The
Resurrection Christian Community Church in Hilton Head, SC launched a couple years ago.
Len Stubbs is their high energy Senior Pastor. The congregation is primarily Anglo, but also includes African-Americans and Latinos in their Sunday morning worship. The Lord has provided a wonderful facility for them on Spanish Wells Road in the NW part of the island. I was impressed with how the morning worship service was planned in such a way that the various cultures could feel "at home" and easily be engaged in the experience.
With many, many Latinos living on Hilton Head and the surrounding communities, Pastor Len saw the need to launch a Spanish-speaking worship service. After attempting to provide Spanish translation for an English-style worship, he discerned that finding key Latino leaders to develop their own style of service would be more effective.
The Lord led him to
Daniel & Paoli Sanchez (originally from Chile) who sensed God's call and relocated from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. The revamped Latino outreach kicked off this summer. CGGC Latino Directors
Caleb & Christina Acosta, along with some members from our Latino churches in Lancaster County, PA, visited the ministry in late summer to provide encouragement and guidance for Pastor Daniel & Paoli (pictured right). Since then, the ministry has steadily grown. They have Spanish-speaking worship on Sunday afternoon at 5pm and two home Bible studies during the week for discipleship and training.
Give thanks for the visionary leadership of the Stubbs and Sanchez families! Pray for their expanding ministries reaching out to diverse populations in the low country of South Carolina.
