneralOffices.Afterreceiving,withgreatsadness, thenewsthatBishopSamuel Valverde would leave the Apostolic Assembly, and with him close to 80% of the brothers of thecongregation,wehad tomakeverydifficultdecisions.Thedebtof thatmortgagewas8.9M,andthemonthlypaymentsoftheloan,plusotherfinancialobligationsamountedtomorethan$59,000.00.In the Episcopal Meeting (April 24-25, 2018) by unanimous vote we decided to sell the building where theGeneralOffices are located andmove to the Fontana building to face thesemonthly payments.Also in that same Episcopal Meeting, the bishops committed to help the general fund with the amount of$23,000.00permonthuntilMay2019.But thanks todivine intervention, thisassistance from thedistricts was only until the month of November of this year. Meanwhile, the brothers who stayed with the Apostolic Assembly, under the pastorate of Bishop Joe Rodriguez, continue to have services in the Sanctuary, until it is necessary and new agreements are made. The experts in Real Estate calculated thatthesaleoftheGeneralOfficeswouldtakemorethan18monthsaccordingtothestatisticsofthearea, but thank God, it was possible to sell in a month and in cash! We also negotiated with the buyer to continue in the current building 6 months for free (after closing). As soon as we have more information about it, we will send it to all the Pastors.
14. We have attended and participated in the School of Pastors. The School of Pastors continues to prepare future pastors who will plant new works throughout the Country and the Missionary Field.
15. We have commissioned Committees of the Strategy of Jesus 2.0 and G.R.O.W.T.H., to share thevisioninalltheDistricts,Regions,andintheMissionaryfield.Theyhavedoneitandarecausingavery big impact, awakening the interest of numerical growth in all our Churches. In the reports of both committees, we will be seeing the results of these seminars.
16.Slowly,butfirmly,wearechangingtheparadigmofsilenceforonethatpresentsapositionof more openness to dialogue, where all leaders can express their opinions and present their points of view in a respectful way, and without reprisals.
17.Wehavecontinuedthespiritualpracticeof3fastsof7dayseach,intheyear.Thefirstisgeneral for the whole Church, and we do it in January. The second is in the month of July and it is for the entire International Board of Directors and the National and International Episcopal Body. The third, which is in the month of October, is for the entire Pastorate.
18. Lastly, after much work by the General Secretary, I report that as of December 31, 2017, the Apostolic Assembly has 89,104 members in our Districts and National Missions Field and 60,053 mem-bers in the International Missions Field. This brings us to a total membership of 149,157. The General Secretary, Bishop Felipe Salazar will give the details of this information in his Convention report.
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C. PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
With great satisfaction, I am pleased to inform you that the members of the International Board of Directorshavemuchtoreport.Thisadministrationhasgonethroughverydifficulttimes,whichcauseda loss of many leaders and brethren of various congregations. In spite of this, each Board Member workedhardandcarriedhisworkwithgreatsacrificeandGodgavethemthevictory.Onthisoccasion,I only mention this to be part of my report; but to avoid repetitions, and perhaps omissions of some of those reports, I preferred not to delve into them as each of the 7 members of the International Board of Directors will present their Convention Report.
D. PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CONFEDERATIONS
The Confederations of Dorcas, Men and Youth have done an excellent job. Through their respec-tive conferences, retreats, camps, missionary trips, etc., they have reached the whole brotherhood of the Church.
1. We have noticed that the disposition of the brethren in general, and of the leaders of societies has been very participative, and was observed in the assistance and support to the activities. The Flor Azul, Precious Seed and Reaching America projects were carried out in each district and I thank each district for their contributionand support.Thefinancial reportof eachof theConfederationswillbeincluded in the Convention Report of the General Treasurer, Bishop Felipe Lugo.
2. We have supported each confederation by attending its activities when possible, and when not, their respective Advisors, Bishops Felipe Salazar, Felipe Lugo, and Joe Rodríguez were with them supporting them.
3. In this 2018 Convention, there will be elections for the leaders of the confederations, and although all of them can be reelected, I would like to take the opportunity to thank Pastors Jacob Rodriguez and Jimmy Morales, and Sister Rita Cedillo, respective presidents of the Confederation. Messengers of Peace, Apostolic Men and Dorcas, for all their support and respect during this administration. Please extend this gratitude to your families and to each member of your Board of Direc-tors and their families.
III. PENDING BUSINESS AND PROJECTS In this section, I want to highlight the importance of these projects, which, in my opinion, are very important and should not be forgotten or disappear. The points that we present below should be considered for the good of the whole Church. Unfortunately, during these years, situations arose that required our im-mediateattention,anddidnotgiveusthetimetofinishthem.Evenso,almostallarealreadyunderwayorinCommissions and soon we will be seeing the fruit of these works. 1. The presentation and concretization of the “Apostolic Mutual” Plan (Apostolic Mutual). This is a plan that arose from the idea of becoming our own bank to obtain mortgage loans with a better inter-est. We need to depend less on the banks that give us loans with high rates and depend more (if we work together)ontheeconomicstrengthwehavein themajority.The“TrustFund”(Trust)hasrefinancedloans at 4.5% interest, to churches that had up to 13% interest making their payments more accessible and lightening the burden that our brothers had. The Apostolic Mutual, will take the Trust Fund to an-
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other level, since it will be structured to receive investments. Money that our churches and the people ingeneralalreadyhaveinbanksreceivinganinsignificantannualinterest.TheApostolicMutualwillbe structured so that investors receive up to 2% interest on their deposits, and then the Apostolic Mutual willoffermortgageloansat4.5%,obtaininga2.5%interest.Profit,whichwillbeusedtoeconomicallybless the National and International Mission Field.
2.ThefinalizationoftheManualofSystematicTheology.Itisalreadyindevelopmentand50%finished.Alltheauthorsandwritersareworkingsothattheprojectcanbepresentedinthenextadmin-istration.
3. The Symposium of Holiness Practices. We had this Symposium for the year 2017 and we had to postpone it for the number of proposed initiatives that appeared last year and that we will work on this Convention. All the exegeses are written, and they only need the coordination of the last phase and the Pastoral Symposium.
4. Achieve a National Health Insurance. This is something that is already on the desktop of severalexpertsonthesubject,atyourservant’srequest.Weneedtofindawayforallofourpastorsandtheirfamiliestohavehealthinsurancethatisaccessible,easytopayandwithrealbenefits.
5. Extend Life Insurance policy coverage through Credentials, to Co-Pastors and Assistant Pastors. In other words, our co-pastors and assistant pastors (who work to help us throughout the year) alsoreceivealifeinsurancebenefituponreceivingtheircredentialsandthattheybepaidforbythelocalChurches they serve.
6. Start English services in our churches in USA. Although some Churches are already practic-ing it, I have appointed a committee to analyze the pros and cons of this new national plan, see the scope and recommend the constitutional requirements, in case they are merited.
7.ContinuetoexpandtheKingdom.Weneedtoraisetheapostolicflaginallthestatesinthecountry,andprojectourselvestoopennewinternationalmissionaryfields.
8. Continue to promote the Strategy of Jesus 2.0 and G.R.O.W.TH. in all of our Districts and missionfields.Here,IwouldliketothankBishopsIsmaelMartindelCampoandJoeAguilar,whoalongwith their entire team have taken these seminars to almost every corner where we have churches. We still need our leaders to become experts in these evangelistic programs when this happens, the growth will be explosive.
9. We need to help break the 100-member mark for churches for the majority of our churches and break the mark of 1,000 churches in the country. We are already very close to achieving it.
10.Theofficialaccreditationof theApostolicUniversityofTheology.Thisaccreditation isavery long process, it takes years to achieve it. But now we already started pursuing it and we are on our way taking the right steps.
11. Minimize the generation gap. Work hard to close the back door of our churches and retain thethirdandfourthgenerationbrothers.Wemustaskourselvesverystrongquestionsandfindanswersthat are relevant. With God’s help, we must minimize the generation gap and foster a Church for all.
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12. The need to continue united. The enemy knows the strength of the Apostolic Assembly if it is united. There is nobody that can come against us. That is why I have promoted unity during these years, because I understand the strength we have and what we can achieve. • 2014 – United in the Vision • 2015 – United in Mission • 2016 – United in the Power of the Holy Spirit • 2017 – United Expanding the Kingdom IV. MY WORK TEAM This report would not only be inconclusive, but incomplete, if I do not mention and thank the men and women who have helped me to carry the burden of the Church during these years. Some were behind the curtains, and others were in front, but all were used by God and extended their hand of support and fellowship. Without the support of this army of brothers and sisters, your servant would not have reached these blessings, nor endured the storms. Through these years, God has blessed me with these men and women who stood shoulder to shoulder so that the load and the work would be lighter. Thank you very much!
1. Bishop Ismael Martin del Campo, Vice President. A tireless servant. I remember the day he was elected Vice President, he told me: “Bishop, I am here to serve you, and I will be your armourbearer.” Which he did to the letter. A man who loves the Church and seeks to do things with excellence. He very effectively led the Constitution Revisory Commission, constituted by Bishops Armando Tamez, Luciano Montes, Jose Castro, Pastor Eduardo Iglesias, and Ismael Martin del Campo III, who have done an excel-lent job. Likewise, all the commissions that were assigned to him, he worked on with all his heart. In a veryChristianwayandwithmuchrespect,hecametomyofficeseveraltimesorcalledmeonthephone,or wrote me, letting me know his point of view on hot topics and of great relevance where he saw danger and that needed more attention. Bishop Ismael Martin del Campo from the bottom of my heart I thank you for your friendship and your unconditional support and in the same way your wife, sister Oralia, your family, and the team that supports you. 2. Bishop Felipe Salazar, Secretary General. A very meticulous servant of God. A man who took the General Secretariat to the level it should be. Our meetings are very long, and even so Bishop Felipe Salazar does not miss anything, everything is recorded and in writing. We had to resort to the minutes many times to see if what we were agreeing was part of the agenda and the agreements that had been made, and we always found the data. In addition, he was in charge of the Real Estate Department, headed up by Pastor Tim Arroyo. And even with so much work, everything was successful. Thank you very much Bishop for your support and respect during our administration, please extend it to your wife, Sister Rose, your family, Minister Santiago Calderón, and to all your formidable team.
3. Bishop Felipe Lugo, General Treasurer. A servant who watches over the economic interests of the Church. I am truly amazed by the passion and dedication of Bishop Felipe Lugo. He was always looking for ways to save money, looking for places where it seemed that no savings could be achieved, however, he found them. Under his administration and with the help of Pastor Campa, and his extraordi-naryteam,wehaveachievedtheglobalcertificationandtheapprovedauditoftheApostolicAssembly;This is a historic achievement! I have also watched him suffer when we unjustly had to face unforeseen expenses, but at the same time believing that God was going to supply all our needs. The Bishop and his assistants have taken the National Trust Program to an incredible level, and soon (as I said) we will be introducing the Apostolic Mutual. Bishop Felipe Lugo congratulations for your work. I thank you for all your support and love for the Church. Please extend this appreciation to Sister Alma, your family, Pastor Eddie Campa, and all of your wonderful team.
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4. Bishop Andy Provencio, Secretary of International Missions. A servant with a mis-sionaryheart.Yourworkanddedicationhaveservedsothatthemissionaryfieldhasreachedthelargestnumber of churches in history. Every time I call him, before greeting him, I always ask him: “What part of the world he is in”? It is very complicated to understand and attend to so many different cultures, to have a word for them, but God has given him much grace and he has achieved it successfully. Bishop Provencio, thank you very much for your unconditional respect and support, you are a true missionary. Please extend this appreciation to your wife, Sister Nancy, your family, to Minister Christian Gonzalez, and to all the hard-working committee that supports you.
5. Bishop Joe Aguilar, Secretary of National Missions. A very detailed oriented servant. A man who really loves souls and wants the progress of the evangelistic areas of the country. God has blessed him with a beautiful Church that loves him, and that supports him in his travels, not only with prayers, butwithfinances.ThevisionofBishopAguilarislikemine:“Lettherebeanapostolicflagflyinginallthe states of the country”; and I am sure that we will soon give this shout of victory. Bishop Joe Aguilar, thank you very much for your friendship and unconditional support. Please extend this appreciation to your wife, Sister Margaret, your family and your entire committee that supports you.
6. Bishop José Guadalupe Zúñiga, Secretary of Christian Education. A servant with a lot of peace. A very intelligent and capable man, who has kept Christian Education stable and has promoted many advances. In his administration we are achieving the record of Doctors in Ministry graduated from accredited Universities. He is also in charge of the Manual of Systematic Theology, one of the most important projects of the Church, which will have a global reach and which will remain with us until the coming of the Lord, and the formation of the Apostolic University of Theology. Bishop José Zúñiga, I congratulate you and thank you for your tireless work and dedication to the theological improvement of the pastors and students of our Biblical Colleges. Please extend this appreciation to your wife, Sister Phoebe, your family, Sister Sandra Martinez, and all the Christian Education staff.
7. Bishop Joe Rodríguez, Secretary of Social Assistance. A servant who ministers to the ser-vants. That was exactly what I asked of him when he began his administration, that he would be care for the “Open Hands Relief the welfare of all the pastors of the Apostolic Assembly. And so he did. When-ever there was a real need, Bishop Rodríguez was there to respond quickly. Natural disasters, which affected our churches and brothers, received immediate attention. “Open Hands Relief International” is already up and running to continue to help in the future. In his Convention Report we will receive the financialreport.Underhissupervisionwehavebeenabletoblessthepastorswithadecentlifeinsur-ance, and soon we will extend it to the co-pastors and pastors assistants. Bishop Joe Rodriguez, thank you very much for supporting us in the crises where we needed you as Bishop and Pastor, you never refused. Extend this appreciation to your wife, sister Delia, to your family, to Minister Frank Quesada Jr., and to all your beautiful team.
8. District Bishops. Servants of the Pastors. These men are like soldiers who receive the com-mission and are sent to the task of carrying out thework.With great sacrifice and dedication, theyrespond to the needs of the Church. They unite in pain, and amalgamate in the challenges. Thank you very much Bishops for your love, affection and respect during these years. Without you it would have been impossible to pass through the storms. I declare blessings on each of you and your families.9. Pastors. You are the men that God has chosen to carry out His will on earth. You are the skeleton of the body of Christ. Without your cooperation and effort, no project of the Apostolic Assembly would ever be achieved. Together with your respective wives and families, you carry the burden of the As-sembly and without fear you embark on the conquest of more territory. You are the voice and the vote of the Church. That is why I have been exhorting you and will continue to do so, to be part of the new
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paradigm of open dialogue, to speak and express your opinions with respect and without fearing any reprisal. Pastors thank you very much for your support and backing during these years, and thank you for the words of encouragement you have given me. God bless you and prosper together with your respective families and churches.
10. Pastor Martin Calderon Jr. More than an assistant, he is a friend. A young man (although heisalsoagrandfather)whoImetinthefieldofNationalMissionsin1999,butwhowonmyheartwithhis unconditional service and love for the work of God. A man who loves God and the Church, who was always by my side, in good times and bad. Together with your family, you are a blessing in my pastoral ministry in Miami. Marty, thank you very much for your service and respect. Please thank Sister Colleen and your family.
11. Lawyer Jorge Montes. Of all the important decisions in my administration, this is one of the most important decisions I have taken. I still remember the conversation I had with lawyer Montes thefirsttimewespokeinApril2013.Itwasaverylongandveryenlighteningconversationforme.Thesituation of the Apostolic Assembly was very critical since we had lawsuits in the millions that added to the natural problems that the Church has. From that moment, I felt that we were in good hands in cases that merited legal advice. Thank you, Attorney Jorge Montes for your constant availability and support during our administration. I have said it and I will continue to maintain it, you are a blessing for the Apostolic Assembly. Please extend this appreciation to your wife and family.
12. Employees of the General Offices. To each and every one of you, thank you very much for your unconditional contribution to the work of God, and for the respect and consideration you always showed towards your servant and my family. Thank God for each one of you. I declare blessing on you and your families.
V. FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Fountain of Life Church, Miami, FL. It is true that my formation as a minister began long before I was your pastor, but in Miami, God had prepared for me the workshop that was going to shape my life. All the problems and crises that God allowed me to go through in Miami served to form me as Regional Elder in South Florida, then as Bishop in Florida, later as Bishop of National Missions, then as Vice President, and now as President. That Church, which God granted us to found together with my wife Sara, Veronica and Valerie in 1987, was the practical school that God used to prepare my life for his service. I would like to thank my co-pastors, Eliu Gonzalez, Sigfrido Cordero, Victor Izquierdo and Fernando Báez, who, together with their respective families work with the same intensity and respon-sibility, whether I am present or not, Also to my assistant pastors Guillermo Fuentes, Luis Hernandez, Gabriel Martinez, Charlie Robbins, Salvador Mena and Orlando Altamirano. To the entire ministerial body, and to the leaders of the Church, for supporting my ministry in Miami. Specially to the powerful Elijah group (prayer), who have fasted and prayed for me and my family with a lot of passion for entire days when situations required it. A simple telephone call put this army of warriors on their knees for their pastor. Thank you very much Fountain of Life Apostolic Church, I declare blessing and prosperity on everyone of you.
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2. My family. Here I need to emotional pause and breathe deeply. What I can write about my family that is able to say everything I feel for them. There are no words to express what they do for me. There were many days of separation throughout this administration. They never complained about having to stay away longer, or missing an important date in their lives. On the contrary, they always re-ceived me with joy, and they gave me a word of encouragement. My wife Sara, my daughters Veronica, Valeria, Deborah, my son-in-law Johnny, my granddaughter Valentina, and my mother-in-law Elsa, are thecolumnsthatsupportmeindifficulttimes.MydaughtersVeronica,Valeria,herhusbandJohnny,andDeborah, have been an immense blessing from God in my life, and the most important support of my ministry. My family is the joy that God gives me when I return home after my travels. They bring me peace and serenity in the midst of storms. I bless you and declare prosperity upon you.
3. Sara. More than my wife, she is the angel that God put in my path to help me all these years. A very intelligent and prepared woman where her only desire is to help me unconditionally. With great passion, together with the wives of the members of the International Board of Directors, and the assistance of Sister Ivette Cristobal, she directed the ministry “Virtuous Woman”, a very successful one among the pastors wives. In each moment of my life, she has had a relevant role. I cannot remember a single event without Sara being there. Thank you very much for your love, affection and support. She hasbeenthegreatestgiftthatGodhasgivenme.MayGodblessyou,keepyouandfulfillthedesiresofyour heart.
4. To my Lord Jesus Christ. My God and my Father, with whom I have an unpayable debt and becauseHehasneverleftmealone.ThankyouforguidingmeinthemostdifficultmomentswithYourpeace and for being by my side at all times and in all places.
I finish my Presidential Report by saying the following: I see a glorious future for theApostolic Assembly, I see an army of men and women who are willing to prepare their horses for war; and I see thehandofGodfightingforthisChurchand...givingusthevictory.Allthegloryandallthehonorbeto my
Lord Jesus Christ.
May God bless you, and may God bless the Apostolic Assembly!
Fraternally,
Bishop J. Fortino
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VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORTBISHOP ISMAEL MARTÍN DEL CAMPO
Bishop President John Fortino,General Board of Directors & Bishops Supervisors,Brethren Pastors & Brethren International and National Missionaries,Presidents of our Apostolic Assembly in other countries,
¡Paz de Cristo!
LOVE FOR OUR LORD JESUS“Love the Lord thy God with all your heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength (Mark 12:30).”
My parents, Ismael and Piedad, and my two grandmothers, Apostolic pioneers, gave me life’s most valuable gift: they taught me God’s incomparable love, they taught me to pray, they instructed me in the Word of God and they taught me to love God in every circumstance. After forty years of being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, I still believe, as pioneer Antonio C.Navatestifiedbeforehand,thatthegreatspiritualharvestofthelast112yearsisthefruitofthefireofGod’s love, which ignites the Church to announce the message of the cross. The coming great harvest will be raised by an Assembly that loves the Lord with all her heart and that has not gone astray loving more the things of this world.
THE BLESSING OF MY FAMILY I thank God for my beloved wife Oralia. For 31 years she has been my ideal helper and my perfect partner for our mission in God’s service. Her love for God, her prayerful spirit and her passion for sharing the Gospel are an inspiration in our work for the care of our congregation in South Gate and for every other work of service for our Apostolic Assembly. She has been an excellent mother, and now she is an excellent grandmother. I also thank God for the enormous blessing of my sons Ismael III, Jasiel and my daughter-in-law Elizabeth. Ever since they were small they learned to love God and have always served the Church with great enthusiasm. Our greatest blessing as parents is for our children to serve God! My granddaughters HadassahOraliaandElizabethSakuraat thisConvention turn threeyearsold.Theyrepresentafifthgeneration of Apostolic believers in my family and I delight in the Lord to see them sing to God and worship Him. The paths of God are an unmatchable blessing.
OUR SPIRITUAL FAMILY The Apostolic Assembly is our spiritual family. We have found in her great love, protection, the privilege to serve and a great company of friends and partners in God’s service.
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BishopPresidentJohnFortino,thankyouforyourfriendshipandtheconfidenceinthetasksyoucommended me with. Thank you for your leadership in a spirit of peace, that has already marked a new era in our Assembly. The Bishops of the General Board of Directors, thank you for your help in the more than a hundred commissions and projects that together we undertook. Brethren Bishops Supervisors, thank you for your strategic support in all the programs where you gave us your backing. Thank you for your calls, emails, meetings, and especially for the fraternal spirit in which you have always received us. Brethren pastors, national missionaries in the United States, I thank you all especially for your spiritual and economic support to all the programs we had and your attendance to conventions, seminars and workshops. You are key leaders for the Apostolic Assembly to continue building the Kingdom of God in our country. And my gratitude as well to the Bishops Regional Supervisors, International Missionaries and the Bishops Presidents in our sister nations, for all their support to the different programs, seminars and workshops done in International Missions.
A VISION OF SERVICE OntheoccasionofmysixthreportbeforeaGeneralConvention,Iaffirmasixthtimethat: 1. Jesus Christ is the only Lord of our Apostolic Assembly and the center of our mission. 2. The Word of God is the absolute authority for all that we do as the Church. 3. The pastors of the Apostolic Assembly are the strategic leaders for our mission and, as such, our national and district structures exist to serve you in your work as leaders of our congregations.
I. OFFICIAL COMMISSIONS: 2017-2018 Firstly,IreporttoyouonthetenOfficialCommissionsIhavefulfilledintheselasttwoyears:
1. Constitution Revisory Commission President 2. Historical Archives Director 3. Social Communication Media Director. 4. International Headquarters General Manager. 5. Apostolic Theological Seminary President. 6. Apostolic Practices Exegetical Analysis Coordinator. 7. 2018 School of Pastors Director. 8. Coordinator to the Four Episcopal Meetings in 2017 and 2018. 9. Organizing Committee President of the 2016 General Convention, 2017 Ministerial Convention and 2018 General Convention.10. GROWTH: Church Planting Coordinator
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1. CONSTITUTION REVISORY COMMISSION
InfulfilmentofwhattheConstitutionstatesinArticle9,ClauseV,IpresidedtheworksoftheRevisory Commission. I have a deep sense of gratitude toward all its members for their excellent effort and meticulous work:
Bishop Ismael Martín del Campo Commission PresidentBishop Armando Tamez Commission SecretaryBishop José Castro Commission MemberBishop Luciano Montes Commission MemberPastor Eduardo Iglesias Commission Member
1.1. 2017 CONSTITUTION
We published the 2017 Constitution, with all its previously approved proposals-initiatives. We published this edition in an economic format for the following three reason:
a) In order to provide a free copy to all the pastors of the Apostolic Assembly in the United States. More than 600 copies were given to pastors at the 2017 Ministerial Convention. We also gave Constitutions to all the Bishops Supervisors, for those pastors that were unable to attend the 2017 Ministerial Convention. Another 400 Constitutions were distributed in this way. Our Bishop President and the General Board of Directors approved our petition that the Constitutions for the pastors be paid by the General Fund.
b) In order to give free copies to all our pastors in other countries, whenever they requested this kind of aid. More than 300 Constitutions were donated to the Apostolic Assembly in Mexico, Cuba and other countries.
c) And in order to offer Constitutions at an economic price to all our International Apostolic Bible College students.
1.2. CONSTITUTION IN THAI
Thanks to Missionary Jerry Fernández’s initiative, we found a translator, and with the goal of setting in place necessary future church resources, we have published our 2017 Constitution in Thai. This edition was provided for with the income from the sale of Constitutions at the Bible Colleges.
1.3. 2018 CONVENTION PROPOSALS-INITIATIVES
a) We prepared all the recommendations for the proposals-initiatives that were turned in tousatthe2016Constitution,infulfilmentofArticle77,ClauseII.
b) The Revisory Commission processed thirty proposals-initiatives in these two years, along with seven study commission documents, which is the greatest number of proposals ever in the Apostolic Assembly’s history.
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c) We sent all the proposals-initiatives with an initial process resolution and recommendations to our pastors in electronic format before Convention to facilitate their reading. And we have printed them in the best possible format for all the pastors present at the 2018 Convention.
1.4. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MANUAL.
a) We published three thousand copies of this document and distributed them freely, in English and Spanish, to all our districts in the United States. We especially sent them to all the training seminars for pastors, ministers and ministry initiates.
b) We hosted three workshops on the prevention of child abuse, in the three regional GROWTH seminars in International Missions: In Barcelona, Spain; in Santiago, Chile; and in San José, Costa Rica. We prepared special editions for these regions.
c) In 2018 we published an Italian edition of this manual.
d) And we have just published this manual in Thai.
II. HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. In May of 2013 I requested permission to organize our Historical Archives. By the recommenda-tion of the Bishop President, the General Board of Directors appointed me the director of this project. In January2015thenewGeneralBoardofDirectorsratifiedmyappointmentfortheyears2015-2018.Inthesefiveyearswehaveachievedalittleover15,000documentsin10mainarchivesandseveralotherminor ones.
My special acknowledgement to Ismael Martín del Campo III, for an excellent work as subdi-rectorof theArchive.He investigated,collectedandclassifiedmore than15,000documents.Hehasalso advised the Interior California Nevada and Los Angeles California districts in the preparation of historicalaudiovisualpresentations inbothdistricts. IsmaelIIIfulfilledthiswork,additionally, tohisresponsibilitiesasmyExecutiveAssistant to theVicePresident.$250,000werespentbefore2013insalaries, trying to create an Archive. Thanks be to God that we were able to construct our Archive with-out incurring additional spending.
2.1. ARCHIVE REMODELING.
Weunderwentconstantrepairsin2017oftheofficesthathousetheHistoricalArchivesto guarantee greater protection of our historical documents.
2.2. ARCHIVES IN EXISTENCE.
We deliver to our successor, the following main collections:a) General Apostolic Assembly Archive (1920-1950).b) Antonio C. Nava Archive & Papers.c)OfficialCertificatesofthePioneersArchive.d) Ancient Archive of the Apostolic Church of Mexico.e) Ancient Archive of the General Secretariat.
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f) International Missions Archiveg) Manuel Vizcarra Archive & Papers.h) Abel Jímenez Archive & Papers.i) Gilbert Díaz Archive & Papers.j) Dorcas Confederation Archive.
2.3. PUBLICATIONS.
We published in 2017 a Brief History of the Los Angeles District (44 pages), that will serve as a model for the publication of district histories and histories of the Apostolic Assembly abroad.
2.4. DIGITAL ARCHIVES.
We have achieved the digital scanning of 500 documents that are securely stored in the Apostolic Assembly’s server.
III. SOCIAL COMMUNICATION MEDIA. In January 2015 our Bishop President proposed that I serve as Director for Social Communica-tion Media and the General Board of Directors approved this responsibility for the years 2015-2018. 3.1. WEBSITE.
Our sincere thanks to our provider, brother Dominic Moschetti, who keeps our website updated every week. This service has become a constant tool utilized by our pastors, brothers and sisters. That is why, between 2016-2017 we had 392,438 visits to the pages of our website. 3.2. SOCIAL MEDIA.
Ismael III has also served as subdirector for social media in the last consecutive four years. His dispositiontotakeonthisadditionalworkallowedustosave$72,000dollars.Before2015wepaidout$18,000forthecareofoursocialmedia. On our main Social Media channel we have achieved in three years a growth of 134%.
Social Media 2015 2016 2018Facebook: 6,748 followers 10,790 followers 15,852 followersInstagram: 2,056 followers 4,180 followers 5,093 followersTwitter: 2,645 followers 3,056 followers 3,300 followers
3.3. MOBILE APP.
On June 23, 2016 we launched the new App of the Apostolic Assembly. Two thousand six hundredandfifty-threeusers (2,653)havedownloadedourApponto theirphones. In littleover twoyearstheApphasbeenused187,111times.Thisfigureincludesinformation,links,programsandBiblereading plans.
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3.4 CORPORATE EMAILS (EBLAST).
I supervised the sending of 276 corporate emails between 2015 to 2018 (eblast). Personally, I wrote54oftheseeblaststoourpastorsandthegeneralmembership,onagreatvarietyofofficialissuesand needs.
IV. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
4.1. GENERAL MANAGER.
In December of 2014 our Bishop President asked me to serve as General Manager to our Head-quarters. The General Board of Directors approved this appointment for the years 2015-2018.
My weekly attendance to headquarters has been an average of three times per week, provided that I was not out on a commission of the General Board. According to my monthly General Board reports I personally attended to two hundred situations and needs presented by bishops, pastors, mis-sionariesandConfederationofficials.Weaddressedtheseeither toourBishopPresident, theGeneralBoard or I directly treated these and provided the air or necessary orientation.
To serve as manager is a delicate work, given:
a) We have to provide our pastors and congregations the best service. b) We must ensure the security and wellbeing of our employees. c) And we must carefully observe Federal, State and Local laws.
4.2. OFFICE MANAGER.
My special thanks to Pastor Edward Campa who helped me for four years with special wisdom andconstantattentionasmyofficemanager.Hecaredaftertheproperworkingofouroffice,especiallywhen I was away on travels due to General Board commissions.
4.3. MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
IalsothankIsmaelIIIforhisvaluablehelp,heaidedmeinfindingprovidersandcontractorsforbetter prices and different repairs. His help allowed us to save a little over one hundred thousand dollars inavoidingcostlyandnon-urgentrepairs,intwospecificprojects.
4.4. ADMINISTRATORS.
Contamos con un excelente equipo de ocho administradores, el cual realiza la parte más delicada de nuestros programas:
1. Minister Martín Calderón Executive Assistant to the Bishop President 2. Co Pastor Ismael Martín del Campo III Executive Assistant to the Bishop Vice President 3. Minister Santiago Calderón General Secretariat Administrator
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4. Pastor Edward Campa Controller and General Treasury Administrator 5. Minister Christian González International & National Missions Administrator 6. Sister Sandra Martínez Christian Education Administrator 7. Co Pastor Frank Quezada Social Assistance Administrator 8. Pastor Tim Arroyo Real Estate Department Administrator 4.5. OFFICE STAFF.
Wealsocountonnineteenfull-timeemployees.Ipresenttoyoutherestofourexcellentofficeteam, by order of seniority:Sister Rena González, brother Carlos Bañuelos, sister Cathy Rojas, sister Gladia Pacheco, sister Lydia Hernández, Minister Abraham Maffey, sister Yvette Cristóbal, sister Sylvia Guerra, brother Moíses Ramírez, sister Claudia Rayas and sister Monica French.
4.6. NEW LED LAMPS.
I proposed changing the lamps at our headquarters, to provide better lighting for our employees and to reduce electricity costs. This was approved and we installed 400 new LED lamps.
4.7. NEW AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
In the month of September 2018 we acquired a more modern audiovisual equipment for our vir-tual meetings (GoToMeeting). The installation was a success and we test ran this system at an Episcopal Meeting during the second week of October 2018. The goal is save thousands of dollars with this new technologybyavoidedflight, travelandhotelexpenses.Withthesavingsgeneratedduringthesefirstsixthmonthswehavealreadyrecoveredthe$13,900dollarsinvestedintothisequipment.
4.8. SAFETY WORKSHOP AT HEADQUARTERS.
a) We employed the services of a former FBI Agent, Pam Graham, who is an expert safety con-sultantusedbyseveralfiredepartmentsandbusinesscorporations.Sheevaluatedoursecurityrisks at our headquarters. And with Fire Inspector Diego Estrada, a minister of our Assembly, we hosted in the month of October 2017 training sessions with all our employees to help prepare themforactiveshooter,fireandearthquakescenarios.
b) She and Minister Diego Estrada, with Pastor Severo León, also trained the whole General Convention usher team in the month of November 2017.
c) And at every one of our GROWTH Regional Seminars, Pastor Severo León also delivered a workshop on security in our sanctuaries which garnered great acceptance and immediate practi-cal applications. This was inspired by our initial workshop held with our employees. We have thus improved our preventive measures as we face the increase in violent acts in our country.
4.9. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.
Given that we are headquartered in a high-risk seismic zone, we acquired for each one of our employees and general board members a basic survival kit, which is contained in a small travel back-pack.Thesecanbefoundattheofficesofeachoneofouremployees.Godwillingwewillneverhave
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to use these. The San Andreas Fault runs through California’s Imperial Valley all the way to Northern California. The fault lies under cities where we have several dozens of our churches. For this reason, we recommend that all our California congregations take preventive measures toward their protection.
4.10. COMPILATION COSTS.
In the 2016 General convention I reported on our Global Compilation with Premier Bank. That year,wehadtwentymilliondollarsinloanswiththisbank.Thecompilationcosthadrisento$250,000dollarsfrom2014.AfterwenegotiatedwithBankofficials,wewereableacquireanexemptionontheneed for compilations for the years 2015 and 2017.
On October 13, 2017, Bishop Lugo and I again met with Premier Bank’s Executive Vice Presi-dent Thomas Galindo, and we requested the elimination of the compilation requirement. At the end our petition was approved with the accounting solution of transferring all our assets and mortgages of our churches to the General Treasury’s accounting. The 2016 Compilation was immediately halted and we no longer have to deal with this expense.
We give thanks to God that in these four years, we were able to save half a million dollars in compilation expenses that were eliminated. And this blessing of savings will continue forward in the next several years. 4.11. WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
With the permission of our Bishop President toward the end of 2017 I began to investigate if wecouldfindanotherworkerscompensationinsurancecompanythatwouldchargeourchurchesless.IfoundthatBrotherhoodInsuranceofferedusasavingsof$80,000peryear.Iproceededtoconfirmthisinformation, with a meeting I had with two of their company’s vice presidents. I delivered over this in-formationtoBishopFelipeSalazarinApril2018.He,withhisteam,finalizedverifyingtheinformationand they explored and compared other options. The Bishops approved hiring Brotherhood Insurance whichwillsaveourlocalchurchesatotalamount,from2019to2022,of$355,636dollars.
4.12. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS MORTGAGE.
In November 2016 the General Board of Directors approved the proposal of Bishop Salazar and I to plan paying off our General Headquarters. A commission was appointed with the following mem-bers: Bishop Felipe Salazar, Bishop Felipe Lugo, Pastor Edward Campa, Pastor Tim Arroyo and sister Yvette Cristóbal. The Medical Practice next to our Headquarters was approved to be put up for sale and themonthlymortgagepaymentwasraisedby$20,000.WealsoproposedpostponinganysignificantmodificationofHeadquartersuntil2019.With theGeneralBoard’sapproved,ourHeadquarterswascompletely paid for by November 25, 2017.
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V. APOSTOLIC THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. The Joint Meeting of Bishops in November 2013 gave me the responsibility of serving as Presi-dent of the Apostolic Theological Seminary, and Bishop José Zúñiga as Dean, until December 2018. The goal of these appointments was to begin the long process to accredit our Seminary with the Association ofTheologicalSchools.WethankoursisterSandraMartínezforherexcellentcareofthefinancialre-lationships with all the seminaries we have agreements with. She has been punctual in all the payments toward our pastors that have scholarships.
5.1. WE ESTABLISHED A NAME.
As the “Apostolic Theological Seminary,” we signed agreements for Master and Doctoral pro-grams with Fuller, the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, McCormick and Urshan seminaries. All these agreements are in force today. On May 2, 2017 we signed a new agreement for Master and Doctoral programs with Gordon Conwell Seminary, the second-largest seminary in the United States.
5.2. WE ESTABLISHED A BASE OF MASTER-LEVEL GRADUATES.
To maintain open doors, so that International Apostolic Bible College graduates can continue to enroll as special students in postgraduate programs we need to have, in all our district colleges, pastors as professors with at least a Master’s degree. We have achieved that approximately 60 pastors have graduatedorfinished theirMasterstudies.Furthermore,wehavemore than60students thatarecur-rently enrolled in Master-level programs and another 40 students that will potentially begin in 2019.
5.3. WE ESTABLISHED A BASE OF DOCTOR OF MINISTRY GRADUATES.
WenowhavesixteenDoctorsofMinistry(16),andfivethathavecompletedtheirstudies.Wehave another fourteen that will begin their doctoral program. Thisisthefirstacademicrequirementtowardachievingaccreditations,andwehavealreadymetit: to have a minimum number of professors with a professional Doctor of Ministry degree.
5.4. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY.
TheGeneralBoardapprovedsometimeagotheconstructionofourfirstacademiclibraryfortheApostolic Seminary. We need to assign a fund of one hundred thousand dollars, to purchase hard copies and virtual resources to build up our library facilities. This is the second academic requirement we need to reach.
5.5. WE NEED FOUR PROFESSORS WITH A PHD.
We only have one pastor that is in a Ph.D. theological academic program. We need to have a minimum of four professors with these credentials. This is the third requirement, and the most pressing one, at the moment.
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5.6. WE NEED TO BUILD FACILITIES WITH A 21ST CENTURY FOCUS
Currentlywehave$68,287.51inasavingsaccountforthisproject. Throughout the 20th century, seminaries were built on the premise of students taking residency at these installations. This model has been left behind. The present and future are weeklong intensive classes and virtual classes online. We don’t need large facilities. Upon acquiring facilities and meeting the requirements I have previously reported, the fourth requirementwill be to document the teaching process of our classes and launch a firstMaster-levelgroup,oftheApostolicTheologicalSeminary.OurfirstgroupsmustenrollstudentswithanaccreditedBachelor degree.
We are on the right path toward accrediting the Apostolic Theological Seminary. 5.7. NEGOTIATED TUITIONS.
The Scholarship Fund for Postgraduate Theological Studies is possible thanks to all the faithful pastors that send their tithe of tithes from their churches. For this reason we have always negotiated and obtained sizeable discounts in tuition.
a)WithGordon-ConwellSeminarytheScholarshipFundonlypays$700dollarsforeachMaster-level course.
b)WithMcCormickSeminary theScholarshipFundonlypaysout$600 for everyMasterorDoctoral class.
c) In the month of May 2018, Bishop Zúñiga and I travelled to McCormick Seminary and ne-gotiated an additional discount in our tuitions of 20% for the 2018-2019 school year. The Fund shallthussave$25,000inthisperiod.
Oursincerethankstoallthepastorsandstudentsthatbelievedinourfirstagreementsandthatsacrificedinstudyinginthesepostgraduateprograms.WeachievedthisinJesusName!
VI. EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS.
6.1. 2014.
In 2013 Bishop President John Fortino asked me to coordinate the Exegetical Analysis of eight of our main Apostolic disciples. The General Board of Directors approved this project in three stages. These studies were conducted by eight teams comprised of district bishops and pastors with postgradu-ateeducationandledbymembersoftheGeneralBoard.Thefirstdocumentwascompletedbytheendof 2014.
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6.2. 2016.
With the election of new Bishops Supervisors in 2015 the teams changed, and the studies were redone so as to create a second round of documents ready by 2016.
6.3. 2018.
We planned on organizing a Symposium on the Disciples of the Apostolic Assembly at the 2017 Ministerial Convention, but this was postponed for 2018. This was again postponed until 2019. How-ever,atthe2018SchoolofBishops,duringourJointMeeting,wepublishedtheeightfinalthesesinabook of 150 pages. We also conducted an electronic survey among all the bishops, after the presentation of every Biblical analysis. This document has been sent customized to the eighteen countries in which the Apostolic Assembly has a ministry. Brethren Pastors: Let us recover the spirit of our pioneers and continue forward with the study of the ApostolicValuesataMinisterialConvention,justasitwasinourfirstconventions.
VII. . 2018 SCHOOL OF PASTORS AND CHURCH PLANTERS. Our Bishop President asked me at the conclusion of 2017 to direct the 2018 School of Pastors. I proposed that this program be combined with a new School of Church Planters and this was approved.
7.1. KEY HELP.
We thank our sister Sandra Martínez, who, as our Operations Director, obtained the best facili-ties and services for our students. I thank my son Ismael III, and his excellent work in the logistics of the program of both classes and his work as translator. And I thank Bishop Armando Tamez for his valuable help and support, as the program’s subdirector for both schools.
7.2. TEAM OF TEACHERS/MENTORS.
We had a combination of students that are already pastors, church planters of new works and ministers serving in their local churches. They all are witnesses to the blessing of having a team of teachers/mentors with great experience in pastoral work. My deep appreciation to our excellent team: Bishop Armando Tamez, Bishop Daniel Sánchez, Bishop Adam López Jr., Bishop Misael Zaragoza, Bishop Andrew López, Bishop Tom Vigil, Bishop Marco Zacarías, Bishop Edward Pacheco, Bishop Roberto Tinoco and Pastor Alex Uribe. . 7.3. SYNERGY FOR KINGDOM EXPANSION.
The empowering interaction between students of both schools produced a great number of min-isters willing to open a new work. We had 45 ministers-in-charge, ministers and wives in the School of Church Planters. And we had 155 pastors, ministers and wives in our School of Pastors. Both groups had separate classes and also enjoyed of joint plenary conferences.
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7.4. MANUAL FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.
Wepublished for thefirst timeabookof186pages,aManual for theSchoolofPastorsandSchool of Church Planters, in Spanish and English, with lessons written by teachers in our program. We have additional copies on sale for interested pastors. This manual has also been sent custom to the 18 countries of International Missions.
VIII. JOINT MEETINGS OF BISHOPS 2017 & 2018. By the request of our Bishop President I coordinated the four Joint Meetings of 2017 and 2018. The valuable help of all the members of the General Board and the excellent work of all our administra-torsandofficeteamallowedustoofferabetterservicetotheBishops.Oursuccessisinteamwork.
JOINT MEETINGS: 8.1. MARCH 21-24, 2017: SHERATON GARDEN GROVE, CA.
School of Bishops:We published a book of 154 pages, the Manual for the Jesus Strategy 2.0We published a book of 54 pages, the Exegetical Analysis on Apostolic Disciplines, by the Presi-dents in International Missions.
8.2. SEPTEMBER 12-15, 2017: CAMBRIA HOTEL, SOUTHLAKE, TXSchool of Bishops: Training for the Jesus Strategy 2.0.First Part: Recommendations to Proposals-Initiatives to the Constitution.
8.3. MARCH 13-16, 2018: SHERATON FAIRPLEX POMONA, CA.School of Bishops:We published a book of 150 pages: Exegetical Analysis of Apostolic Assembly Disciplines.
8.4. SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2018: SHERATON FAIRPLEX POMONA, CA. Second Part: Recommendations to Proposals-Initiatives to the Constitution.
IX. 2016 GENERAL CONVENTION, 2017 MINISTERIAL CONVENTION & 2018 GENERAL CONVENTION. By the request of Bishop President John Fortino and the approved of the General Board of Directors, I served as president of the Organizing Committee for three conventions.
FUNDAMENTAL SUPPORT. I very sincerely thank Bishop President John Fortino, his confidence, respect and constant counsel as the Advisor to our committees. I thank our Operations Director for these three conventions, sister Sandra Martínez, for the hun-dreds of additional hours that she dedicates at every convention, for the care over the logistics of our programs.AndIthankherforherhelpinnegotiatingthegreatestnumberofbenefitsforourpastorsandconvention attendees.
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I thank my son Ismael III for following up on the hundreds of details for each convention and for the long work hours before and during convention. I thank the work of our Organizing Committees, especially Bishops Felipe Salazar and Felipe Lugo, who have aided me closely. And I thank our team of nearly four hundred volunteers at each convention, that donate thou-sands of hours in service and that give their most excellent effort
9.1. 2016 GENERAL CONVENTION.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Bishop President John Fortino Committee Advisor Bishop Ismael Martín del Campo Committee President Bishop Felipe Salazar Committee Secretary Bishop Felipe Lugo Committee Treasurer Bishop Joseph Rodríguez Committee Member Minister Frank Ramírez Jr. Committee Member
Our attendance increased from 10,417 attendees at the 2014 General Convention (combining the three night services) to 19,271 attendees at the 2016 General Convention.
9.2. 2017 MINISTERIAL CONVENTION AND NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEEBishop President John Fortino Committee AdvisorBishop Ismael Martín del Campo Committee PresidentBishop Felipe Salazar Committee SecretaryBishop Felipe Lugo Committee TreasurerBishop Joe Aguilar Committee MemberBishop Joseph Rodríguez Committee MemberPastor Jacob Rodríguez Committee Member
Our attendance increased from 12,783 attendees (combining the three night services) at the 2015 National Youth Conference to 13,451 attendees at the 2017 Youth Conference.
9.3. 2018 GENERAL CONVENTION.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEEBishop President John Fortino Committee AdvisorBishop Ismael Martín del Campo Committee PresidentBishop Felipe Salazar Committee SecretaryBishop Felipe Lugo Committee TreasurerBishop Joe Aguilar Committee MemberBishop José Zúñiga Committee Member
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9.4. SAVINGS FOR OUR CONVENTION ATTENDEES.
By comparing the tendency of hotel prices up until 2014, we have been able to give you these savings, along with our general convention attendees, in the prices they pay for hotel lodging.
2015:$37,616dollars.2016:$103,488dollars.2017:$96,152dollars.2018:$93,492dollars.
9.5 SAVINGS IN OUR RENTAL OF THE CONVENTION CENTER & ARENA.
God has given us grace with the City of Long Beach. Comparing what we paid in previous years before 2015, for the rental of the Convention Center and Arena, we paid between 2016 and 2019, four differentconventions,arentof:$26,129dollars.Thisisasavingsof$87,794forthefouryears.
9.6. SAVINGS IN VOLUNTEER LODGING AND LOVE OFFERINGS.
Our committee has done an outstanding job with great frugality in hotel expenses and love offer-ings for convention staff.
2014Love Offerings: $102,950Staff Lodging: $134,164
2015Love Offerings: $40,678Staff Lodging: $54,035
2016Love Offerings: $63,240Staff Lodging: $56,582
2017Love Offerings: $63,240Staff Lodging: $56,582
2018Love Offerings: $65,000Staff Lodging: $60,000
9.7. HOSPITALITY PROGRAM ROOM SAVINGS.
From2016to2019wesaved$144,000dollarsintherentalfor12days(threedaysperyear),ofan enormous room that we used for our Hospitality Program.
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9.8 THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR CONVENTIONS.
• A record 22 programs, seminars and workshops• State-of-the-art sound system and audiovisual projection• Electronic vote during Ministerial Meetings• Record attendance of day Convention activities and night worship celebrations• Hospitality Program for our pastors and their families, is now permanent:• 2016: 4,000 meals.• 2017: 3,100 meals.• 2018: Projected 4,600 meals.• A program for our children with special needs is now permanent, thanks to the economic sup-port of the Social Assistance Department.
X. GROWTH: CHURCH PLANTING. In 2015 the General Board of Directors commissioned me to coordinate the GROWTH Commit-tee, for the planting of new churches. My gratitude to the excellent team we had in 2017 and 2018:
Bishop Ismael Martín del CampoBishop Felipe SalazarBishop José ZúñigaBishop Francisco QuezadaBishop Armando TamezBishop Edgardo ContrerasBishop David Martínez
10.1. GROWTH 2017
10.1.1.In2017wehostedtwoGROWTHseminars,forthefirsttime,inInternationalMissions:
a) MEXICO: Mazatlán, Mexico: January 30-February 3.b) SOUTHERN CONE: Buenos Aires, Argentina: March 27-31.
10.1.2. In the United States we hosted three joint seminars of GROWTH and the Jesus Strategy 2.0:
a) EAST COAST: Richmond, Virginia; June 22-24 (18 pastors, 80 leaders)b) WEST COAST: Pomona, California; July 6-9 (121 pastors, 220 leaders)c) TEXAS: Dallas, Texas; July 27-29 (131 pastors, 300 leaders)
10.1.3. We edited two manuals for these seminars:
a) “Ideas for your small group ministry” (English edition)b) “Brief Manual for the Jesus Strategy 2.0” (Spanish edition
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10.1.4. MINISTERIAL CONVENTION SEMINAR. On Saturday, November 25, the GROWTH Team presented a seminar of 4 hours to all the pastors in attendance. We had 400 pastors and 200 ministers in attendance.
10.2 GROWTH 2018.
10.2.1. In 2018 we hosted three joint seminars of GROWTH with the Jesus Strategy 2.0 in the United States:
a) EAST COAST: Chicago, Illinois; January 25-27 (50 pastors, 250 leaders)
b) WEST COAST: Union City, California; February 8-10 (75 pastors, 350 leaders, and an offeringforinternationalseminarsof:$15,331.75).
c) TEXAS: Dallas, Texas; February 22-24 (100 pastors, 400 leaders, and an offering for internationalseminarsof:$12,247.89).
10.2.2. In 2018 we expanded to four joint seminars of GROWTH and the 2.0 Jesus Strategy in International Missions:
a) EUROPE REGION: Barcelona, Spain; March 1-5. Attendance: 9 missionaries, 16 pastors and 75 leaders.
b) CARIBBEAN REGION: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; March 9-10. Attendance: 40 pastors and 300 leaders
c) SOUTHERN CONE REGION: Santiago, Chile; March 29-31. Attendance: 10 missionaries, 30 pastors and 300 leaders.
d) CENTRAL AMERICA REGION: Costa Rica; March 24-26. Attendance: 60 pastors and 300 leaders, and 30 pastors from the Apostolic Church of Nicaragua and the United Pentecostal Church of Colombia.
10.3. FREE RESOURCES, GROWTH WEBSITE. To serve all the pastors and leaders of our Assembly, at the website www.apostolicgrowth.org you have access to 525 lessons in Spanish and 500 lessons in English. These are manuals for small groups, evangelistic retreats, lessons for discipleship and meetings for leaders of small groups.
10.4. OFFERINGS USED FOR THEIR PURPOSE.
WeusedthegenerousofferingsreceivedinUnionCity,CaliforniaandDallas,Texas($27,579.64)for special editions of the different manuals, for seminars in the Regions of Europe, the Caribbean, the Southern Cone and Central America. We also gave our economic support to lodging and meals of pastors who travelled in from nearly 30 countries to the 4 International Missions seminars.
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10.5. 123 NEW WORKS ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES; 2015-2018.
10.5.1. At the 2016 General Convention I informed on the planting of forty-seven new works (47) in 19 districts.
10.5.2. Our warmest recognition to the bishops, pastors and ministers-in-charge whose work allows us to report, that in four years, the Apostolic Assembly was able to plant 123 new works in 25 districts and in National Missions, in the United States.
District: Arizona (Bishop Supervisor: Raymond Rodríguez)# Obra Nueva Ministro Encargado Año de fundación1 Queen Creek, Arizona Ambrosio Montijo 20172 Scottsdale, Arizona Mario Espinoza 20173 Tucson #4, Arizona Sabas Jiménez 20174 Yuma #3, Arizona Tylan Martínez 20175 El Mirage, Arizona Ezequiel Quezada 20186 Peoria, Arizona Oscar García 20187 Tolleson, Arizona Jesús Calixto 2018
District: Central de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Frank Balboa)1 San Antonio, Texas Roberto Alcantar 20152 College Station, Texas Román Cervantes 2016
District: Colorado (Bishop Supervisor: Frank Hernández)1 Rawlings, Wyoming Antonio Ramírez 2018
District: Costa Este Central (Bishop Supervisor: Hugo Ramos)1 Asheville, North Carolina Esteban Parra 2015
District: Costa Noreste (Bishop Supervisor: José Castro)1 Wantagh, New York Eduardo Merino 20162 Jersey City, New Jersey Juan Bernabé 20163 Reading, Pennsylvania Luis Montano 2017
DDistrict: Este de Los Ángeles California (Bishop Supervisor: Abel Rodríguez)1 Garden Grove, California Héctor Barajas2 Orange #2, California Rigoberto Padilla
District: Este de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Juan Moreno)1 Pasadena, Texas Ramón Sánchez 20152 Port La Vaca, Texas Eddie Martínez 2015
District: Florida (Bishop Supervisor: Heriberto Esparza)1 Fort Pierce, Florida Sergio García2 Wellborn, Florida Joaquín Cruz
District: Grandes Lagos (Bishop Supervisor: Antonio Cruz)1 Fort Wayne #2, Indiana Ángel Soto 20152 Toledo #2, Ohio Juan Núñez 2018
District: Interior de California y Nevada (Bishop Supervisor: Francisco Quezada)1 Alta Loma, California Vince Álvarez Jr. 20152 Banning #2, California Edward González 20153 North Las Vegas, Nevada Antonio Medina 2016
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4 Rosamond, California Alfredo Martínez 20165 La Quinta, California Oseas Ayala 20176 California City, California Edgar López 20187 Lancaster #2, California Ernesto Alcalá 20188 Las Vegas #10, Nevada Esteban Parra 20189 Las Vegas #11, Nevada José Rocha 2018
10 Montclair, California Daniel Cristóbal 201811 Thousand Palms, California Juvencio Robles 2018
District: Los Ángeles California (Bishop Supervisor: Felipe Velasco)# Obra Nueva Ministro Encargado Año de fundación1 Carpinteria, California Rudy Ticas 20162 Inglewood, California Aniceto Gómez 20183 Los Ángeles #6, California Alex Hernández 20184 Port Hueneme, California Anthony Martínez 2018
District: Medio Oeste (Bishop Supervisor: Juventino López)1 Burlington, Wisconsin Manuel Godina2 Evansville, Indiana Santiago Rivera3 Richland Center, Wisconsin Jacobo Castillo4 Seymour, Indiana Frank Meza5 Waukesha, Wisconsin José Barajas6 West Pullman, Wisconsin José Vásquez7 Wisconsin Dale, Wisconsin Idelfonso Banderas
Distrito: Mid Ámerica (Bishop Supervisor: Herminio Leal)1 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Isaías Hernández2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Arturo Quijas3 Del City, Oklahoma Gilberto Villalobos
District: Misiones Nacionales (Obispo Secretario: Joe Aguilar)1 Billings, Montana Jonathan Cruz2 Canton, Ohio José Aguirre3 Cleveland, Ohio Héctor Rodríguez4 Covington, Louisiana Edgard Serrano5 Dublin, Ohio Mike Ortega6 Fairfield, Ohio Juan Orona7 Forest, Mississippi Esteban Ceseña8 Green Forest, Arkansas Octavio Galindo9 Little Rock, Arkansas Edgard Serrano10 Monroe, Louisiana Edgard Serrano11 Sevierville, Tennessee Francisco Magaña12 Shreveport, Louisiana Edgard Serrano13 Texarkana, Arkansas José Chacón
District: New Mexico (Bishop Supervisor: Jimmie Arellano)1 Ruidoso, New Mexico Gerónimo Sarabia 20152 Albuquerque, New Mexico Gilbert Apodaca 2018District: Noroeste de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Porfirio Quintanilla)1 Amarillo, Texas Isaac Rodríguez 2014
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2 Fort Stockton, Texas Héctor Martínez 20143 Odessa #3, Texas Heriberto López 20144 Big Spring, Texas David Pérez 2015
District: Norte de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Armando Tamez)# Obra Nueva Ministro Encargado Año de fundación1 Denton, Texas Miguel Ramírez 20152 Frisco, Texas Daniel Jasso 20163 Jacksonville, Texas Daniel Frutoz 20164 Richardson, Texas Héctor Guillen 20165 Waco, Texas Jonás Rivera 20166 Gilmer, Texas Esdras Jacques 20177 McKinney, Texas Efraín Flores 20178 Terrel, Texas Cesar Castañeda 2017District: Norte-Central California (Bishop Supervisor: Edgar Orellana)1 Delhi, California Emanuel Vásquez2 Goshen, California José Gallardo3 Ivanhoe, California Elías Mosqueda4 Madera #2, California Joe Aguilar5 Selma, California Carlos TamezDistrict: Oeste de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Omar Arzate)1 El Paso #7, Texas Francisco Román 20152 Tornillo, Texas Gilberto Núñez 2018District: Pacífico Norte de California (Bishop Supervisor: Andrew López)1 Eureka, California Víctor Orona 20152 Morgan Hill, California Saúl Camarillo 20153 Mountain View, California Jacob Rodríguez 20154 Ukiah, California Guadalupe Rodríguez 20175 Calistoga, California Javier Mendoza 20186 Santa Rosa #2, California Rudy Castro 2018District: Sur de California (Bishop Supervisor: Misael Zaragoza)1 El Cajon #2, California Bernardo García2 Encinitas, California Jeffrey Rodríguez3 Mesa Verde, California Ezequiel Santoyo4 Oceanview, California Mark SepúlvedaDistrict: Sur de Texas (Bishop Supervisor: Marco Zacarías)1 Edinburg, Texas Antonio Rivera 20152 Palmview #2, Texas Hernán Garza 20153 Los Fresnos #2, Texas Baldomero Vásquez 20164 San Benito #2, Texas Jacinto Prado 2017District: Sur-Central de California (Bishop Supervisor: Joel Olvera)1 Templeton, California Luis López2 Terra Bella, California José Zamora3 San Luis Obispo, California Martín Chavoya
District: Utah y Idaho (Bishop Supervisor: Tom Vigil)# Obra Nueva Ministro Encargado Año de fundación
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1 Sandy, Utah Florentino Monreal 20162 Brigham City, Utah Sergio Palafox 20173 Elko, Nevada Joel Uriarte 20174 Evanston, Wyoming José González 2017
District: Valle Dorado de California (Bishop Supervisor: Martín Amador)1 Angels Camp, California Ramón Montez 20152 Ceres, California Manuel Casas 20153 Hughson, California José Barron 20154 Lodi, California Fred Díaz 20155 Patterson, California Martín Amador 20156 Reno #3, Nevada Bernardo Blanco 20157 Sacramento #1, California Joel Veloz 20158 South Lake Tahoe #2, Nevada Leopoldo Montejano 20159 Sonora, California Manuel Casas 201510 Dublin, California Ricardo Carmona 201611 Keyes, California Efraím Amaya 201612 Manteca, California Ben Aguirre 201613 Vacaville, California John Díaz 201614 Chico, California Moses Varela 201715 Elk Grove, California Martín Amador 201716 Kings Beach, Nevada Ismael Terán 201717 Stead, Nevada Bernardo Blanco 201718 Sun Valley, Nevada Vicente Pérez 201719 Woodland, California Marco Landa 2017District: Washington (Bishop Supervisor: Gabriel Calderón)1 Moses Lake, Washington Ignacio Aguirre 20162 Vancouver, Washington Luis Chávez 2016
10.6. 178 NEW WORKS ESTABLISHED IN 19 COUNTRIES: 2015-2018.
Our warmest applause to the Regional Supervisors, Bishops Presidents, Missionaries, pastors and ministers-in-charge in International Missions, whose work allows us to report, that in four years, the Apostolic Assembly has been able to plant 178 new works in 19 countries, without counting all the new works established in Africa.
País: Argentina (Obispo Presidente: Rubén Kisiel)
# Obra Nueva Año de fundación
1 Centro Tigre 2015
2 La Ferrere 2015
3 Los Aromos 2015
4 Pampa del Indio 2015
5 Puerto Iguazu 2015
6 Buenos Aires 2016
7 Espegazini 2016
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8 Goya 2016
9 Kilometro 45 2016
10 La Lajita 2016
11 Parque Avellanada 2016
12 Virrey del Pino 2016
13 Buenos Aires 2017
14 Campo Largo 2017
15 Ciudad de Escobar 2017
16 Ciudad de Pilar 2017
17 La Quiaca 2017
18 Mendoza 2017
19 Monte Rico 2017
20 Olimpo 2017
21 Orán 2017
22 San Martín 2017
23 Uriosti 2017
24 Villa España 2017
25 Villa Gesell 2017
26 Villa Lugano 2017
27 Ferrari 2018
28 Ringuele 2018
29 Rio Hondo 2018
30 Rosario 2018
31 Villegas 2018
País: Bolivia (Misionero: Raúl Coitiño)
# Obra Nueva Año de fundación
1 Barrial 2015
2 Challapampa Grande 2015
3 Juan Pablo 2015
4 El Alto 2016
5 Kuriuma #2 2016
6 La Paz 2016
7 Tolomosa Grande 2016
8 Tuturuyo Bajo 2016
9 Belén 2017
10 Bermejo 2017
11 Challapata 2017
12 Tarija 2017
13 Belén #2 2018
14 Eucaliptus 2018
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15 Quebrada 2018
País: Brasil (Misionero: Abrelino Alves)
1 Sao Paulo 2015
2 Rio Grande do Sul #1 2018
3 Tramandai 2018
País: Chile (Obispo Presidente: Darío Vera)
1 Antofagasta
2 Cabrería
3 Curicó
4 Illapel
5 Liquiñe
6 Loncoche Plom
7 Los Ángeles-Perales
8 Los Vilos
9 Melipeuco
10 Pullique Alto
11 San Antonio
12 San Francisco de Mostazal
13 Talcá
País: Colombia (Misionero: David Valero)
1 Cartagena 2017
2 Medellín Sur 2017
3 Río Negro 2017
4 Bogota 2018
5 Cali 2018
6 Cartagena 2018
7 Medellín (San Antonio de Prado) 2018
País: Costa Rica (Obispo Presidente: Tulio Cerda)
1 Bello Horizonte
2 Jorco
3 La Colonia
4 Moravia
5 Orotina
6 Quepos
7 Río Segundo
8 Santa Elena
9 Tres Equis
10 Volcán
País: Ecuador (Misionero: Jesús Martínez)
1 Guayaquil 2015
2 Santa Domingo 2015
3 Quevedo 2016
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4 Esmeralda 2017
5 Lataqunga 2018
6 Verde 2018
País: Honduras (Obispo Presidente: Mario Carranza)
1 Choluteca (3 de febrero) 2015
2 Choluteca (Ajero Blanco) 2015
3 Choluteca (Marcobia) 2015
4 Choluteca (Palenque) 2015
5 Choluteca (San Isidro) 2015
6 Choluteca (Santa Cruz) 2015
7 Comayagua 2016
8 Santa Bárbara (Galeras) 2017
9 Santa Bárbara (Raicero) 2017
10 Siguatepeque 2017
11 El Paraíso (Danli #2) 2018
12 Francisco Morazán (Amareteca) 2018
13 Francisco Morazán (Guaimaca) 2018
14 Francisco Morazán (Valle de Ángeles) 2018
País: Italia (Obispo Presidente: Fabio Cipolla)
1 Milán Alessandro Bracuto
País: México (Obispo Presidente: Martín Cárdenas)
# Obra Nueva Ministro Encargado Año de fundación
1 El Recreo Jesús Rangel 2015
2 Tijuana Álvaro García 2015
3 Tijuana Justino Ceballos 2015
4 Tijuana Francisco Flores 2015
5 Chele Antonio Islas 2016
6 Chihuahua Edgar Rosario 2016
7 Cópala Ángel Trinidad 2016
8 Ejido el Sargento Alejandro Green 2016
9 El Chilar Ángel Ramos 2016
10 Emiliano Zapata Tirso Foguero 2016
11 Ensenada Epifanio Alvares 2016
12 Rosarito Jorge Ortega 2016
13 Tápala Jesús Martínez 2016
14 Tuxpan German Pérez 2016
15 Agua Prieta Ramón Calderón 2017
16 Aguacatlan Francisco Gómez 2017
17 Boxil Marcos Jiménez 2017
18 Ciudad de México Armando Arzate 2017
19 Chamula Marcelino López 2017
20 Reynosa Esaú Alemán 2017
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21 Rosarito Carlos Carabantes 2017
22 Sonoyta Juan Ríos 2017
23 Tijuana Cesar Ulises 2017
24 Vicente Guerrero Humberto Flores 2017
25 Campo Viejo Alfonso Acosta 2018
26 Ciudad de Puebla Jaime Campos 2018
27 Culiacán Armando Benítez 2018
28 Doctor Coss Policarpo González 2018
29 Ejido Villanueva José González 2018
30 Ensenada Manuel Pérez 2018
31 Escobedo Rafael Almeida 2018
32 Escuinapa Gilberto Beltrán 2018
33 Joaquín Amaro Josué Méndez 2018
34 Jomulco René Ramos 2018
35 La Campana Marco Fraire 2018
36 Punta de Oriente Fernando Pérez 2018
37 Salina Cruz José Balboa 2018
38 San Ignacio Río Muerto Leonardo Duarte 2018
39 Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan Anatasio Valentín 2018
40 Santa Fe Lázaro Flores 2018
41 Tijuana Miguel Gallegos 2018
42 Vicente Guerrero Alfredo González 2018
43 Villa Unión Joel Páez 2018
País: Panamá (Obispo Presidente: Severiano Niño)
1 Santiago de Veraguas 2016
País: Perú (Misionero: Julio Rusconi)
1 Trujillo 2015
2 Santa Rosa 2015
3 Chiclayo 2016
4 San Lazaro 2016
5 Lima 2017
6 San Martín 2017
7 Chimbote 2018
8 San Isidro 2018
9 Trujillo 2018
País: Portugal (Misionero: Gabriel Pereira Das Neves)
1 Cascáis 2016
País: Reino Unido (Misionero: Daniele Fontanarosa)
1 Londres 2016
País: República Dominicana (Obispo Presidente: Tómas Bueno)
1 Azua 2015
2 Hermanas Mirabal 2015
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3 Las Matas de Farfán 2015
4 Santo Domingo Este 2015
5 Distrito Nacional 2016
6 Distrito Nacional 2016
7 La Vega 2016
8 Santo Domingo Norte 2016
9 Boca Chica 2017
10 Monte Plata 2017
11 San Cristóbal 2017
12 Santo Domingo Norte 2017
13 Altagracia 2018
14 Jarabacoa 2018
15 Francisco de Macoris 2018
Región: Sudeste Asiático (Misionero: Jerry Fernández)
1 Doi Saket, Tailandia Ping Chaisang 2017
2 Natú, Myanmar Aihaweh 2017
3 Tachileik, Myanmar Soe Win Naung 2017
País: Venezuela (Misionero: José Dudamel)
1 Barquisimeto (Carorita) 2015
2 Barquisimeto (La Peña) 2015
3 Valencia 2015
4 Barquisimeto (Centro) 2017
5 Sabaneta de Barinas 2018
XI. COMMISSIONS FROM THE BISHOP PRESIDENT. The following tasks and commissions I completed in representation of our Bishop President or by his orders:
1. URUGUAY 2017.
We held seminars in the country of Uruguay, in Paysandú, Salto, and Montevideo, from May 4 to 11, 2017, as a team with Bishop Andy Provencio and Bishop David Martínez
2. 2. 2017 DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
I represented the Bishop President at the following district conventions:District DatesLos Angeles California July 21-22, 2017South Texas August 4-5, 2017Golden Valley California August 18-19, 2017Interior California & Nevada August 25-26, 2017
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3. 2017 APOSTOLIC FELLOWSHIP SUMMIT.
I attended the Apostolic Fellowship Summit, October 26-27, 2017, in Bridgeton, Missouri. I have previously attendedfive times to this Summit.This Summit brings together the leaders of the largestapostolic organizations in the United States of America. At this meeting the PAW proposed to celebrate an Apostolic National Day of Prayer and it was approved by the Summit.
4. 2018 NATIONAL APOSTOLIC DAY OF PRAYER.
I was involved in the organization of this event and in the participation of the Apostolic Assembly:OnMay4,thefirstnationalapostolicdayofprayerwasheldinWashingtonD.C.Theactivitywasspon-sored by the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW) and was led by the newly-elected Presiding BishopTheodoreBrooks.Wehadtheprivilegeof invitingBishopBrooksfor thefirst timein2013tothe Symposium of Apostolic Theology. The activity was represented by the United Pentecostal Church (UPCI), the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (COOLJC), the Pentecostal Church of the Pentecostal Faith (PCAF), the Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ (ALJC), and other churches. At the beginning there was an attendance of 200 people, but later the Dorcas joined us, and the Assembly doubled the attendance to 400 people.
5. MENTOR TO BISHOPS SUPERVISORS.
IservedasthementortothreeBishopsSupervisorsandfulfilleddifferentcommissionsandtravelsto their district.
6. EVALUATIONS OF THE GENERAL BOARD AND DISTRICT BOARDS.
We prepared an evaluation for each of the eight members of the General Board of Directors and for each member of the District Board of Directors, identifying with meticulousness the responsibilities and duties indicated in the Constitution.
7. MISSIONARY TRIP TO THAILAND.
As a team along with Bishops Andy Provencio and Joe Aguilar, I traveled in August 2017, to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to install our new Missionary Jerry Fernández, for the new region of Southeast Asia.WealsoordainedourfirstministersinThailand,MyanmarandCambodia.
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8. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONS.
I also fulfilled other commissions, several of them in the company of othermembers of theGeneral Board. Here I report the most important ones:
1. First Apostolic Assembly of San Bernardino, California.2. Issues in the Arizona District.3. Issues in the Central America Region.4. Issues in the Northern District of Texas.5. Issues in the Northwestern District of Texas.6. Matters in the Western District of Texas.7. New Digital Program for Real Estate and the General Treasury.8. New Election of the Bishop Supervisors and Board of Directors, New Mexico District.9. Travel to Houston, Hurricane Harvey.10. Needs in Brazil (attended in California).11. Divorce Document Commission.12. Separation from part of the membership of the First Church of Fontana, CA.13. Funeral of Bishop Supervisor David Aguilar, Southern Central California.14. Representation: funeral of Bishop Elías Escamilla15. Support to the Southern District of California: Solana Beach.16. New missionaries for Romania.17. Representation: funeral of Sister Angelica Cedillo-Leal.18. Representation: funeral sister Santa Leon.19. Pastoral Retirement Committee.
Dear Bishops, missionaries, pastors, evangelists, I have served with great happiness these last twelve years in the tasks of the General Board of Directors, of our Apostolic Assembly. I have delivered my best effort, out of love for our pastors and congregations in the United States. But the most powerful reason I have to serve with excellence and sacrifice is my love for my Lord and my God. I owe it all to Jesus Christ. Since childhood he surrounded me with his love and thousands of blessings. When I was thirteen years old he filled me with the Holy Spirit and at fifteen years old he called me to be baptized in his precious name. The glorious presence of God in my life, every day, is all that I need. To the Lord Jesus I give all the glory for the privilege it is to serve him!
Fraternally in Christ Jesus,
Ismael Martín del Campo,Bishop Vice President.
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GENERAL SECRETARY REPORTBISHOP FELIPE A. SALAZAR President John Fortino, Members of the General Board, Episcopal Body, Regional Elders, International Missionaries, and Pastors,
Praise the Lord.
First of all, I want to express my gratitude to Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior of the church and to the Pastors of the Apostolic Assembly for the privilege of serving in this capacity. It has been one of thehighhonorsofmylife.Iamhumbledandgratefulfortheprivilege.Infulfillmentofmyduties,Iam presenting to this convention a report of my activities and of the completion of the constitutional directivesofthisofficethatwereconferredtomefouryearsago. AstheGeneralSecretary,IamboundbyourConstitutiontofulfillalltheobligationspertinenttomyoffice.Theseresponsibilitiesinclude:receivingandprocessingallInitiativeProposalstoamendthe Constitution and present them to the General Convention, keep records of and manage all real estate transactions,keepandfileallofficialdocumentsandrecordsoftheApostolicAssemblyincludingtheminutesofall relevantmeetings,signallofficialdocumentsandcertificates including theministerialcredentials and licenses, handle all insurance matters to assure our church is properly protected. I also have the responsibility of officially representing theApostolicAssembly in legal proceedingswhenrequired to do so, and to carry out all presidential commissions. These duties are completed with the assistance of the personnel working in following three departments: the Real Estate Department, the Credentials Department, and the Insurance Department. I am profoundly grateful for the hard work and professionalism with which all my staff has worked. They are the ones that, on a daily basis, make this department function. I cannot overstate the immense help my administrator, Minister Santiago Calderon, has been these four years. He has been key to the service our department has provided to the pastors. I am personally grateful for his loyalty and incredible work ethic. I am also deeply grateful for the depth of knowledge and integrity with which Pastor Tim Arroyo, Sister Yvette Cristobal, and Sister Lydia Hernandez have carried out their work and served our pastors. They have done an outstanding job in the Real Estate Department. Their sincere interest has been, and continues to be, to protect our church and to serve the pastors of the Apostolic Assembly. Sister Cathy RojashasalsoprovidedavaluablecontributionintheCredentialsDepartment.Forthefirsttwoyearsofour administration, Sister Damaris Cristobal assisted us in handling the church’s insurance matters. She did an excellent job. Lately, Sister Claudia Rayas has taken the responsibility of managing this depart-ment. We are grateful for her knowledgeable contributions to the department and to the team. Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to our respected President John Fortino. I am grate-ful for his friendship and for his insightful leadership of the church that has led us to a place of greater stability. I am also grateful for my colleagues on the General Board. Together, we have formed a cooperative team that has worked to accomplish the tasks that were set before us. Each one of them contributed an important element to the functioning of our team. I am grateful for the cooperation and support I have received from them. Working with these men has been a learning and growing experience for me.
The following is a report of the work that has been performed during my tenure as the General Secretary:
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REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT The Real Estate Department is responsible for overseeing and executing every Real Estate transaction,which includes: newconstruction, purchases, refinances, sales, and leases. From start tofinish,theRealEstateDepartmentassiststhelocalchurchtoensuretheyareobtainingthebestpossibleagreement, and acts as a liaison between every party involved in the transaction.
The Real Estate Department has in the past four years continued to make major strides in es-tablishinganefficientandeffectivesystemtoserveeverylocalchurchwithintheApostolicAssembly.Furthermore, the reorganization of the Real Estate Department in recent years has resulted in major savings to the local church as well as the organization as a whole. Here are some highlights:
1) Creation of a Real Estate Handbook and Resource Guide that provides a thorough expla-nationofhowtoproperlyplanandexecuteanyrealestatetransaction.Thisisthefirsttimethat a step-by-step guide has been produced.
2) New protocol for leases has been implemented to further protect the local churches from any legal exposure. This includes an attorney review of every contract and ensuring the proper insurance and permits are in place before a contract is executed. Instead of a pastor acting as Guarantor to the lease, leases are signed by the General Board alleviating personal liability to the pastor as an individual.
3) A Lease Coordinator has been added as a full-time staff member to the Real Estate De-partment to ensure leases are properly executed and that every church has the proper insur-ances in place.
4) The total amount saved in realtor commissions over the past four years has been over $327,000.
5) Property taxes have posed a major challenge to many local churches due to their con-fusing nature. Over the last four years, the Real Estate Department has been able to save localchurchesover$200,000.00 inback taxes througheffectiveappeals.SomepropertiesthatwereabouttobeauctionedhavebeenredeemedduetotheefficacyoftheRealEstateDepartment.
In light of the Constitutional mandate to report on the property holdings and assets of the Apos-tolic Assembly, I submit the following statistics to this General Convention:
REAL ESTATE ASSETS AS OF JUNE 2018Total number of congregations in the Apostolic Assembly 765Congregations that own properties 464Congregations that rent or lease a property 301ORIGINAL COST / DEBT OF APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY OWNED PROPERTIES
Total original cost of properties $130 millionTotal balance of mortgages $51 millionTotal Net Value $79million
The above figures represent a major accomplishment of our church. Within the past twoyears alone, the Apostolic Assembly, through the diligent effort of local pastors and congregations,and through the institution of the moratorium on all new loans, has reduced its mortgage debt by over $10 million. The lower our debt, the greater our financial strength. The Real Estate Department stands ready to continue assisting our Church by facilitating transactions to accommodate growth.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
The Insurance Department exists to assist pastors and their congregations with matters involving insurance risk such as property, general liability, auto, and workers’ compensation. In order to better serve the growing need of our church, the General Board hired a full-time Insurance Coordinator to identify and categorize insurance risks.
Through the diligent efforts of the Insurance Department, the following things have been accomplished:
1) After two years of Workers’ Compensation premium issues, the Insurance Departmentinitiated contact with four different insurance agencies with the purpose of minimizingthe cost of Workers’ Compensation Insurance. Upon successfully completing a premiumcomparison between the four agencies, the Joint Bishops’ Meeting in September of 2018agreed to change our Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier from CNA to theBrotherhood Insurance Company. This transition will take place by March of 2019 andwill reduce the total cost of Workers’ Compensation insurance premiums by $86,000.00.
2) This department has been working together with pastors in order to aid the effort ofminimizing the legal exposure the church might have. This is a work in progress. Theimplementation of a new data system promises to further assure that our church iscompletely covered from any legal exposure.
The goal for the Insurance Department in years to come is to create an open door policybetween pastors, district leaders, and insurance providers.
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Theabovefiguresrepresentamajoraccomplishmentofourchurch.Withinthepasttwoyearsalone, the Apostolic Assembly, through the diligent effort of local pastors and congregations, and throughtheinstitutionofthemoratoriumonallnewloans,hasreduceditsmortgagedebtbyover$10million.Thelowerourdebt,thegreaterourfinancialstrength.TheRealEstateDepartmentstandsreadyto continue assisting our Church by facilitating transactions to accommodate growth.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT The Insurance Department exists to assist pastors and their congregations with matters involving insurance risk such as property, general liability, auto, and workers’ compensation. In order to better serve the growing need of our church, the General Board hired a full-time Insurance Coordinator to identify and categorize insurance risks. Through the diligent efforts of the Insurance Department, the following things have been accomplished:
1) After two years of Workers’ Compensation premium issues, the Insurance Department initi-ated contact with four different insurance agencies with the purpose of minimizing the cost of Workers’ Compensation Insurance. Upon successfully completing a premium comparison between the four agencies, the Joint Bishops’ Meeting in September of 2018 agreed to change our Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier from CNA to the Brotherhood Insurance Com-pany. This transition will take place by March of 2019 and will reduce the total cost of Workers’ Compensationinsurancepremiumsby$86,000.00.
2) This department has been working together with pastors in order to aid the effort of minimiz-ing the legal exposure the church might have. This is a work in progress. The implementation of a new data system promises to further assure that our church is completely covered from any legal exposure.
The goal for the Insurance Department in years to come is to create an open door policy between pastors, district leaders, and insurance providers.
CREDENTIALS DEPARTMENT The Credentials Department is responsible for receiving and processing all the ministerial appli-cations, while simultaneously updating all ministerial and church information in our database, handling and archiving the District Convention reports, election results, census reports, and managing all yearly renewals with the Secretary of State.
In the last four years, this Department has done the following:
1) Wesimplifiedtheministerialapplicationformstoavoidredundancy.Atthesametime,wein-cluded in the ministerial applications, necessary language to lessen our legal risk.
2) We required compliance with the Child Abuse Prevention Training protocols that were estab-lished by the General Board.
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CENSUS REPORT Given that the Constitution requires the General Secretary to render a report of the Ministerial Body, I am submitting to this convention the numbers pertinent to the ministerial body of the Apostolic Assembly as of September 2018.
In order to protect our children, and to lessen the legal exposure of the church in relation to child abuse lawsuits and sexual harassment lawsuits, the General Board took the decision to enforce Article 34 Clause II of the Constitution. It requires that all members of the ministerial body that do not hold a validministeriallicenseforunjustifiedreasonsceasetheirfunctionsasministersintheirlocalchurches.Consequently, I am informing this convention of the number of members of the ministerial body that, while being in the ministry of the Apostolic Assembly, do not hold a valid ministerial credential, license, orcertificate.
Our insistence on this policy offers important and necessary protection to our organization. Last year, we created new policies to close this this gap in order to fully protect our organization.
CHURCHES / MISSIONS / NEW WORKS The General Secretariat’s Department has registered the following number of churches, mis-sions, and new works nationally in the Apostolic Assembly. As of 2015 and moving forward, the census reporting was changed to a calendar year (January-December) for improved reporting and accuracy. Below,youwillfindthosestatistics:
CREDENTIALS DEPARTMENT
The Credentials Department is responsible for receiving and processing all the ministerial applications, while simultaneously updating all ministerial and church information in our database,handling and archiving the District Convention reports, election results, census reports, and managing all yearly renewals with the Secretary of State.
In the last four years, this Department has done the following:
1) We simplified the ministerial application forms to avoid redundancy. At the same time,we included in the ministerial applications, necessary language to lessen our legal risk.
2) We required compliance with the Child Abuse Prevention Training protocols that wereestablished by the General Board.
CENSUS REPORT
Given that the Constitution requires the General Secretary to render a report of the Ministerial Body, I am submitting to this convention the numbers pertinent to the ministerial body of the Apostolic Assembly as of September 2018.
MINISTERIAL BODY 2018General Board Members 8District Supervisors 26National Evangelists 10Pastors 588Pastors in Charge 47Ministers in Charge 106Retired Pastors & Emeritus 13Ministers 2,304Deacons 896Missionaries 6Total Ministerial Body 4,004
In order to protect our children, and to lessen the legal exposure of the church in relationto child abuse lawsuits and sexual harassment lawsuits, the General Board took the decision to enforce Article 34 Clause II of the Constitution. It requires that all members of the ministerial bodythat do not hold a valid ministerial license for unjustified reasons cease their functions as ministers in their local churches. Consequently, I am informing this convention of the number of members of the ministerial body that, while being in the ministry of the Apostolic Assembly, do not hold a valid ministerial credential, license, or certificate.
NON-CREDENTIALED / UNLICENSED / UNCERTIFIED AS OF SEPTEMBER 2018 Pastors 11 Ministers in Charge 10 Retired Pastors & Emeritus 4 Ministers 319 Deacons 199 Total 543
Our insistence on this policy offers important and necessary protection to our organization.
Last year, we created new policies to close this this gap in order to fully protect our organization.
CHURCHES / MISSIONS / NEW WORKS The General Secretariat’s Department has registered the following number of churches, missions, and new works nationally in the Apostolic Assembly. As of 2015 and moving forward, the census reporting was changed to a calendar year (January-December) for improved reporting and accuracy. Below, you will find those statistics:
MINISTERIAL BODY AS OF DECEMBER 2017 Churches 553 Missions 80 New Works 132 Baptized Members 62,487 Total Members 89,104 Water Baptism 6,866 Holy Spirit Baptisms 5,491
COMMISSIONS As part of my responsibility, I served on 17 commissions that I was assigned to by President
Fortino. These commissions dealt with District issues, legal depositions, church judgments, and various other matters.
LEGAL
During the last four years, the lawyers of our church have litigated ten cases. A team of professional, highly proficient lawyers, led by Attorney Jorge Montes, defended our church in these cases. Their competent counsel and hard work have been fundamental to a positive resolution. Some cases are still in litigation. Below is the list of the cases and their present status.
1. Apostolic Assembly vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed) 2. Yepes vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed) 3. Apostolic Assembly vs. Olivares: (Closed) 4. Solomon case: (Resolved)
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COMMISSIONS As part of my responsibility, I served on 17 commissions that I was assigned to by President Fortino. These commissions dealt with District issues, legal depositions, church judgments, and various other matters.
LEGAL During the last four years, the lawyers of our church have litigated ten cases. A team of profes-sional,highlyproficient lawyers, ledbyAttorney JorgeMontes,defendedourchurch in thesecases.Their competent counsel and hard work have been fundamental to a positive resolution. Some cases are still in litigation. Below is the list of the cases and their present status.
1. Apostolic Assembly vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed)2. Yepes vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed)3. Apostolic Assembly vs. Olivares: (Closed)4. Solomon case: (Resolved)5. East Aurora Flea Market vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed)6. John Roe vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed)7. Apostolic Assembly v. David Valdez and World Faith Center of Houston: (Active)8. Apostolic Assembly v. Juan Miranda and Micaela Miranda: (Active)9. Doe v. Apostolic Assembly: (Active)10. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus: (Active)
CONCLUSION Finally, I want to express my gratitude to Rose, my wife of 33 years, and to my children. My wife has been an unwavering support these four years. Her loyalty, counsel, and love for God and his work have been indispensable. I could not have done the work without their encouragement.
NON-CREDENTIALED / UNLICENSED / UNCERTIFIED AS OF SEPTEMBER 2018 Pastors 11 Ministers in Charge 10 Retired Pastors & Emeritus 4 Ministers 319 Deacons 199 Total 543
Our insistence on this policy offers important and necessary protection to our organization.
Last year, we created new policies to close this this gap in order to fully protect our organization.
CHURCHES / MISSIONS / NEW WORKS The General Secretariat’s Department has registered the following number of churches, missions, and new works nationally in the Apostolic Assembly. As of 2015 and moving forward, the census reporting was changed to a calendar year (January-December) for improved reporting and accuracy. Below, you will find those statistics:
MINISTERIAL BODY AS OF DECEMBER 2017 Churches 553 Missions 80 New Works 132 Baptized Members 62,487 Total Members 89,104 Water Baptism 6,866 Holy Spirit Baptisms 5,491
COMMISSIONS As part of my responsibility, I served on 17 commissions that I was assigned to by President
Fortino. These commissions dealt with District issues, legal depositions, church judgments, and various other matters.
LEGAL
During the last four years, the lawyers of our church have litigated ten cases. A team of professional, highly proficient lawyers, led by Attorney Jorge Montes, defended our church in these cases. Their competent counsel and hard work have been fundamental to a positive resolution. Some cases are still in litigation. Below is the list of the cases and their present status.
1. Apostolic Assembly vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed) 2. Yepes vs. Apostolic Assembly: (Closed) 3. Apostolic Assembly vs. Olivares: (Closed) 4. Solomon case: (Resolved)
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GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORTBISHOP FELIPE LUGO To our Bishop President John Fortino, members of the General Board and all the Bishop Super-visors,Pastors,delegatesofthemissionaryfields,ministersandtheLord’sChurch,PraisetheLord!
Mydeepest thanks toourLordJesusChristand thepastoralbody for thevoteofconfidenceplaced upon me to serve as General Treasurer. It was a great blessing and satisfaction for me to have served and supported all of your requests and needs in these last four years.
Today I stand before this Convention to submit the Treasury Report pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 of our Constitution. Guided by the constitutional objective and by the Holy Spirit, I humbly present myself to give account for what was achieved in these two years of activity in the Treasury of our belovedChurch.Mygratitudeforthevoteofconfidencegivenbythispastoralbodyandtheopportunityto be part of this administration, which has directed our beloved Assembly to scale new steps of success despite challenges set before it. Personally, I am grateful for the wise leadership of our Bishop President John Fortino who gave us his support on the projects presented, and in the well-being of our beloved Church, may God reward you for believing in us President.
As General Treasurer, I have been given the task of ensuring the proper functioning of the administrative business of our Church, and to ensure constitutional and joint bishop’s agreements be executed for the advancement of the Lord’s work.
During the current year, we have worked to meet all the requirements of the different govern-mentalandfinancialinstitutions.
ForthefirsttimeinthehistoryofourbelovedAssembly,wehaveaglobalauditedreport.TheauditedreportnowreflectsalltherealestateassetsandliabilitiesoftheApostolicAssemblywithintheUnitedStates.ThetotalrealestateassetsoftheApostolicAssemblyare$130,000,000,whicharere-cordedathistoricalcost.Thisdoesnotreflectthefairmarketvalueofallourproperties.Thischangeinouraccountingtoincludeallthepropertiesandliabilitiesonthecorporatefinancialsshowsourfinancialstrength,providesacompletefinancialpicture,andaddscredibilitytoourorganization,whichwillopennewdoorsandprovidebetterfinancingopportunities.
Lastyear,theaccountingstaffandyourservantofferedfiveseminarsindifferentregionsofthecountry which included, Southern California, Northern California, Texas, Chicago, and New Jersey. The purpose of the seminars was to train the local treasurers in QuickBooks, bookkeeping practices, pastoral housing allowance, and corporate responsibilities. These trainings have helped us to equip many local treasurers and to facilitate a consistency with the required monthly reports of all congregations.
In 2018, we invested in a brand new online system called ARIS. This system will replace the old P&L System and it is being introduced at the treasurers and administrators training at the conven-tion.Thenewsystemwillprovidebetterreportingforthecorporateoffices,thedistricts,andthelocalchurches.TheARISsystemwillbecomeacentraldatabasethatwillstoreallthechurchfinancial,realestate, insurance, and census information.
During this Convention, I will be presenting a retirement plan for our missionaries, which if approved, will complete the vision of a retirement plan for all pastors and missionaries.
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During my time as the General Treasurer, we have realized an increase in the tithes of tithes. Fromfiscal2016/2017to2017/2018,therehasbeena6%increase.In2017,weimplementedanewonline tithing portal, which now gives our churches the option to give their tithes of tithes electronically.
Pastor Eddie Campa, who serves as the corporate controller, leads the accounting team that has assisted us: Abraham Maffey (Assistant Controller), Rena Gonzalez, (Accounts Receivable), Gladia Pa-checo (Accounting Assistant) and Monica French (Accounts Payable) assist him. This team has worked tirelessly in various assigned tasks. They have distinguished themselves with their excellent service to the pastors and churches of our organization.
Our efforts have teamed up to support the work of our Board of Directors. During the past two years, I have assisted in the following areas:
• President with 17 committees
• Vice-President 2 committees
• General Secretary: we assisted in the compilation of legal documents to assist in case of demand for millions of dollars against the Assembly and in the signing of multiple docu-ments of purchase and sale of buildings and lands.
• Foreign Missions: we assisted the Secretary in conventions and other seminars in the countries of Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Panama. I also spent a week in Uruguay equipping the Pastors and leaders in seminars on mentoring and leadership.
• National Missions: we assisted in the purchase of two sanctuaries, which are a being a great blessing.
• Christian Education: I had the opportunity to write an article for the Pastoral Manual
convention. The new system will provide better reporting for the corporate offices, the districts, and the local churches. The ARIS system will become a central database that will store all the church financial, real estate, insurance, and census information. During this Convention, I will be presenting a retirement plan for our missionaries, which if approved, will complete the vision of a retirement plan for all pastors and missionaries. During my time as the General Treasurer, we have realized an increase in the tithes of tithes. From fiscal 2016/2017 to 2017/2018, there has been a 6% increase. In 2017, we implemented a new online tithing portal, which now gives our churches the option to give their tithes of tithes electronically.
Pastor Eddie Campa, who serves as the corporate controller, leads the accounting team that has assisted us: Abraham Maffey (Assistant Controller), Rena Gonzalez, (Accounts Receivable), Gladia Pacheco (Accounting Assistant) and Monica French (Accounts Payable) assist him. This team has worked tirelessly in various assigned tasks. They have distinguished themselves with their excellent service to the pastors and churches of our organization. Our efforts have teamed up to support the work of our Board of Directors. During the past two years, I have assisted in the following areas:
§ President with 17 committees § Vice-President 2 committees § General Secretary: we assisted in the compilation of legal documents to assist in case of
demand for millions of dollars against the Assembly and in the signing of multiple documents of purchase and sale of buildings and lands.
§ Foreign Missions: we assisted the Secretary in conventions and other seminars in the countries of Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Panama. I also spent a week in Uruguay equipping the Pastors and leaders in seminars on mentoring and leadership.
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GENERAL TREASURER REPORTand an article about Christology for the systematic theology text. We also participated in the elaboration of the Pastoral Transition Manual and I assisted the Secretary of National Missions in the compilation of the Episcopal Manual. I was involved in the Bible College as a teacher on several occasions.
• Social Assistance: we prepared a study on the age of our pastors and did a study by which we can now be self-insured for our pastor’s life insurance.
• I was as Advisor to the Ladies Auxiliary Department, and I had the opportunity to participate in preaching and seminars in seven national activities and one in the Republic of Panama.
• Trust Fund: through the Trust Fund, loans have increased. You will receive a report of the fund and the achievements of the same. We have been able to help several congrega-tions, thanks to the stewardship of all districts who faithfully send 5% of their income from the pastoral tithes. At this meeting, we will be presenting an initiative proposal known as Apostolic Mutual that will help us give economic stability to all our congregations that have been burdened with mortgages at high interest rates. Also through the same program, our congregations will have the opportunity to invest in it to increase earnings on saving funds.
I don’t want to overlook the support and backing of our Bishop President in the process of the implementation of the work of the General Treasury and his passion to help all our pastors. To the bishops and pastors who were part of the assigned working committees, may God reward you and bless you for your help and collaboration towards the work of the Lord.
To my beloved wife, Alma Lugo, who was my faithful companion in all my activities, she has supported me enthusiastically, participating and supporting the women’s work personally. My children, grandchildren, and great-granddaughter, who have suffered my absence but who still support me with their love and understanding.
The brethren of the second church in San Bernardino, CA for their support and understanding in my absence when the work has required it, may God reward you for all your love towards God’s work.
To each and every one of my colleagues, bishops in the General Board and the whole episcopal body and especially our pastoral body and their families, a deep appreciation for your support and encouragement,
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD,Your servant, Bishop Felipe Lugo, MAT, BSBAGeneral Treasurer
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GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201882
CASH ACCOUNTSGeneral Fund $ 103,171 Reserves 949,139 Churchs funds held on deposit 4,113,196 Payroll Account 13,246 Foreign Missions 552,849 Real Estate Trust Fund 308,663 National Confederations 266,997 Convention Account 337,243 Apostolic Theological Seminary 68,223 TOTAL CASH 6,712,727
SHORT-TERM ASSETS Accounts Receivable 9,331 Book Store Inventories 268,856 Prepaid Insurances 10,155 TOTAL SHORT-TERM ASSETS 288,342
FIXED ASSETSLand 42,148,996 Buidings & Improvements 89,136,497 Furniture & Equipment 161,369 Office Computers 168,008 Vehicles 72,302 Less accumulated deprecation (37,891,251)TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 93,795,920
OTHER ASSETS Notes receivable long-term 589,929 Real Estate Trust Fund Loan Receivable 1,423,846 Allowance for doubtful accounts (209,479)TOTAL OTHER ASSETS 1,804,295
TOTAL ASSETS $ 102,601,285
ASSET SECTION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF AUGUST 2018
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF AUGUST 2018
ASSET SECTION
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 83
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIESAccounts Payable $ 29,553 Accrued Board Pension 9,332 Accrued Staff Pension 3,970 Accrued Vacation Pay Staff 11,010 Accrued Sick Pay Staff 1,642 Transfers & Exchange (160,058)TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES (104,550)
LONG-TERM DEBT Church Mortgages 53,079,846
TOTAL LIABILITIES 52,975,296
NET ASSETS (EQUITY) 49,625,989
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $ 102,601,285
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF AUGUST 2018
LIABILITY SECTION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF AUGUST 2018
LIABILITY SECTION
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201884
Actuals 2016/2017 %
Actuals 2017/2018 %
TOTAL REVENUE NotesTithes 4,212,612 38% 4,476,935 39%
Other Assessments - 0% 73,700 1%
Conference & Seminar Registration 76,800 1% 132,589 1%
Sale of Asset 2,720,566 25% 799,788 7%
Church Contributions for Property 1 - 0% 160,877 1%
Principal & Interest Payments 2 3,288,807 30% 5,467,010 47%
Interest Income 304,895 3% 33,309 0%
Rent Income 94,135 1% 27,140 0%
Misc Income 273,627 2% 255,272 2%
Real Estate Trust Fund 83,818 1% 89,797 1%
TOTAL REVENUE 11,055,259 100% 11,516,416 100%
EXPENSESStaff Wages 581,620 8% 593,057 7%
Board Wages 546,759 7% 554,924 6%
Pension Expense 58,982 1% 58,341 1%
Accrued Vacations 39,449 1% 26,937 0%
Payroll Taxes 79,466 1% 83,240 1%
Medical Insurance 488,558 6% 531,713 6%
Life Insurance 28,445 0% 16,403 0%
Worker's Compensation 18,418 0% 20,027 0%
Office Supplies 33,520 0% 32,686 0%
Computer Supplies 5,193 0% 7,415 0%
Printing Expense, In House 8,637 0% 8,356 0%
Printing Expense Outside 15,150 0% 91,462 1%
Postage 6,916 0% 10,340 0%
Courier 5,884 0% 10,123 0%
Comp/Internet Outside Service 70,438 1% 144,048 2%
Subscriptions 22,222 0% 20,961 0%
Bank Services Fees 26,677 0% 28,238 0%
Contributions 74,804 1% 555,431 6%
Accounting and Legal 140,908 2% 255,057 3%
Directors and Officers Insurance 46,582 1% 40,077 0%
Lease Equipment 62,822 1% 63,051 1%
Mail Equipment 362 0% 241 0%
Telephone Expense 34,829 0% 40,230 0%
Electricity Expense 36,158 0% 42,013 0%
Water Expense 1,628 0% 2,102 0%
Disposal Service 5,906 0% 9,049 0%
Gas Expense 412 0% 2,495 0%
Water Outside Service 1,455 0% 2,104 0%
Investment Rental Expenses 33,593 0% 15,713 0%
Property Insurance 32,505 0% 23,155 0%
Property Taxes H.Q. Office 12,705 0% 1,831 0%
GENERAL FUNDDetailed Report
GENERAL FUND / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 85
Actuals 2016/2017 %
Actuals 2017/2018 %
Property Taxes Other 32,997 0% (17,516) 0%
Association Fees 22,353 0% 18,097 0%
Security 5,335 0% 654 0%
Maintanance and repairs 27,228 0% 18,520 0%
Depreciation 3 1,485,672 20% 2,163,585 24%
Interest Expense 4 2,323,384 31% 1,851,583 21%
Travel Air International 56,063 1% 40,879 0%
Travel Air Domestic 126,391 2% 130,450 1%
Travel Auto Expense 21,435 0% 26,046 0%
Travel Allowances 117,309 2% 97,211 1%
Travel Meals 18,247 0% 15,855 0%
Lodging 84,572 1% 67,476 1%
Joint Bishops Meetings 61,022 1% 83,296 1%
Board Meeting Expenses 22,810 0% 38,864 0%
Committee Expense 41,693 1% 83,377 1%
State Filing Fees 315 0% 697 0%
Education & Seminars 174,990 2% 229,893 3%
Outside Services 59,794 1% 51,381 1%
Church Assistance 321,095 4% 704,146 8%
Storage Rental Expense 5,368 0% 6,279 0%
Auto Expense 10,914 0% 8,246 0%
Miscellaneous 13,417 0% 7,138 0%
Appreciation & Recognitions 22,621 0% 28,291 0%
Bad Debt Expense 11,679 0% 34,211 0%
Amortization 1,790 0% 10,590 0%
Total Expenses 7,589,495 100% 8,990,069 101%
Net Income 3,465,765 2,526,347
GENERAL FUND / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201886
Actuals 2016/2017 %
Actuals 2017/2018 %
REVENUE NotesNational Flor Azul Contributions 1,530,339 93% 1,686,636 100%
Missionary Offerings 120,293 7% - 0%
TOTAL REVENUE 1,650,633 100% 1,686,636 100%
EXPENSESMissionaries Salaries 599,340 40% 713,647 42%
Supervision 96,450 6% 119,644 7%
Missionaries Children Education 17,143 1% 9,573 1%
Medical Insurance 119,707 8% 67,111 4%
Missionary Housing 185,322 12% 221,015 13%
Legal Expense 8,755 1% 15,050 1%
Building Purchase 18,800 1% 53,800 3%
Building construction & repairs 36,500 2% 25,500 2%
Auto Expense 45,330 3% 13,418 1%
Purchase missionary vehicles 10,000 1% 53,034 3%
Missionary Air Travel 66,825 4% 30,147 2%
Conferance Cost 16,780 1% 9,250 1%
Lodging 25,774 2% 8,348 0%
Travel Allowance 25,400 2% 16,090 1%
Directors Travel Expense 16,614 1% 5,978 0%
Meals 3,303 0% 4,928 0%
Missionary Moving Expense 8,134 1% 84,391 5%
Descretionary Budget 7,200 0% 18,524 1%
Miscellaneous 24,902 2% 5,085 0%
Staff Wages 13,759 1% 16,825 1%
Board Wages 48,982 3% 49,669 3%
Office Supplies 2,699 0% 2,362 0%
Courier 661 0% 47 0%
Contributions 1,700 0% 163,500 10%
Telephone Expense 2,600 0% 2,400 0%
Travel Air International 42,632 3% 22,876 1%
Travel Air Domestic 4,116 0% 3,721 0%
Travel Auto Expense 168 0% 2,844 0%
Travel Allowances 11,350 1% 10,550 1%
Travel Meals 2,308 0% 2,991 0%
Lodging 11,108 1% 57,963 3%
Miscellaneous 11,254 1% 47,609 3%
TOTAL EXPENSES 1,485,618 100% 1,857,889 109%
TOTAL NET INCOME 165,014 (171,253)
FOREIGN MISSIONSDetailed Report
FOREIGN MISSIONS / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 87
Actuals 2016/2017 %
Actuals 2017/2018 %
TOTAL REVENUE NotesTithes 69,678 25% 82,445 28%Evangelist Tithes 8,746 3% 11,013 4%Missionaries Tithes 12,775 5% 10,600 4%Reach America 173,885 63% 133,066 45%Other Support 9,221 3% 51,045 17%TOTAL REVENUE $ 274,305 100% $ 288,169 97%
EXPENSESSalaries, Home Missions 152,250 61% 135,900 62%
Missionaries Med Ins 22,110 9% 7,064 3%
Prison Ministry 404 0% - 0%
Staff Wages 13,241 5% 16,825 8%
Board Wages 27,982 11% 28,669 13%
Worker's Compensation 2,571 1% 3,934 2%
Contributions - 0% 2,500 1%
Telephone Expense 2,615 1% 2,400 1%
Travel Air Domestic 9,307 4% 5,824 3%
Travel Auto Expense 1,750 1% 1,950 1%
Travel Allowances 2,175 1% 1,613 1%
Meals 2,874 1% 405 0%
Lodging 6,410 3% 5,236 2%
Education & Seminars 4,000 2% 450 0%
Miscellaneous 2,021 1% 7,000 3%
Total Expenses $ 249,710 100% $ 219,769 100%
Net Income 24,595 68,400
NATIONAL MISSIONSDetailed Report
NATIONAL MISSIONS / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201888
Actuals 2016/2017
Actuals 2017/2018
TOTAL REVENUE NotesNet book store sales 105,685 33% 104,630 34%
Bible Colleges Tithes 69,333 22% 74,330 24%
Bible Colleges Misc 68,068 21% 47,021 15%
Scholarship 2% 79,214 25% 92,664 30%
TOTAL REVENUE $ 322,300 100% $ 318,646 103%
EXPENSESScholarship payouts 52,190 19% 107,800 34%
CBAI 4,474 2% 6,959 2%
Staff Wages 76,806 28% 77,343 24%
Board Wages 27,982 10% 28,669 9%
Accrued Vacations 7,076 3% 5,727 2%
Office Supplies 6,170 2% 5,695 2%
Courier 27,631 10% 27,548 9%
Subscriptions 8,955 3% 1,511 0%
Bank Services Fees 10,530 4% 14,971 5%
Telephone Expense 2,600 1% 2,400 1%
Travel Air International 4,783 2% 5,637 2%
Travel Air Domestic 13,787 5% 7,766 2%
Travel Auto Expense 1,896 1% 1,370 0%
Travel Allowances 4,750 2% 3,750 1%
Travel Meals 977 0% 190 0%
Lodging 6,389 2% 3,856 1%
Outside Services 13,361 5% 9,917 3%
Miscellaneous 7,831 3% 6,551 2%
Total Expenses $ 278,190 100% $ 317,660 100%
Net Income 44,110 986
CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONDetailed Report
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 89
Actuals 2016/2017 %
Actuals 2017/2018 %
TOTAL REVENUE NotesBishop & Board Tithes 121,915 27% 126,108 25%
Credentials 334,376 73% 369,440 75%
TOTAL REVENUE $ 456,291 100% $ 495,548 100%
EXPENSESTransfers to AC Nava Charitable Foundation
5 310,000 67% 322,940 70%
Staff Wages 67,141 15% 84,656 18%
Board Wages 27,982 6% 28,669 6%
Office Supplies 4,074 1% 641 0%
Computer Supplies 673 0% 1,666 0%
Printing Expense, In House 164 0% 660 0%
Postage 322 0% - 0%
Courier 868 0% - 0%
Contributions 32,000 7% 5,500 1%
Telephone Expense 3,380 1% 3,120 1%
Travel Air International 4,215 1% - 0%
Travel Air Domestic 5,574 1% 6,200 1%
Travel Auto Expense 53 0% 3,049 1%
Travel Allowances 150 0% - 0%
Travel Meals 828 0% 317 0%
Lodging 2,957 1% 2,071 0%
Committee Expense 150 0% 49 0%
Miscellaneous 2,450 1% 500 0%
Total Expenses $ 462,981 100% $ 460,037 100%
Net Income (6,690) 35,511
SOCIAL ASSISTANCEDetailed Report
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE / DETAILED REPORT
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201890
NOTES TO THE DETAILED REPORT
DISCLOSURE:
Allfinancial statements in thisconvention reportarestated inafiscalyear formatandnotasa calendar year in order to present two complete years at the convention. For reporting purposes, the fiscalyearisSeptember1toAugust31.Itisthepracticeoftheorganizationforthenationalprogramstooperate on a calendar year.
NOTE NUMBER:
1. Church Contribution’s for PropertyarewhentheGeneralOfficeisrequiredtoholddepositsonbehalfofalocalchurchforcashoutsfromarefinanceorfromadownpaymentonapurchaseofabuildingorproperty.TheGeneralOfficehastoreportthisasrevenueonthe Income Statement because all the Assets and Liabilities of the churches are reported on thecorporatefinancials.Thislineitemsisnowrequiredasaresultofthechangeinaccount-ingpolicyduetonewlendingrequirementswithfinancialinstitutions.
2. Principal and Interest Payments are the loan payments made by the local churches who have long-term debt. Because all the properties and liabilities of the organization are reflectedonthecorporatefinancials,theGeneralOfficehastorecordallthepaymentsmadeby the churches as revenue in order to reduce the loan balances.
3. Depreciation is the reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time due to wear and tear. The numbers reported in the detailed report are much higher than prior years due to the change in accounting policy requiring that all properties of the Apostolic Assembly berecordedonthecorporatefinancialreport.
4. Interest Expense reflected the cost of all the loans of theApostolicAssembly. Thisnumber is much higher than the previous years due to the change in accounting policy re-quiring all church loans to be recorded on the corporate books.
5. Transfer to AC Nava Charitable Foundation are the funds received for the ministerial licenses that are transferred to the AC Nava Foundation to cover the pastoral self-insured deathbenefits.
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 91
REAL ESTATE TRUST FUND OBJECTIVE The objective of the Real Estate Trust Fund is to provide loans to finance the purchase or remodeling of sanctuaries and or to provide financial support, by way of a loan, the establishment of new district works. THE COMMITTEE Real Estate Trust Fund Committee is formed in compliance with the corresponding chapter / article of our Constitution in order to assist in the administration of the Real Estate Trust Fund. The Real Estate Trust Fund Committee’s four major responsibilities are to ensure the financial well-being of the Real Estate Trust Fund, to set the terms and conditions of the loan, review all loan requests and to approve or disapprove the loan request. The following are the members of the committee:
§ Bishop Felipe Lugo § Bishop Able Rodriguez § Bishop Victor Prado § Pastor Ruben Villegas § Pastor David Martinez
During the last two fiscal years, the Real Estate Trust Fund Committee has approved $777,324 in loans to our local churches. Three of the loans were for the purchase of new temples in Columbus, Kansas City, and Sioux City.
The corresponding cash flow report shows the contributions into the fund as well as the disbursements of the loans and cash balances. The schedule of receivables reflects the current loans of the Trust Fund. Nineteen of the loans are now on ACH and all of our loans have been converted to a new finance system that issues monthly mortgage statements.
-100,000.00200,000.00300,000.00400,000.00500,000.00600,000.00700,000.00
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018
RealEstateTrustFundLoans
REAL ESTATE TRUST FUND
OBJECTIVE
Theobjectiveof theRealEstateTrustFundis toprovideloanstofinancethepurchaseorre-modelingofsanctuariesandortoprovidefinancialsupport,bywayofaloan,theestablishmentofnewdistrict works.
THE COMMITTEE
Real Estate Trust Fund Committee is formed in compliance with the corresponding chapter / article of our Constitution in order to assist in the administration of the Real Estate Trust Fund. The RealEstateTrustFundCommittee’sfourmajorresponsibilitiesaretoensurethefinancialwell-beingofthe Real Estate Trust Fund, to set the terms and conditions of the loan, review all loan requests and to approve or disapprove the loan request. The following are the members of the committee:
• Bishop Felipe Lugo• Bishop Able Rodriguez• Bishop Victor Prado• Pastor Ruben Villegas• Pastor David Martinez
Duringthelasttwofiscalyears,theRealEstateTrustFundCommitteehasapproved$777,324in loans to our local churches. Three of the loans were for the purchase of new temples in Columbus, Kansas City, and Sioux City.
Thecorrespondingcashflowreportshowsthecontributionsintothefundaswellasthedisburse-mentsoftheloansandcashbalances.ThescheduleofreceivablesreflectsthecurrentloansoftheTrustFund.NineteenoftheloansarenowonACHandallofourloanshavebeenconvertedtoanewfinancesystem that issues monthly mortgage statements.
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201892
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GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 2018 93
ChurchOrigination
DateInterest
Rate
Loan Maturity
Date Original Loan
Balance Current Balance
Aurora #1 Apostolic Church 12/3/2015 4.5% 1/1/2026 50,000.00 38,781.72 Azusa Apostolic Church 2/22/2017 4.5% 3/1/2027 168,000.00 149,983.26 Columbus Apostolic Church 11/1/2017 4.5% 1/1/2028 200,000.00 189,290.36 East Palo Alto Apostolic Church 7/17/2015 4.5% 2/1/2025 30,000.00 17,024.25 El Paso #2 Apostolic Church 1/14/2016 4.5% 3/1/2026 30,000.00 24,084.78 Firebaugh Aposotlic Church 5/12/2017 4.5% 7/1/2027 44,000.00 39,380.61 Fort Myers Apostolic Church 3/30/2016 4.5% 5/1/2016 93,000.00 73,816.26 Gonzales Apostolic Church 1/4/2016 4.5% 1/1/2026 30,000.00 23,269.28 Indianapolis Apostolic Church 8/30/2016 4.5% 10/1/2026 75,000.00 63,112.07 Jacksonville Apostolic Church 7/22/2014 4.5% 11/1/2019 33,000.00 267.00 Kansas City #2 Apostolic Church 6/7/2018 4.5% 7/1/2028 100,324.00 99,182.48 Las Cruces #3 Apostolic Church 5/20/2015 4.5% 7/1/2025 50,000.00 36,526.48 Las Vegas #1 Aposotlic Church 8/1/2017 4.5% 8/1/2027 50,000.00 45,605.98 McAllen Apostolic Church 6/20/2017 4.5% 7/1/2027 100,000.00 89,465.35 Mid America District 10/15/2015 4.5% 2/1/2026 25,000.00 19,576.37 Midwest District 10/1/2014 4.5% 9/1/2019 25,000.00 5,280.33 Midwest District Camp 10/1/2017 4.5% 10/1/2027 50,000.00 46,297.77 Milwaukee Apostolic Church 6/24/2016 4.5% 7/1/2020 50,000.00 40,988.32 Norwalk Apostolic Church 7/31/2015 4.5% 10/1/2025 120,780.37 91,698.96 Oakcliff #2 Apostolic Church 1/1/2014 4.5% 7/1/2019 20,000.00 2,507.49 Pleasonton Apostolic Church 10/21/2015 4.5% 12/1/2025 45,000.00 33,389.40 Rancho Cucamonga Apostolic Church 2/29/2016 4.5% 4/1/2026 25,000.00 19,945.88 Ridgecrest Apostolic Church 8/5/2014 4.5% 9/1/2019 50,000.00 11,832.70 San Antonio #2 Apostolic Church 9/9/2015 4.5% 12/1/2025 20,000.00 15,348.06 Santa Paula Apostolic Church 1/14/2016 4.5% 3/1/2016 158,285.56 133,191.29 Sioux City Aposotlic Church 8/1/2018 4.5% 8/13/2043 65,000.00 64,638.71 Wapato Aposotlic Church 4/15/2016 4.5% 4/1/2021 26,533.01 19,022.10 Winton Apostolic Church 1/28/2016 4.5% 5/1/2026 30,000.00 24,154.95 Yakima Apostolic Church 6/26/2014 4.5% 7/1/2019 50,000.00 6,184.19
Total Trust Fund Loans Receivable 1,813,923$ 1,423,846$
REAL ESTATE TRUST FUNDLOAN RECEIVABLES
Loan payments are processed through Apostolic MutualREAL ESTATE TRUST FUND / LOAN RECEIVABLESLoan payments are processed through Apostolic Mutual
GENERAL TREASURER REPORT
UNITED EXPANDING THE KINGDOM | LXII GENERAL CONVENTION 201894
TITH
ING
REP
ORT
for
Fisc
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ears
Ended
Aug 2
017
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TITH
ING
REP
ORT
for
Fisc
al Y
ears
Ended
Aug 2
017
and A
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018
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'16
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017
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TITH
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REP
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for
Fisc
al Y
ears
Ended
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017
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Supplemental Reports
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Please note that the supplemental reports will not agree with the operating statements or the detailed reports. These supplemental schedules are reported on a calendar basis (January – December) and do not reflect the fiscal year of (September – August).
Please note that the supplemental reports will not agree with the operating statements or the detailed reports. These supplemental schedules are reported on a calendar basis (January – De-cember) and do not reflect the fiscal year of (September – August).
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National Ladies Auxiliary2017 Flor Azul Contributions
District ContributionsArizona 119,140 Central East Coast 21,372 Central Texas 28,767 Colorado 23,816 East Los Angeles 81,348 East Texas 34,851 Florida 31,256 Great Lakes 21,746 Interior/Nevada 165,200 Los Angeles 155,542 Mid-America 35,519 Mid West 10,248 New Mexico 47,126 North Central CA 49,582 North East Coast 15,314 Northern Golden Valley 67,947 Northern Pacific Coast 206,775 Northern Texas 47,050 Northwest Texas 16,272 Oregon 32,995 South Central CA 80,796 Southern CA 120,962 Southern Texas 62,526 Utah & Idaho 27,718 Washington 52,779 West Texas 15,798 Convention Extraordinary 7,210 Ministerial Meetings Offering 20,203 Convention Promise 3,680 Convention Paypal Offering 1,167 Total 1,604,707$
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National Ladies Auxiliary2017 Walk-a-Thon Contributions
District ContributionsArizona 4,576 Central East Coast 9,178 Central Texas 1,516 Colorado 4,174 East Los Angeles 7,354 East Texas 8,293 Florida 2,000 Great Lakes 1,775 Interior/Nevada 7,683 Los Angeles 6,803 Mid-America 487 Mid West 3,642 New Mexico 1,388 North Central CA 1,387 North East Coast 6,443 Northern Golden Valley 200 Northern Pacific Coast 500 Northern Texas 2,390 Northwest Texas 2,597 Oregon 612 South Central CA 5,395 Southern CA 3,448 Southern Texas 5,723 Utah & Idaho 1,463 Washington 3,021 West Texas 825 Total 92,871$
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National Mens Auxiliary2017 Reach America Contributions
District Total Church Contributions
Arizona 21,004 Central Texas 3,415 Central East Coast 10,621 Colorado 3,895 East Texas 3,904 East Los Angeles 1,300 Florida 13,006 Great Lakes 1,353 IDCN 15,980 Los Angeles 9,910 Mid-America 1,660 Midwest 2,777 North Pacific Coast 7,000 North Central California 30,983 North East Coast 3,600 North Texas 150 Northern Golden Valley 473 New Mexico 1,530 Northwest Texas 850 Oregon 3,990 Southern California 12,484 South Texas 6,340 South Central California 8,921 Utah/Idaho 8,777 Washington 11,685 West Texas 1,138 Total 186,745$
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National Messengers of Peace2017 Precious Seed Contributions
District ContributionsArizona 1,771 Central East Coast 2,185 Central Texas 260 Colorado 1,564 East Los Angeles 750 East Texas 140 Florida 4,366 Interior California/Nevada 8,152 Los Angeles 1,650 Mid-America 3,885 Mid-West 200 North Central California 4,714 New Mexico 70 Northern Pacific Coast 300 North Texas 1,571 Northwest Texas 729 Oregon 1,184 Southern California 225 South Central California 1,744 South Texas 2,659 Utah & Idaho 2,080 Washington 1,500 West Texas 2,835 Total 44,533$
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YTD DEC 2017
YTD AUG 2018
TOTAL REVENUE Registration 16,618 14,681 Associate Degree 66,052 34,435 Bachelor Degree 35,840 30,725 Online Program 15,446 TOTAL REVENUE 118,510 95,287
EXPENSESSalary - Administration 27,028 11,218 Salary - Instructors 28,663 19,450 Office Supplies 1,403 187 Printing & Promotions 822 157 Textbooks 11,523 8,944 Travel 14,827 8,024 Meals 556 497 Facility Rental 18,500 11,250 Other 2,611 5,503 Total Expenses 105,934 65,231
Net Income 12,576 30,057
CBAIDetailed Report
Other: Supplies, Graduation Gowns, & Diplomas
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INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS REPORTBISHOP ANDY PROVENCIO Esteemed President John Fortino, Honorable General Board, Bishops, Missionaries and Presidents, Delegations of our Sister Churches, Elders, Pastors, Emeritus Pastors and Ministers,
Praise the Lord!
Mark 16:15-18“He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned”.
It is a great honor for me to be able to present to such a distinguished group of ministers this report of the work that the Department of International Missions has been able to accomplish during the last two years of this present administration (2014-2018).
We come to you with great joy stating that as we united with our General Board and sought help from our Regional Supervisors along with our Missionaries and Presidents, we assumed the responsibil-ity of the great work done during the last administration in 23 countries across the globe. And as we’ve followed their model of work, we have seen how God is opening doors in different continents. This report is a summary of the great things God has allowed us to experience in such a short time.
I. THE VISION AND GOALS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION From the beginning of 2015, the vision of our Bishop President was very clear and precise. His desire was to reach all the continents of the world. He clearly made us understand that “money is not the problem”. The problem we have to overcome is “lack of vision”. Some of the important goals that we purposed to achieve were:
1. Provide medical coverage for all our missionaries, their wives and children under 19 years of age.
2. Insert the attributions and responsibilities of our Missionary Supervisors in our constitution.
3. Increase the salaries of our missionaries.
4. Help the Dorcas Department promote the increase of the annual Missionary Offering, Flor Azul.
5. Establish regional funds (accounts) for better supervision in every region.
6. Structure and establish more regions as the need arises.
7. Take the Strategy of Jesus and GROWTH Seminars to every region.
8.Involvemoreyouthandadultsinmissionsthroughshorttripstothedifferentfields.
9.IncreasethenumberofmissionfieldssponsoredbytheApostolicAssemblyinthis4-yearadministration.
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II. GOALS WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
1. MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES
• After much effort, we were able to ensure that each missionary and president could get medical coverage in their country. Month by month we are sending them the amount they need for their insurance. While our responsibility is to help them with their monthly pay-ment, each of them is responsible for always having their insurance in force.
• In a couple of cases, our missionaries receive coverage by a government sponsored insur-ance or through the coverage of their spouse’s employment.
2. INCLUDE THE ATTRIBUTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGIONAL SUPERVISORS IN OUR CONSTITUTION
• Articles 28-30 of the constitution cover the pre-requisites to be a Regional Bishop Supervi-sor (28); the duties of Regional Bishop Supervisors (29) and the attributions of the Regional Bishop Supervisor (30).
• This job description is and will be a great help for the direction that our Bishop Supervisorswilltakeinthemissionfield.
3. INCREASE SALARIES OF OUR MISSIONARIES
• We have tried to help our missionaries with enough so that they can live and do their work comfortably.
• We are aware that each country has its own cost of living and we have tried to give the missionaries a small increase each year.
4. INCREASE OF ANNUAL MISSION OFFERING – FLOR AZUL
• I thank God that each year we’ve achieved an increase in the total of what the Dorcas Department contributed for the support of our missionaries through Flor Azul giving.
Totalin2015was$1,378,174.52
Totalin2016was$1,533,433.70
Totalin2017was$1,657,460.36
Totalthisyearis$________________
• We appreciate the efforts of our Dorcas Dept. and the support and encouragement that you, the pastors have given them, because without your help, International Missions would be very limited.
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5. FUNDS FOR PERSPECTIVE REGIONS FOR BETTER SUPERVISION
• Since the end of 2016 we have directed all the monthly tithes of each missionary to go to their respective region. Even our Presidents send their tithes to their region.
• All monies come to the International Missions account and are designated to the region of each missionary. When the Missionary Supervisor needs it, he only asks for the amount and we help him from his respective fund.
TheSouthernConeRegionhasreceived $41,532.00 TheCentralRegionhasreceived $19,865.00 TheCaribbeanRegionhasreceived $16,550.00 TheEuro/AfricanRegionhasreceived $60,147.00 TheNorthAmericanRegionhasreceived $8,350.00 TheAsianRegionhasreceived $6,300.00
6. ESTABLISH MORE REGIONS ACCORDING TO NEEDS
•Althoughwehavenotyetofficiallyestablishedit,webelievethatthecountriesofSoutheastAsia will soon become a region. These countries are Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and Nepal.
• With the new country of Mozambique (Africa), there are now four countries in Africa wheretheApostolicAssemblyisofficiallyworking.ThesecountriesareKenya,Tanzania,Zambia and Mozambique.
• We have now produced two Regions from the one Euro/African region. They are the Euro-pean Region and the African Region.
7. BRINGING THE STRATEGY OF JESUS AND GROWTH SEMINARS TO THE REGIONS.
• In 2017 and 2018 we made and effort to take the Church Growth Seminars to the different regions.
• We went to Argentina, Spain, Chile and Costa Rica, each of these countries being the headquarters of their region for these meetings.
• We have also visited our brothers in El Salvador a couple of time with the Strategy of Jesus Seminars.
• It has been a great joy to see brothers from different countries crossing borders to attend these Seminars.
• Where we were very impressed was in Barcelona, Spain because we were joined by brethren from Spain, Italy, England, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and France.
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8. INVOLVED OUR YOUTH AND ADULTS MORE IN MISSION TRIPS
• The MOP with their Board of Directors have taken different young people with the “Youth Advance” program to the countries of Costa Rica, Spain and England.
• The Backpacks Program for underprivileged children, “We Got Your Back” under Bro. Jose Amin Perez has also reached the countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru. More than 4,150 backpacks have been delivered (with school supplies) by more than 50 volunteers.
• The Christian Brigades Program has recruited many young people for their humanitarian work in the countries of Honduras and Zambia.
• A special group with the support of International Missions, led by Evangelist Mingo Garcia, has traveled several times to the countries of Africa, Thailand, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
• Without a doubt, we can declare that a wave of great desire and passion for missions has been born in the hearts of our young people in the Apostolic Assembly.
9. TEN NEW COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE PLANTED THE FLAG OF THE APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
• Up to this moment, God has granted us to start works in 6 countries. These are England, Portugal, Zambia, Belize, Germany and Thailand.
•AtthisGeneralConventionwewillappointfournewmissionariestogoouttothefieldsatthe beginning of 2019. We will make a special prayer for these missionaries who will leave their homes and for those who are already in foreign soil. These Missionaries are:
Mozambique Missionary Sergio Comparato and FamilyMyanmar Missionary Soe Win Nuang and FamilySwitzerland Missionary Washington Segura and FamilyRomania Missionary Pietro Silano and Family
III. NATIONAL CONVENTIONS IN EACH COUNTRY
1. IN 2017 WE ATTENDED THE FOLLOWING CONVENTIONS:
• January 20-21 Costa Rica• February 3-4 Honduras• Abril 28-30 Kenya• Sept. 22-24 Argentina• October 14-15 Dominican Republic
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2. THIS YEAR (2018), WE ATTENDED THE FOLLOWING CONVENTIONS:
• March 30-31 Chile• April 7-8 Uruguay• April 27-29 Tanzania• May 5-6 Bolivia• August 24-26 Peru (delegate)• September 1-2 Ecuador• September 28-30 Spain• October 5-7 Italy• October 25-27 Mexico
IV. ACQUISITIONS AND SPECIAL HELPS TO COUNTRIESDuring this four-year administration, we have assisted several countries (missionaries) with thepurchaseofpropertiesandotherfinancialhelp.Someofthelargerinvestmentsare:
•Kenya -$52,000constructionofchurchbuilding•DominicanRepublic -$46,000purchaseoflandforheadquartersbuilding•Haiti -$50,000purchaseofpropertyandlawyer’sfees•MedicalBillsforvariousmissionaries-$85,000
V. YEARLY STATISTICS OF WATER AND HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM IN OUR MISSION FIELDS Year Baptism in Water Baptism of H. Spirit
2000-2002 2,269 1,806 2003-2004 4.365 2,516 2005-2006 3,357 2,466 2007-2008 5,810 4,520 2009-2010 7,102 5,872 2011-2012 6,096 5,103 2013-2014 8,017 5,262 2015-2016 10,484 5,727 2017 6,987 2,981
VI. SINCERE APPRECIATION I desire to publicly appreciate our Lord Jesus Christ for the strength and direction to be able to leadthisworkthatissospecial.Withoutdoubt,itisworkthatdemandsgreatfinancialinvestments,butit is a work that has great dividends.
I want to appreciate my wife, Nancy, and my family who have been able to tolerate the many days and weeks that I have been away from them. My wife has been a super missionary and now in this work of supervision, she has been my helpmeet in many areas of this beautiful task.
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Iwanttoappreciateallthemissionaryfamilieswhoaresacrificingtheirlivesinplacesandcitiesthey know are not their homes, but because of the “love of God” in your lives, you work tirelessly in God’s Kingdom, all for His name’s sake!
I give honor to our Bishop President, John Fortino who possesses a great “missionary heart and a vision to reach our world.” To my excellent co-laborers on this Honorable General Board, who at all times have honored the decisions and direction that this department has gone. Truly, I can say that this has been the work of eight men led by God’s Spirit. I also want to honor all the Bishops of our beautiful districts. Thank you for the passion and the desire to see our missionary work succeed.
Last but not least, I want to appreciate my International Missions Committee. Bro Christian Gonzalez (my administrator), Evangelist Mingo Garcia (great Missions’ Promoter), Pastor John Mark Almaraz and Evangelists Ron Fernandez and Ishmael Montoya.
Bishops and Pastors, I thank you from the depth of my heart! Remember that UNITED is How We Can Expand the Kingdom!
VII. HOW WE ARE FINISHING THIS ADMINISTRATION
KNOW OUR MISSIONARIES AND THE COUNTRIES THEY LABOR IN
CONO SUR (SOUTHERN CONE) REGION
1. Bishop Supervisor Bishop Edgardo and Erika Contreras2. Argentina President Ruben and Gladys Kisiel3. Bolivia President Raul and Elizabeth Coitiño4. Brazil Missionary Abrelino and Zulma Alves5. Chile President Dario and Maria Elena Vera6. Ecuador Missionary Jesus and Camelia Martinez7. Paraguay Missionary Fernando and Angelica Gonzalez8. Peru Missionary Julio and Beatriz Rusconi9. Uruguay Missionary Samuel and Lea Maria Meneses
CENTRAL REGION
1. Bishop Supervisor Bishop Fernando and Elizabeth Perez2. Colombia Missionary David and Martha Valero3. Costa Rica President Tulio and Maria Elena Cerda4. Honduras President Mario Carranza5. Panama President Severiano and Juanita Niño 6. Venezuela Missionary Jose and Yamileth Dudamel
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CARIBBEAN REGION
1. Bishop Supervisor Bishop Fernando and Elizabeth Perez 2. Cuba Bishop Fernando and Elizabeth Perez 3. Haiti Bishop Fernando and Elizabeth Perez 4. Puerto Rico Missionary Jesus and Guadalupe Perez 5. Dominican Republic President Tomas and Martha Bueno
EUROPEAN REGION
1. Bishop Supervisor Bishop Sergio and Debbie Maffey 2. Spain Missionary Arturo and Ximena Pinto 3. Spain Bishop Sergio and Debbie Maffey 4. England Missionary Daniele and Drusilla Fontanarosa 5. Italy President Fabio and Tonia Cipolla 6. Portugal Missionary Gabriel and Isabel P. das Neves 7. Romania Missionary Pietro and Abby Silano 8. Switzerland Missionary Washington and Yanie Segura
AFRICA REGION
1. Bishop Supervisor Bishop Steve and Teresa Moran 2. Kenya President Duncan and Margaret Ndegwa 3. Mozambique Missionary Sergio and Claudia Comparato 4. Tanzania President Atanasi and Flora Chuwa 5. Zambia President Nsama and Petronella Nsofu
NORTH AMERICAN REGION
1. Canada President Juan Carlos and Carolina Arguello 2. Mexico President Martin and Faustina Cardenas
SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION
1. Myanmar Missionary Soe Win and Nan Ei Naung 2. Thailand Missionary Jerry and Eulena Fernandez
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NATIONAL MISSIONS REPORTBISHOP JOE A. AGUILAR Bishop President John Fortino, Members of the General Board of Directors, District Bishops, National Missionaries, National Evangelists, Foreign Missionaries, Sister Church Delegations, Elders, Pastors, Emeritus Bishops, Ministers, and General Convention in Session, Paz de Cristo!
I feel very privileged to present this report of activities pertaining to the Department of National Missions for the two-year period from November 2016 through today.
APPRECIATION God gave me such a great privilege of supervising the missionary and evangelistic work in the United States of America. Bishops, Elders, Pastors, National Missionaries and Evangelists, thank you for trusting me with this grand task.
Iwanttofirstthankmywifeof41years,Margaret,forherlovingsupportandhelpinourpastoralministry as well as in our supervision work in National Missions. Your love, prayers, and understanding have strengthened and encouraged me to continue moving forward co-laboring with Jesus Christ in His vineyard. Thank you for caring and supporting the National Missionary Field, its pastors, wives and children.
Secondly, I thank my children, Missy and Ché, my son-in-law Victor, my daughter-in-law Michelle, and my grandchildren, Seth, Lia, Emma, and Logan. I know that I can count on their love, support, and prayers. I feel very blessed because, as the Apostle John wrote, “…my children walk in truth” (3 John 1:4 KJV) and because God allowed me to baptize my oldest grandson during this time. May God bless my children and my grandchildren, praying that they may continue serving the Lord.
Thirdly, allow me to express my gratitude to the Merced and Madera New Life Apostolic Church congregations for their loyalty and continued support during this two-year period. The pastoral work performed by all the leaders give testimony of their love for Jesus, their pastor, and the shared Cell Church vision. I am also thankful for our Assistant Pastor, Victor Serrato, his wife, Deborah and his children for faithfully supporting me and for assuming responsibility of the pastoral tasks when I am absent. I’m also thankful for the Zone leaders, Friendship Group leaders, and ministers, for without them, the pastoral work wouldn’t be performed effectively.
Fourthly, I would also like to thank Bishop President John Fortino and the other General Board Members. Their prayers, advice, and support have motivated me to Expand the Kingdom of God in the NationalMissionsField.EverydecisionmadeforthebenefitofNationalMissions,wasblessedwiththewisdomandprayersofalltheGeneralBoard.MayGodgranteachofthemthefulfillmentoftheirvisionintheirrespectivefieldsoflabor.
I am also grateful for the National Missions Committee who made the accomplishments in our department possible. I am thankful for their hard work and love for the National Missionary and Evan-gelistic work, for their constant prayers, and for their spiritual and moral support. May God reward their labor, and may the churches they pastor, greatly prosper. I thank our Administrator Sandra Martinez, and our new Administrator, Christian González for serving this department with joy and excellence. I am positive that Jesus Christ will reward their efforts.
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NATIONAL MISSIONS REPORT Next, I would like to introduce our National Missions Committee, who worked tirelessly along-side your servant to bring to fruition our department’s projects and activities.
NATIONAL MISSIONS COMMITTEE
1. Pastor George and Dina Barbosa: National Evangelists Coordinators2. Pastor Mike and Teresa Ortega: School of Pastors Coordinators3. Pastor Arthur and Gloria Oceguera: Strategy of Jesus Implementation and Follow-up Coordinators4. Pastor Jimmy and Maricela Morales: Strategy of Jesus Leadership Development Coordinators5. Pastor Joe and Georgia Vásquez: Assistant Pastors Development and Ladies’ Ministries Coordinators
The National Missions Department needs laborers to take the Gospel and plant new churches in our great nation. Thank the Lord that the following National Missionaries accepted the call to leave their homes, local churches, and family to go and preach the Gospel and make disciples. This is the current list of our National Missionaries and the cities where they are laboring. Some of them are also minister-ing in nearby cities, planting new works.
NATIONAL MISSIONARIES1. Edgard and Migdalia Serrano – Baton Rouge, LA 2. Francisco and Jeannette Magaña – Knoxville, TN3. Daniel and Norma González – Honolulu, HI4. Orlando and Rita Hernández – Nashville, TN5. Hector and Ana Rodríguez – Cleveland, OH6. Jonathan and Esmeralda Cruz – Billings, MT
The missionary work in the United States of America continues to grow. Currently, National Missions is working in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkan-sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Hawaii, and Montana. Although only six pastors have the title of National Missionary, in all reality, all the Pastors and Ministers in Charge perform missionary work, for they labor in a National Missions Field. (We have provided a poster with the pictures and places where these men and their families minister.)
REGIONS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CHURCHES
MID-AMERICA CENTRAL: ELDER FRANCISCO MAGAÑA
Alabaster, AL Pastor Joel and Laura GallegosAlbertville, AL Pastor Domingo and Lourdes ZúñigaCullman, AL Pastor Efrén and Abby ÁvilaTuscaloosa, AL Pastor Benjamín and Hermelinda GalindoLouisville, KY Pastor Kirsten and Sarah Knighten
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NATIONAL MISSIONS REPORTChattanooga, TN Pastor Manuel and Juanita RaymundoKnoxville, TN Missionary Francisco and Jeannette MagañaLenoir City, TN Missionary Francisco and Jeannette MagañaMorristown, TN Missionary Francisco and Jeannette MagañaNashville, TN Missionary Orlando and Rita Hernández
Cell Works (Future Churches)Sevierville, Tennessee Missionary Francisco and Jeannette Magaña
MID-AMERICA NORTH: ELDER FAUSTINO CORRAL
Sioux City, IA Pastor Elías and Keila SámanoBrooklyn Center, MN Minister in Charge Remigio and Débora RamosCrookston, MN Pastor Antonio and Alicia GonzálezMinneapolis, MN Elder Faustino Rachel CorralSleepy Eye, MN Minister in Charge Mynor and Sandra GarcíaSouth St. Paul, MN Pastor Mario and Concepción RuizSt. Paul, MN Pastor Elías and Raquel ElizondoSioux Falls, SD Minister in Charge Jesús and Luciana Castelán
SOUTHEAST: ELDER EDGARD SERRANO
De Queen, AR Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoHope, AR Pastor Liborio and Maricela UgarteRogers, AR Pastor Octavio and María GalindoSpringdale, AR Pastor Gerardo and María de Jesús FraireBaton Rouge, LA Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoKenner, LA Pastor Gustavo and Vanessa MartínezJackson, MS Pastor Esteban and Cecilia Ceseña
Cell Works (Future Churches)Green Forest, AR Pastor Octavio and María GalindoTexarkana, AR Minister José and Deisy ChacónLittle Rock, AR Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoCovington, LA Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoMonroe, LA Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoShreveport, LA Missionary Edgard and Migdalia SerranoForest, MS Pastor Esteban and Cecilia Ceseña
OHIO ELDER MIKE ORTEGA
Akron, OH Pastor José Alfredo and Loyda AguirreCincinnati, OH Pastor Juan Carlos and Alejandra OronaCleveland, OH Missionary Hector and Ana RodríguezColumbus, OH Elder Mike and Teresa OrtegaDayton, OH Pastor Celso and Raquel Ponce
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Cell Works (Future Churches)Canton, OH Pastor José Alfredo and Loyda AguirreDublin, OH Elder Mike and Teresa OrtegaFairfield,OH PastorJuanCarlosandAlejandraOrona
HAWAII
Honolulu, Hawaii Missionary Daniel and Norma González
MONTANA
Billings, Montana Missionary Jonathan and Esmeralda Cruz
It is with great joy that we report regarding the growth in the National Missions Field during the yearsof2016-2018.Despitegoingthroughsomedifficulttimesofchurchsplitsandapastorsecedingfrom our Assembly, our total membership increased by 200 and we planted eight new Cell Works. To God be all the glory! The General Secretary, Bishop Felipe Salazar, included the National Missions census for the calendar years of 2016-2017. Therefore, I am only reporting the following statistics as a summary of the state of each Region, as well as the global state of National Missions.
STATISTICS 2016-2018 Churches Baptized Total Missions Members Members New Works Cell Works Mid-America Central 11 586 899 Mid-America North 8 358 569 Ohio 8 299 541 Southeast 14 220 374 Hawaii 1 33 47 Montana 1 7 27
Total 43 1,503 2,457
INSTALLATION OF NEW MISSIONARIES AND PASTORS God helped us send two Missionaries into the National Missions Field during the two-year period of 2016-2018: Minister Hector Rodríguez to Cleveland, OH and Minister Jonathan Cruz to Billings, MT. May God move in more ministers to GO into the National Missionary Field.
During this 2-year period, we installed two pastors: Minister Kirsten Knighten in Louisville, KY and Minister José Alfredo Aguirre in Akron, OH. Recently, Pastor Aguirre was able to reopen the Cell Work in Canto, OH.
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Next, I present to you the list of our National Evangelists, which are currently ministering in ourAssembly.Foryourinformation,wehaveincludedadocumentwiththephotosandprofilesofeachNational Evangelist.
NATIONAL EVANGELISTS1. José Almaraz (951) 536-15622. Benjamín Carrillo (209) 323-99503. Ron Fernández (562) 556-12154. Domingo García (408) 881-22015. Eleazar Griego (209) 751-66896. Gabriel Guerra (909) 226-9208 7. Jesse Martínez (858) 222-77688. Ismael Montoya (559) 788-95919. Jesús Zañudo (915) 487-1489
TEMPLE PURCHASES We are so grateful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for granting favor and blessing two of our National Missions Churches, Columbus, OH and Sioux City, IA and their Pastors, Elder Mike Ortega and Pastor Elías Sámano. Additionally, I want to thank the Real Estate Trust Fund/Apostolic Mutual for funding these loans, which means that these buildings are already Apostolic Assembly properties, free and clear. Praise God!
SHORT-TERM GOALS WE ACHIEVED1. We sent two Missionaries: Minister Hector Rodriguez and family to Cleveland, OH and Minister Jonathan Cruz and family to Billings, MT.2. The work in Billings, MT was reopened.3. Eight new Cell Works were planted in this two-year period.
LONG-TERM GOALS Our desire is that the National Missions Department would reach the states where we still don’t have Apostolic Assembly presence: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Delaware, North Dakota, and Alaska.
We also believe that soon our Department will be able to establish the New England Region. This vision will come to pass through the leading of the Holy Ghost and the help received from the “Reach America” offerings.
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SCHOOL OF PASTORS 2017 The Nationals Missions Committee was granted the opportunity to work the School of Pastors project,which,bythegraceofGod,wasabletofinishtheirworkin2017inOntario,CA.Wehad129participantsthatwerechallengedtoGOoutandworkinnewfieldsoflabor.Godallowedustograduate27 of those participants that year.
APOSTOLIC PRISON MINISTRY There isamissionaryfield inournation that is locatedbehindprisondoors.Godplaced thisgreat burden on Chaplain / Evangelist Benjamin Carrillo Jr. The National Evangelist not only ministers in prisons, but he also trains other ministers and pastors so that they can GO and minister in prisons near their city. During these last two years, God has given them a harvest of 300 water baptisms in the name ofJesusandhundredsfilledwiththeHolyGhost.TheyhavealsoaddedthreemorepastorstoApostolicPrison Ministry, with the goal of adding three more in 2019. May they continue Expanding the Kingdom ofGodinthisspecialMissionField!Next,youwillfindthenamesofthesepastorsandministersandwhere they minister.
• Minister Anthony Núñez Northeast Coast District• Minister Jorge Molina Southern California District• Bishop Joel Olvera South Central California District• Pastor Eusebio Castillo North Texas District (Dallas area)• Minister Ruben Rizo North Texas District (Dallas area)• Pastor Phil Marroquín Northwest Texas District• Pastor Pedro Cruz Central East Coast District (Folkston, GA)• Pastor Roy Bravo Golden Valley District (Tracy, CA DVI)• Pastor Salvador Mercado South Central California District (Delano, CA)
MINISTRIES THEY DESIRE TO LAUNCH IN 2019:• Federal Prison in Atwater, CA• Solano Prison in Vacaville, CA• Federal Prison in Mendota, CA
SPECIAL EVENTS I thank the Lord and our Evangelists Coordinator, Pastor George Barbosa, because we were able to have two “The Call” evangelists training programs these last two years. We thank pastor Armando Juárez for hosting the activity.
• April 17-18, 2017o Huntington Beach, Californiao Preachers and Conference Speakers included: Bishop Frank Romo, Bishop/National Evangelist Ron Fernández, National Evangelist Domingo García, and Chaplain/National Evangelist Benjamin Carrillo Jr.
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• March 23-24, 2018o Merced, CAo Preachers and Conference Speakers included: Bishop Joe Prado, Bishop/National Evangelist Ron Fernández, and National Evangelist Domingo García.o Special program for ladies: Conference speakers included sisters Patti Prado, Frances Fernández, and Katie Flores.
COMMISSIONS I appreciateBishop President Fortino for having confidence and selectingme to head a fewcommissions, which we carried out to the best of our strength and ability. I now report to this General Convention what God allowed these teams and commissions accomplish.
STRATEGY OF JESUS 2.0
• Team: Bishops Any Provencio, José Zúñiga, David Martínez, (who also worked in the GROWTH team) and Elías Páez, Elder Mike Ortega, and Pastor Jimmy Morales.• Accomplishments:o Strategy of Jesus 2.0 Procedures and Implementation Manualo 2017 Seminars • Uruguayo 2018 Seminars
• United States of America • Western Region – Union City, CA • Eastern Region – Chicago, IL • Central Region – Dallas, TX • National Missions • Nashville, Tennessee • Columbus, Ohio • Minneapolis, Minnesota • Rogers, Arkansas • International Missions • Cono Sur – Lampa, Chile • Europa – Barcelona, España • Región Central – San José, Costa Rica • Región Caribe – Santo Domingo, R.D. • Colombia
• Honduras
EPISCOPAL MANUAL
• Commission: Bishops Felipe Lugo and Abel Rodríguez• We presented the manual, which was accepted as a Reference Manual by the September 2018 Joint Bishops Meeting.
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C.A.I.M. (A.C.I.M.)• Commission: Bishops Arthur Espinosa, Misael Zaragoza, Frank Romo, Joe Prado, Pastors Rogelio Razo and Jesús Martínez
• We presented the document to the September 2018 Joint Bishops Meeting. It was agreed that it would be presented as an Initiative Proposal in this General Convention.
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
• Commission: Bishops Armando Tamez, Abel Rodríguez, Felipe Velasco, and Misael Zaragoza
• We presented the document to the September 2018 Joint Bishops Meeting. It was agreed that it would be presented as an Initiative Proposal in this General Convention.
CONCLUSION Jesus said, “…Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19 NKJV) and “…Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15 NKJV). The common word in these two verses is “Go”. However, the Bible also teaches, how can they go “…unless they are sent” (Romans 10:15 NKJV)? Truly, the harvest is ready, but few are the laborers that accept the call to GOintounknownfieldstopreachthegospel.But,thanktheLord,wealsohaveJesusChrist’schallengeand solution: “…pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Matthew 9:38 NKJV). We invite you to pray so that the Lord would send laborers into the National Missions Field. It is our responsibility to send the missionaries, but it is also our responsibility to give generously to “Reach America”sothatwecansendthem.MayGodpouroutHisfinancialblessingsoneachofourchurches so that we can bless the National Missions Field!
In His service,
Joe A. AguilarBishop Secretary National Missions
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORTBISHOP JOSÉ G. ZÚÑIGA Bishop President John Fortino, Honorable General Board, Bishops, Pastors, Missionaries, Del-egations of Sister Churches, and Ministers.
May the glorious peace of Christ be with each one of you.
With utmost respect and gratefulness to our Lord Jesus Christ, for all that He has allowed us to achieve in this biennial period, I present the report for the Secretariat of Christian Education, which covers a two-year period, from November 2016 to November 2018.
IappreciatethevoteofconfidenceplacedonmebythepastorsintheElectoralGeneralConven-tion in 2014 to serve as the Secretary of Christian Education. From the beginning in November of 2014, God has been faithful and has not left us alone. We have seen the hand of God working in our depart-ment’s favor, and in the Apostolic Assembly, in general. Although it has not been easy, we can safely say that God is with His church. Psalm 23, verse 1 says, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
I. OUR VISION FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION The world is constantly changing. This has always been a reality, but in the days in which we are living, we have seen stronger and more accelerated changes as never before. Today, more than ever, we need a clear vision for Christian Education.
Our mission for the Department of Christian Education is to offer a high-quality education for all ages so that the students will develop their service to the church and the world.
THE DESIRED FUTURE
1. Provide resources that will enable the church to do the work of the kingdom of God.
2. We have already achieved the goal of having a Bible college in every district and National Missions region, but our goal is to have a Bible college in every country where we have mission-ary presence.
3. Provide training to the teachers so that the level of teaching will be elevated. This is done through teacher training workshops.
4. Provide education through extensions for those students who can’t attend the physical campus, and provide distance learning wherever possible.
5. Provide learning opportunities for postgraduate studies through Master’s and Doctoral pro-grams. At the present time, we offer this opportunity to pastors and bishops. We would like to extend this to other leaders, as well as women and young people.
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT6. Recruit 4 or more students for the Ph.D. program so that we can continue the process of seeking accreditation for our very own Apostolic Seminary. What was once only a dream, is becoming more and more like a reality. Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL offers a Ph.D.program.Weareseekingcandidateswhocanfulfilltheacademicrequirementsaswellasmeet the residential requisites for the Ph.D. program.
7. Continue to establish collaborative efforts for the postgraduate programs and seek out new partnerships for our graduates.
II. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I would like to thank the Master Teacher, Jesus Christ, for being with me at all times. I have felt His powerful hand and His presence in my life. Without Him we can do nothing. I thank God for the opportunity to serve the church in this most important and delicate job.
I would also like to thank my family, especially my beloved wife, Febe, for her support and unconditional support to the ministry the Lord has given us. She makes my work easier, and I am con-fidentthatshetakesmetotheLordinprayercontinuously.IamgratefulforherunderstandingwhenIam away from home. We have been happily married for 37 years. My two sons, Eric and Ariel are my special treasures, and have always helped and supported me in everything.
In October 2016, I turned over the church “Word of Life” in Melrose Park, IL, where I served for 25 years. In October 23, 2016. I received the 1st church of Grand Prairie, TX. I have served in this church for 2 years, and would like to appreciate the ministers, the leaders as well as the members of thischurchfortheirsupport,andprayersformeandmyfamily.Wehavedefinitelyfelttheeffectoftheprayers of the congregation. Thanks for all that you do for us. We love you in the Lord.
It has been a great blessing for my life to serve alongside Bishop President Fortino.Thank you, President Fortino, for your wise words of counsel, your passion for the advancement of Christian Educa-tion in the Apostolic Assembly, and your support for our projects. I would also like to thank each of my colleagues on the General Board. We have worked well together, and at the same time, we have had fellowship together. I thank God for each of you and for the passion all of you show in your respectives positions.
I would like to thank the Christian Education team. They have exceeded my expectations. Pastor Eduardo Iglesias has been the dean of the International Apostolic Bible College (IABC) for the last 3 years, and has been a great help by representing Christian Education in the graduations. He has also strived to improve the academics of our Bible colleges. God has granted him the privilege of becom-ingoneofthe14newdoctorsinministrywhohavefinishedtheirpostgraduatestudiesatMcCormickTheological Seminary.
I would like to give sister Sandra Martinez my sincere thanks for serving as the Christian Educa-tion administrator. She is an excellent administrator who carries our her assigned tasks faithfully. She has served in this position for 9 years. I would also like to acknowledge the work of sister Gladia Pacheco. She has worked in the Christian Education department for 6 years. She coordinates the work of the Bible colleges, provides guidance for the graduations, and helps with the classes at the Central Campus. Brother Carlos Bañuelos has worked in the Christian Education department for 15 years. He is in charge of the bookstore and handles all the orders that come in from all over the world. He does everything with aservant’sheart,alwaysputtingfirsttheinterestsofthepastors.
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT I would like to thank the Bible college directors as well as the professors. They have worked tirelessly to improve education in their respective areas of work. Many of them have made an effort to obtain an advanced academic degree, which has improved the level of teaching in our colleges. At the Central Campus in El Monte, CA., we only use professor with a Master or Doctorate degree, and other colleges are following our lead. Our goal is for all colleges to eventually achieve this.
From the beginning, we have had a team of 6 people that have helped me focus on the goals and projects for Christian Education. I would like to thank the Christian Education committee for their avail-ability and creative ideas: Bishop Andrew López, D. Min., Bishop Francisco Quezada, Bishop Armando Tamez, Pastor Celestino Guzmán, Pastor Oscar Velázquez, and sister Janae Quezada, D. Min.
III. INTERNATIONAL APOSTOLIC BIBLE COLLEGE (IABC) The curriculum for the Bible college is recommended by the Department of Christian Education and approved by the General Board. This curriculum is used in all the Bible colleges in the United States and outside the country as well. It consists of 10 courses per year, and a total of 20 for the Associates program and 20 for the Bachelor’s program.
DISTRICT BIBLE COLLEGES (IABC)District Bishop Director 1. Arizona Raymond Rodríguez José Barrera 2. Central Campus José G. Zúñiga 3. Central East Coast Hugo Ramos Gamaliel Goldstein 4. Central Texas Frank Balboa Faustino Garza 5. Colorado Frank Hernández René Castillo 6. East Los Angeles Abel E. Rodríguez Campus Central 7. East Texas Juan Moreno Jr. Demetrio Valdez 8. Florida Heriberto Esparza Ramón Villalpando 9. Interior CA/NV Francisco J. Quezada Campus Central10. Great Lakes Antonio Cruz Daniel Jiménez11. Los Angeles Felipe Velasco Campus Central12. Mid-America Herminio Leal Herminio Leal13. Midwest Juventino López Santiago Rivera14. New Mexico 1 Jimmie Arellano Salomón Sánchez15. New Mexico 2 Jimmie Arellano Matthew García 16. North Central CA Edgar Orellana Mario Plasencia17. Northeast – New York Region José Castro Leo Treviño18. Northeast – Virginia Region José Castro Leo Treviño19. Northern Golden Valley Martín Amador Daniel Ortiz20.NorthPacificCoast AndrewS.López SteveRodríguez21. North Texas Armando Tamez Joaquín Monterrosas22.NortheastTexas PorfirioQuintanilla RománArreola23. Oregon Carlos Benítez Carlos Benítez24. South Central CA Joel Olvera Abel Duarte25. Southern California Misael Zaragoza Everardo Gutierrez26. South Texas Marco A. Zacarías Marco A. Zacarías27. Washington Gabriel Calderón Nathan Marchello 28. Utah & Idaho Tom Vigil Isaías Vélez29. West Texas Omar Arzate Armando Acosta
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30. Nat Missions - MA Ctrl. Region 1 Joe Aguilar Michael Ortega31. Nat Missions - MA Ctrl. Region 2 Joe Aguilar Francisco Magaña32. Nat Missions - SE Region Joe Aguilar Gustavo Martínez33. Nat Missions – MA North Joe Aguilar Central Campus
In themissionaryfield, themajorityof the colleges are functioning in a satisfactorymanner.We provide advice as needed. In Honduras, the college has reopened and the future looks promising. In Mexico, the Bible college is achieving great results. This year, they will have their graduation at the general convention, and 72 students from across the country will be graduating.
In some districts, extensions have beeen opened because of the distance. In Mid America North, we are experimenting with a project in which the students that live in Sioux City IA, do not have to go to the classroom in Minneapolis MN. Instead, they can view the class from a central location and participate in their own city. They save approximately 10 hours of travel.
We have taught classes in the bible colleges, especially at the Central Campus, which covers the districts of Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, and Interior CA/NV. We have taught in other districts such as Mid-America, Midwest and North Texas and Colorado as well as the Mid America North region. In each of these occasions, we have used the opportunity to motivate the students to not culminate their studies with the Associate or Bachelors, but to continue studying to obtain their Master and Doctor’s degree in one of our postgraduate programs. Our goal is someday, in the not so distant future, to have our own accredited theological seminary, with Apostolic teachers, who have a postgraduate academic degree, but with an Apostolic background.
Thisyear,wemodifiedtheBiblecollegerules,withapprovalfromtheGeneralBoard,inorderto bring clarity to the relationship between the college and the district, as well as to establish guidelines over who can function as directors and teachers. This information was given to the directors in the workshop which we had in August, 2018.
The CBAI Online program was established as a pilot program at the Central Campus. It provides classes for those students who can’t attend the physical campus. The program coordinator was sister Janae Quezada. We were able to have 15 consistent students, of which 5 graduated. This program can be extended to a national level, in order to help those students that need it.
One of the tasks that gives me great joy is to attend the district Bible college graduations. I can see in the faces of the graduates the satisfaction of having achieved an important milestone in their educational journey. I always tell them the same thing: It doesn’t end here…go for more.
These graduations have been attended by either Dean Eduardo Iglesias or myself. In other cases, wehavesentanofficialdelegate.During these twoyears, Iwasable toattend12graduationsof thedistrict Bible colleges, as well as two graduations of the McCormick Theological Seminary. I have been able to visit all the districts in which we have Bible colleges, except for one.
BIBLE COLLEGE DIRECTOR’S WORKSHOPS
Each year, in the summer, we provide a training workshop for the directors and administrators of the Bible colleges. Even though this workshop is optional for the bishops, some of them attend with the purpose of supporting and assessing the Bible colleges in their respective districts:
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• 11th annual district director’s workshop, July 25-27, 2017, in Dallas TX. In this workshop, we received feedback and suggestions from the district directors, and provided guidance for them. We passedoutaquestionaireforthedirectorstofilloutwithconcernsabouttheirrespectiveBiblecolleges.
• 12th annual district director’s workshop, August 7-9, 2018, in Long Beach CA. In this work-shop, we offered teacher training, directed by Pastor Noel Villegas. Our desire is to improve the quality of teaching in the classroom. Dr. Pablo Jiménez, the Associate Dean for Hispanic Ministry Programs at Gordon-Conwel Theological Seminary, gave us two excellent conferences related to theological educa-tion: “Crisis in Theological Education”, and “The School that isn’t a School.” He also made a presenta-tion on the educational program at Gordon-Conwell. It was open to all that expressed interest in the Los Angeles area. It received an excellent response.
BIBLE COLLEGE MANUALS
In these last two years, we have published the following manuals for the Bible colleges:
• The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.• Orientation to Theological Studies in Spanish and English.• Introducción a la Hermenéutica in Spanish• Psalms Part I (translated to English).• In those courses that don’t have a manual yet, we recommend books that can be used by the teacher. We also ask the teacher to suggest other books or resources.
IV. PUBLICATIONS The department of Christian Education is primarily sustained by sales at the bookstore. These sales consist of Sunday School material, adult and youth expositors, the Bible college manuals, as well asotherbooksandChristianliterature.Wealsohavechurchsuppliessuchascertificates,evangelistictracts, tithing envelopes, and books by Apostolic authors. Material to implement the Strategy of Jesus and the friendship groups is also available. The website is cepublishinghouse.com.
Themajorityofthesalesaredonethroughtelephonecallsmadetothegeneraloffices,othersaremade through the Apostolic Assembly website (Christian Bookstore), and a minimal part are made by walk-ins to the bookstore. The bookstore manager is brother Carlos Bañuelos. In order to better serve the churches, our desire is not only to provide material in Spanish but also in English.
A. EXPOSITORS FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH
We have published the following expositors in the last two years. We are profoundly grateful to all the writers who excelled in producing these series of lessons for our church.
• God’s Design for Humanity – this expositor was written by some of the doctoral program students, along with Dr. John Fortino about themes relevant to the family and the effect of culture and society on the church.
• The Lordship of Christ – this material was collected by Missionary Gabriel Pereira das Neves. It deals with God’s sovereignty in every area of our lives.
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• The Lord is One – The Oneness of God from Genesis to Revelation and Do the Work of an Evangelist – this was a double expositor that contained classic lessons about evangelism and the oneness of God. Our desire is to provide the church with important resources to help in the friendship groups.
• There is Hope for the Apostolic Family (Fall 2018). This expositor is directed to the family. It was written by Bishop Felipe Gaxiola.
• Discipleship. This expositor was written by our assistant editor for the adult expositors, Bishop Mario Alas. (Winter 2018).
For the young people, pastor Jacob Rodriguez, president of the Messengers of Peace, has been a great blessing with his relevant lessons.
• Dare to Dream. This expositor is based on Joseph’s life.•God’sSelfie.ThisexpositorisastudyontheattributesofGod.• The Little Foxes. This expositor is a study on the small sins that have the potential to cause great damage.
B. PRE-ADOLESCENT AND CHILDREN’S MATERIAL
For pre – adolescents (pre-teens), we have prepared a doctrinal expositor, that is called Young Hearts in Pursuit of God: Apostolic Doctrine for Pre-Teens that serves to orient the pre-adolescents, in order to understand why we believe what we believe. It was written by sister Valerie Fortino Cortiella. It will be available at this convention. Sister Valerie has also prepared 52 lessons for children, that can be used in friendship groups, children’s church or Vacation Bible School.
Our greatest desire is to provide material for children and adolescents. We need brothers and sisters that will help us write curriculum for these ages. Because many churches no longer have Sunday School, we would like to provide material for other programs of the church, such as children’s church, Vacation Bible School (VBS), and children’s camps. Although other publishing houses offer good mate-rial, we feel that there is a need to produce Apostolic material.
V. STRATEGY OF JESUS COMMITTEE AND GROWTH COMMITTEE We had the opportunity to belong to the two committees of the Strategy of Jesus and Growth. In 2018, we attended the conferences of the Strategy of Jesus and Growth in Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Barcelona, Spain and Santiago, Chile. My responsibility was to help publish the material in order to implement the strategy. Thanks to the General Board, we were able to publish and give away the Imple-mentation Manual for the Strategy of Jesus 2.0, the GROWTH manual, and other important material. The Implementation Manual was written by Bishop Elías Páez, who is the Vice President of the Apos-tolic Assembly in Mexico and Bishop David Martínez, who is the Secretary of Christian Education in México. Bishop Joe Aguilar and I were the editors in charge of the revision and correction of both Span-ish and English editions. At all the Strategy of Jesus and Growth conferences, we had the opportunity to promote the Gordon – Conwell Master’s program, with a special emphasis on Europe.
We have prepared material for the friendship groups:
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1. Unidos Esperando el Rey: 52 lessons for Friendship Groups (volume 7) in Spanish. This manual was edited by Vice President Ismael Martín del Campo.
2. United Expecting the King – 52 lessons for Friendship Groups (volume 7). This manual was written by pastor Jacob Rodriguez.
3. Unidos Expandiendo el Reino: 52 lecciones para grupos de amistad (volume 8) in Spanish. It was written by Missionary Gabriel Pereira das Neves.
We published the Apostolic Herald in digital form in 2017. It details the results of the 2016 general convention. All the Apostolic Heralds are available on the Apostolic Assembly website, under the heading: The Apostolic Herald.
VI. OTHER PUBLICATIONS A. A book by the wives of the missionaries: This project was initiated under the supervision of Bishop Arturo Espinosa and continued under Bishop Andy Provencio. It contains the wonderful testimo-nies of the wives of the missionaries. It was coordinated by sister Drusilla Fontanarosa and revised by Missionary Gabriel Pereira das Neves in Spanish and sister Diana Álvarez in English.
B. Publication of the 3rd edition of the History of the Apostolic Assembly in Spanish: “Los Primeros Sesenta Años de la Asamblea Apostólica: 1906-1966.” This edition will be used in our district Biblecolleges.ItcomplementstheEnglishedition,whichwasfinishedin2014.Itwillhavebibliographicinformation so that it can be cited by scholars and theologians who want to study our organization. We would like to thank Bishop Ismael Martín del Campo for his diligent work in producing this edition and sister Sandra Martínez for typing it. The 1st and 2nd editions are out of print and the originals of each of them no longer exist, so we had to start from scratch. We also would like to thank our designer Pastor Eliseo Martin del Campo for his excellent work.
C. Apostolic authors. We had the opportunity to sell the booklets written by Bishop Daniel Jauhall. Many people have asked for them. At the same time we wanted to be a blessing to sister Angela Jauhall. We are also publishing a book written by Bishop Felipe Gaxiola, which is called “Twelve Things that the Bible Tells the Minister’s Wife.”
VII. PASTORAL UPDATE MANUAL “PASTORS ACCORDING TO GOD’S HEART” The purpose of this project is to update the pastors with relevant themes related to the pastoral task. This manual give the pastor new tools in an Apostolic context. There are many tools and resources available today, as well as access to technology, but what a pastor needs the most are practical resources. The coordinator for this project was Bishop Francisco Quezada.
The writers and their assigned themes were as follows:
1. Bishop President Dr. John Fortino Preparation for Success2. Bishop Felipe Lugo The Church. The Administration of Finances3. Bishop Misael J. Zaragoza Interpersonal Skills
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4. Bishop Luciano Montes Notes on Ministerial Ethics5. Bishop Felipe Gaxiola Roses and Thorns in Pastoral Ministry6. Bishop Elías Páez Fishing with Rods or Fishing with Nets 7. Ismael Martín del Campo III Pastoral approach to Technological Resources8. Bishop Steve Morán Personal Care of the Pastor 9. Pastor Jacob Rodríguez Shepherding and Impacting the new Generation10. Adam López The Church and your Community
Our list would be incomplete if we failed to include the excellent team of writers, editors, trans-lators, and graphic designers who have worked tirelessly for the advancement of the kingdom. May God bless each and every one of them.
Writers: Bishop Francisco Quezada, Missionary Gabriel Pereira das Neves, Bishop Mario Alas, Pastor Jacob Rodríguez; Bishop Felipe Gaxiola and others.
Translators: Anna Alas, Diana Alvarez, Eduardo Iglesias, Lee Millen, Raquel Montijo, Janae Quezada, Liz Quezada and others.
Graphic Designers: Pastor Eliseo Martín del Campo, Dominic Moschetti, and Enoc Osorio.
VIII. THE APOSTOLIC SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY MANUAL One of the most important projects this department has undertaken is the Apostolic Systematic Theologymanual,whichwill allowus todefineourApostolic theology.Even though thisproject isstill in process, we have made great progress. I would like to thank our project coordinator, Pastor Sam Rojas (D. Min.) for helping us with this project, as well as all the writers that have accepted the task of writing this important document. We believe that with God’s help this project will soon become a reality and will be used as a textbook for our Bible college courses, but more importantly, it will establish a foundation for our very own Apostolic Seminary.
The writers and their assigned themes were as follows:
Introduction to Theology: Pastor Sam Rojas Bibliology: Bishop Ismael Martín Del CampoTheology Proper: Pastor Sam RojasChristology: Bishop Felipe Lugo Anthropology: Bishop José G. ZúñigaSoteriology: Bishop Roberto TinocoPneumatology: Pastor Luis MonteroEcclesiology: Pastor Eduardo IglesiasAngelology: Bishop John FortinoEschatology: Pending
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IX. POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS
• MCCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY:
o These are the doctoral program graduates who received a Doctor in Ministry (D. Min.) degree in May 2017. • Dr. Eduardo Iglesias
• Dr. Andrew López• Dr. Steven Morán• Dr. Samuel Rojas• Dr. Celedonio Saldaña• Dr. Roberto Tinoco
o These are the doctoral program graduates who received a Doctor in Ministry (D. Min.) degree in May 2018.
• Dr. Gamaliel Goldstein• Dr. Juan López• Dr. Luis Montero• Dr. Ramón Villalpando• Dr. José Antonio Pérez• Dr. Rigoberto Payes• Dra. Janae Quezada• Dr. Frank Valdez
oThereare7otherstudentswhoareintheprocessoffinishingthedoctoralprogramindif-ferent seminaries. In addition, Bishop Mario Alas received a scholarship from Fuller to enter the Ph. D. Program.
o In May of 2019, a group of approximately 15 will graduate with an M. Div. from Mc-Cormick. They have expressed interest in continuing with the doctoral program. This group has been successful, in spite of the setback of having to transfer from Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (SEPR) and Fuller Seminary. McCormick has opened their doors to receive our students and the future is promising.
• Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. We would like to maintain a good relationship with this seminary in order to send students who prefer a postgraduate degree in Spanish, especially those from other countries.
• Gordon – Conwell Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts. We have established a Master’s program in Mexico. The classes are held in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. We are in the process of starting a Masters in Christian Leadership in the Los Angeles area, as well as in Spain and Italy. There is a high degree of interest in these programs.
• Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston IL. This seminary is willing to admit four (4) full-time students into the Ph. D. Program. This would be an important step to prepare our own professors in the different disciplines that are needed to establish our own seminary.
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• Apostolic Theological Seminary. The vision for our own seminary had its beginning in May of 2013. Bishop Ismael Martin del Campo was named president of the seminary and Bishop José G. Zúñiga was named dean until November, 2018. We continue to work on the foundations in order to establish our own seminary. This process involves establishing fraternal agreements with several accredited seminaries so that they can help us until we have our own professors who have doctoral degrees.
At the moment, we have established fraternal agreements with the following seminaries and theological schools: Fuller Theological Seminary, McCormick Theological Seminary, Seminario Evangélico of Puerto Rico, and Urshan School of Theology. We also have established agreements with the Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista in Buenos Aires, Argentina and UNELA in San José, Costa Rica.
X. COMMISSIONS In 2017, I had the privilege of attending three (3) district conventions as the assigned delegate: West Texas, Central Texas and North Texas. I have had the opportunity to participate in various commis-sions by petition of our President and with the approval of the General Board.
In November 3 – 5, 2016, I attended the General Electoral Convention for the Apostolic Assem-bly of Mexico in the beautiful city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and participated in the graduation ceremony, where a total of 92 graduates from 8 district received their Bachelor’s degree.
In conclusion, it is a great privilege to serve the church that I grew up in. I do not know any anotherchurch.Althoughitisnotperfect,IfirmlybelievethatJesusChristleadsHischurch.WhileHedirects us, there is no reason to fear the powerful winds that come against the church. We must place ourgazefirmlyonthehorizon,andwatchandprayforthefreshwindoftheSpirit.Thebestdaysofthechurch are still ahead.
To God be the Glory and the Honor!
Respectfully submitted,
Bishop José G. ZúñigaSecretary of Christian Education
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORTBISHOP JOSEPH RODRÍGUEZBishop President John Fortino, Honorable General Board members, Bishops & Pastors,
Praise the Lord! Gratitude and appreciation
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for granting me the honor to serve the Apostolic Assembly as the Secretary of the Department of Social Assistance throughout the 2014 - 2018 administration. In these past four years, we experienced many challenges, celebrated many successes, and through it all, we are proud to report departmental growth. Glory to God, His hand and guidance has continued to be over this department and administration.
Withhonor,Ipresentthefollowingreport,whichreflectsthemuchworkthatwouldnothavebeen possible without the assistance of distinct individuals whom I must acknowledge that have contrib-uted to the success of this ministry and have empowered my leadership. I thank God for my wife Delia (DeeDee), that supported and inspired me to serve our Assembly with passion and compassion. I thank God for my Assistant, Minister Frank Quezada, who faithfully administered both the Department of Social Assistance and the AC Nava Foundation with excellence.
Today, I stand before you with great joy and satisfaction in my heart to render my bi-annual report, and to share with you the advancements and victories God has given the Department of Social Assistance.
To God be all the honor and glory!
Respectfully,
Bishop Joseph Rodriguez Secretary of Social Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ANTONIO CASTAÑEDA NAVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNOVEMBER 2014 – AUGUST 2018
INTRODUCTION TheDepartmentofSocialAssistance’sresponsibilityistofulfillthecorporation’smoraldutytoassist indigents, protect orphans, widows, and especially, to assist those pastors that reach retirement age withoutfinancialresources.Thus,theAntonioCastañedaNavaCharitableFoundationandTrustFundwas established in 1993.
ANTONIO CASTAÑEDA NAVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT “Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and
widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.” James 1:27
The purpose of the Antonio Castañeda Nava Charitable Foundation is to serve the members of the entire Apostolic Assembly in the continental United States and abroad. Members of the Apostolic Assembly are eligible to petition the Trust Fund for the following assistance:
• Toprovidefinancialassistanceintheeventofthedeathofamember,
• To provide funds for relief and support in the form of supplemental retirement and pen-sionbenefitsforpastorsthatretiredpriortothe3%,5%,&7%retirementsavingsoption,
• To award scholarships to deserving students without regard to a student’s race, gender, physical handicap, or nationality,
• To provide emergency assistance to churches for food, shelter, and/or medical supplies,
• To provide assistance for counseling services for church members experiencing trauma of any kind.
In addition, the Trust document stipulates that as monies mature in the Trust Fund; Colleges, RetirementHomesandOrphanagesmaybeconstructedtobenefittheApostolicAssemblyonanationallevel (refer to section 3.vi of the trust document).
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS“Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.” Psalms 68:5
The Department of SocialAssistance is financially strong with aWorking Capital Fund of$120,000.00andaRestrictedFundof$335,213.81,Reservesof$471,000and$348,177.98inourbe-nevolencefund(pastor’sdeathbenefit),foratotalof$1,274,319.79.Weacknowledgethatwithoutthecooperation of our pastors, we would not be able to reach our goals. Currently there are 444 churches contributingamonthlyaverageofapproximately$27,400.00.
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORT Belowyouwillfindhowthefundswereadministrated,howtheministrieswerecoordinated,andwhat accomplishments were achieved.
RETIRED PASTORS We are honored to serve our pastors who have dedicated their lives to God’s work within the ApostolicAssembly.Currently,theDepartmentassists44retiredpastorswith$200.00monthly.Thisassistance is made available to retired pastors in need as an income supplement. This administration has distributedatotalof$351,200.00offinancialassistancefromNovember2014throughAugust2018toour retired pastors. It is an honor to assist these great men of God who have labored fervently for God’s Kingdom.
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (8/18) TOTALRetiredPastors $14,400.00 $88,800.00 $91,200.00 $100,800.00 $70,400.00 $351,200.00
PASTORAL WIDOWS Through the Department of Social Assistance and the A.C. Nava Foundation, the Apostolic As-semblyisfulfillingtheBiblicalmandatebypracticingthemoralresponsibilitytoprotectthewidows.The Department of Social Assistance has allocated a special fund to assist the cause entitled Widows Oil. We are thankful to the women, who as faithful companions alongside their husbands, have worked passionately to further the great work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We would like to extend our deepest gratitude towards the National Women’s Auxiliary “Dorcas” for their commitment to raise funds for this noble cause these past 2 years. Throughout the 2014 – 2018 administration, the Widows Project has supported many widows with a monthly stipend totaling $163,191.00.Thesewomen’seffortanddedicationaspastor’swiveshaveearnedthemtherighttore-ceive assistance from this project. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (8/18) TOTALWidows Project $7,300.00 $43,750.00 $45,450.00 $40,042.00 $26,649.00 $163,191.00
DEATH BENEFITS CREDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
OneofthemanybenefitsourpastorsreceivedbyhavingavalidministerialcredentialfromtheApostolic Assembly during the years 2014 through 2016 was a life insurance for him and his immediate family.Thisgrouppolicycoveredallcredentialedpastorswithaleveldeathbenefitof$30,000.From2014through2016,atotalbenefitof$524,196waspaidoutto29credentialedpastors’families.TheDepartmentofSocialAssistancepaidout$840,144.00tocoverthepremiumcostofthesepolicies.
2014 2015 2016 TOTAL TransamericaCredentials $253,524.00 $351,972.00 $351,972.00 $840,144.00
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BENEVOLENCE FUND The Benevolence Fund was born in 2017. The motivation was to develop our own funeral assis-tancefundforpastorsandtheirfamiliesandtobenefitfromthedecreasedpremiumpaymentstoInsur-ance companies. This newly established fund replaced the Life Insurance Policies mentioned above. We are happy to inform that this decision has been extremely successful. In the last year and eight months, wesavedover$150,000bynotpayingathirdpartycompanytoinsureus. The department worked for two years to establish reserves to ensure a solid foundation of $471,000forthisfund.Withthefoundationset,thefundwaslaunchedandweadded$80,000toourreservesthefirstyear!Godhasblessedusgreatlyandwearecurrentlyontracktoadd$120,000for2018. With next year’s credential funds and our current reserves, the Benevolence Fund is poised to begintheyearof2019withover$1,000,000(onemillion)forthefuneralassistancefund.PraiseGod! The vision is to continue on this path and eventually be able to offer a funeral assistance package to Co-Pastors and Assistant Pastors. We will no longer be the borrower, but the lender, and our future generationswillreapgreatbenefits.
GENERAL MEMBER ASSISTANCE The Department of Social Assistance provides aid to members of the Apostolic Assembly for reasons outlined in our mission statement (funeral assistance, trauma counseling, home displacement, etc.).TheDepartmenthasissuedatotalof$301,312.23fromNovember2014throughAugust2018tohelp our members in need.
DISASTER RELIEF From November 2014 through August 2018, with the help of God and the resources received from contributing churches, the Department of Social Assistance was able to respond to the different naturaldisastersaroundtheworldwithatotalof$141,086.90. With the increasing need of a dedicated group to assist with all the disasters, Open Hands Relief Internationalwasbornandestablishedasanon-profit501(c)3.ACNavaFoundationdeposited$10,000to begin its work and be dedicated to the needs of the Apostolic Assembly churches and members. By establishingthisnon-profit501(c)3,wecannowseekgovernmentandprivategrantsthatwillhelpfundourfirstresponseteamstomuchneededdisasterafflictedareas.
SPECIAL MINISTRIESA.D.A.M. (ADVOCATING FOR THE DEAF THROUGH APOSTOLIC MINISTRY) The A.D.A.M. ministry seeks to promote the faith of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, among the deaf and hearing–impaired. This ministry holds annual conferences, workshops and summer camps for this community. This ministry is also in the process of launching a new project to encourage and expand new evangelistic methods through the use of visual aids. Lessons are being developed in the form of visual bible studies accessible through social media to the entire Apostolic Assembly.
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TheDepartmentofSocialAssistancehasfinancialsupportedthisministryastheybegintoex-pand and reach new areas. Pastor Ben and Francisca Flores are currently the directors of this program, and have been a part of this ministry since its inception in 2004.
EMBRACING HOPE The primary purpose of this ministry is to provide spiritual and moral encouragement to our men, women, and children throughout the Apostolic Assembly who are battling cancer and to promote aware-ness. The ministry provides education about this disease, with special material or personal experience, to family members of those facing the struggle. Cancer survivors by the grace of God, stand united to give hope and encouragement through their own personal experiences and prayer. Under the direction of Sister Dee Dee Rodriguez, this ministry has expanded internationally. This ministry has expanded to “Man-2-Man” for men, and“Fierce Little Hearts” for children. Throughout this administration from 2014–2016,theDepartmentofSocialAssistancehasprovided$16,100.00tothisministry.
PK CAMP ForthefirsttimeinthehistoryoftheApostolicAssembly,wewereabletohaveacampdedicatedto our Pastor’s children. The impact has been phenomenal! God healed, restored & reinvigorated our childrenatthiscamp.ThefirstyeartheDepartmentofSocialassistancewasabletodonateover$10,000to PK’s that did not have the resources to attend this historic camp. Each year thereafter, we have been supporting and sponsoring this camp.
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN Social Assistance has felt a burden for young children with special needs. At our 2015 conven-tion, thisministrywas launchedandwasa tremendoussuccess.Thefirststepwas to implement thisat our conventions, but we will soon be expanding on a more open platform. Between 2014-2017 this departmenthasgivenover$30,000.00forthisministryandwillcontinuetoenlargeitsterritory.
SING Apostolic songs are part of our heritage. The need to stir this talent within our church was immi-nent and the concept of the “Sing” song writing competition was born. The purpose behind this was to record 10 songs, 5 English and 5 Spanish all written by Apostolic men and women. Needless to say this was a tremendous success. We will continue to build on this with the expectation to stockpile copious amounts of apostolic songs that can be used at our local church.
A.C. NAVA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Department of Social Assistance sought to utilize the A.C. Nava Trust Fund to provide an-nual scholarships for members of the Apostolic Assembly who are currently full-time students seeking toachievehighereducation.Thisspecificprogramwascreatedtoawardtheacademiceffortsoftopap-ostolic students, encourage them to further their education, and as a supplement to their existing funds. Each year, the scholarships are awarded at the National Convention. The award is based upon scholastic achievement, church participation, accomplishments, and evidence of community involvement, essay writing and other factors. Minister Manny Pulido leads this ministry. Between 2014 and 2018, the Departmentawarded$86,000tothoseeligiblestudents.
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COMPLIMENTARY MEALS: CONVENTION The Department of Social Assistance went back to its roots and felt the need to give back to our pastors at our 2015 convention. A meal program was established to offer a home cooked meal to all of our pastors outside of California. The spirit in the church of Long Beach #1 was electrifying and uplifting.From2015-2016theDepartmentofSocialAssistanceinvested$28,000.00forthissmalltokenof appreciation to our beloved Pastors and their families.
GRATITUDE I would like to thank each one of you Bishops; you have been a tremendous support and help. Each one of you have supported with calls, offerings, wisdom and words of encouragement. Without your unwavering support, none of this would have ever been possible. I pray that this department will continue to give back to our members. Based on our budget, the A.C Nava foundation gives back 85% of everything it receives from churchesandonlyuses14%foroperating.CharityWatchratesnonprofits thatspendat least75%oftheirincomeonmissionworkasefficient.Helpuscontinuetoserveourpastorsandchurchmembersaswe expand God’s kingdom.
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