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Latino Pastors: Adan Argueta

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WoLatinos Adan Argueta is the senior pastor for a Latino congregation of around thirty individuals. He describes his unique church as a multi-cultural congregation that speaks the same language. To be a pastor of a Latino church, one must be a “pastor of the people”. You have to eat with them, be apart of their family. Argueta understands the importance of interpersonal relationships within a Latino culture. Argueta’s vision is to extend God’s kingdom among Latinos through the love of Jesus Christ. He seeks to teach under the anointing of Holy Spirit, empowering people so that they can reach God’s purpose for their lives. He believes that God’s kingdom is expanded when people are personally expanded. The minister is supposed to be sensitive …show more content…

Heglund’s church offers multiple worship services, weekly prayer events, a private Christian school, young adult meetings, a youth group, home fellowship groups, and a night of family fellowship. Calvary Temple offers something for every single age group. According to Heglund, Calvary Temple is focused on reaching the lost of this world through salvation in Jesus Christ, sanctified living through the power of the Holy Spirit, and fellowship among the body of Christ, through which all are joined through the Holy Spirit. Heglund believes a missional church to be one in which the body of believers are given to sanctifying themselves in Christ and carrying out the Great Commission proclaimed by Jesus. In order to become missional, each individual needs to dedicate their lives to becoming holy through sanctification in God. The church provides everything necessary for this to take place. Heglund said that the majority of their partnerships are overseas in Kenya, Africa, where they have planted many churches and work with many local Kenyan churches. Within America, Calvary Temple primarily works with their two daughter …show more content…

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