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'''Shadow Mountain Community Church''' is an [[evangelical Christian]] [[megachurch]] affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] and located in [[El Cajon, California]], a suburb of [[San Diego]]. The church celebrated its [[centennial]] in 2009. |
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'''Shadow Mountain Community Church''' is a [[Baptist]] [[megachurch]] in [[El Cajon, California|El Cajon]], a city in [[San Diego County, California]]. It is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The first meeting was held in 1909.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shadowmountain.org/content.asp?mid=86&id=87 |title=About Us |date=December 11, 2007 |publisher=Shadow Mountain Ministries |quote=...since 1909 when a retired Civil War Captain, Chaplain Winfield Scott, held his first meeting. | |
The first meeting was held in 1909.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shadowmountain.org/content.asp?mid=86&id=87 |title=About Us |date=December 11, 2007 |publisher=Shadow Mountain Ministries |quote=...since 1909 when a retired Civil War Captain, Chaplain Winfield Scott, held his first meeting. |access-date=2014-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504135829/http://shadowmountain.org/content.asp?mid=86&id=87 |archive-date=May 4, 2009 }}</ref> The congregation originally met in a house on the corner of 41st Street and Adams Avenue. The church was founded in 1912 in [[North Park, San Diego]] as Scott Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of U.S. Army chaplain [[Winfield Scott (chaplain)|Winfield Scott]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/opinion/article_bdf27073-8ba5-530d-a5d2-7fce938b85d2.html?mode=jqm|title=Scott's life an example for today|date=October 6, 2011|work=East Valley Tribune|location=Tempe, Arizona}}</ref> In 1936, Rev. Arthur F. Colver became pastor. As SMBC grew, Scott Memorial East was established in El Cajon on Greenfield Drive. It was later renamed Shadow Mountain Community Church. The original Scott Memorial Baptist Church in North Park became Scott Memorial Community Church, then Grace Community Church. For 25 years, the church was led by senior pastor and best-selling author [[Tim LaHaye]], who came to San Diego in 1956. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Domenico|first1=Roy P.|last2=Hanley|first2=Mark Y.|title=Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8ZixRcQfV8C&q=%22Scott+Memorial+Baptist%22+church&pg=RA1-PA318|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=0-313-33889-2|page=318}}</ref> [[David Jeremiah]] succeeded LaHaye as senior pastor in 1981; in 1982 he launched an international radio and television ministry called Turning Point Ministry. |
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In 2014, Shadow Mountain Church merged with the former Grace Baptist Church in San Diego's North Park neighborhood and made it into an auxiliary campus named North Park Campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jun/09/stringers-shadow-mountain-church-down-hillcrest/|title=Shadow Mountain church sets up in Hillcrest|last=Batterson|first=David|date=June 9, 2014|work=San Diego Reader|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://shadowmountain.org/default.aspx?page=3540|title=North Park Campus|work=Shadow Mountain Community Church|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref> As of December 2022 the church has eleven auxiliary campuses: one in El Cajon, two in San Diego, one in [[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]], one in [[Chula Vista]], and one in [[Alpine, California|Alpine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowmountain.org/default.aspx?page=5108|title=Shadow Mountain campuses|work=Shadow Mountain Community Church website|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> |
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==Ministries== |
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The main ministry of Shadow Mountain Community Church is their Sunday service, regularly bringing in over 10,000 people a week. Another large ministry is "Mountain High Kids," the children's ministry. It is run by |
The main ministry of Shadow Mountain Community Church is their Sunday service, regularly bringing in over 10,000 people a week.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Another large ministry is "Mountain High Kids," the children's ministry. It is run by about a dozen full-time employees, and about 100 volunteers. Other ministries for minors include the "CREW" middle school ministry and "The Gathering" high school ministry. The church also has multiple foreign-language ministries, including a Spanish-speaking ministry, a Filipino congregation, an Iraqi ministry, and several others. |
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Pastor Dr. David Jeremiah records his sermons for his radio program called ''Turning Point |
Pastor Dr. David Jeremiah records his sermons for his radio program called ''Turning Point.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turningpointonline.org/ |title=Home |website=turningpointonline.org}}</ref>" |
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 11 November 2024
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| 32°48′15.84″N 116°54′18.63″W / 32.8044000°N 116.9051750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Associations | Southern Baptist Convention |
| Website | shadowmountain |
| History | |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Spanish |
| Administration | |
| Division | California Southern Baptist Convention |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | David Jeremiah |
Shadow Mountain Community Church is a Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, a city in San Diego County, California. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
History
[edit]The first meeting was held in 1909.[1] The congregation originally met in a house on the corner of 41st Street and Adams Avenue. The church was founded in 1912 in North Park, San Diego as Scott Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of U.S. Army chaplain Winfield Scott.[2] In 1936, Rev. Arthur F. Colver became pastor. As SMBC grew, Scott Memorial East was established in El Cajon on Greenfield Drive. It was later renamed Shadow Mountain Community Church. The original Scott Memorial Baptist Church in North Park became Scott Memorial Community Church, then Grace Community Church. For 25 years, the church was led by senior pastor and best-selling author Tim LaHaye, who came to San Diego in 1956. [3] David Jeremiah succeeded LaHaye as senior pastor in 1981; in 1982 he launched an international radio and television ministry called Turning Point Ministry.
In 2014, Shadow Mountain Church merged with the former Grace Baptist Church in San Diego's North Park neighborhood and made it into an auxiliary campus named North Park Campus.[4][5] As of December 2022 the church has eleven auxiliary campuses: one in El Cajon, two in San Diego, one in Encinitas, one in Chula Vista, and one in Alpine.[6]
Ministries
[edit]The main ministry of Shadow Mountain Community Church is their Sunday service, regularly bringing in over 10,000 people a week.[citation needed] Another large ministry is "Mountain High Kids," the children's ministry. It is run by about a dozen full-time employees, and about 100 volunteers. Other ministries for minors include the "CREW" middle school ministry and "The Gathering" high school ministry. The church also has multiple foreign-language ministries, including a Spanish-speaking ministry, a Filipino congregation, an Iraqi ministry, and several others.
Pastor Dr. David Jeremiah records his sermons for his radio program called Turning Point.[7]"
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Shadow Mountain Ministries. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
...since 1909 when a retired Civil War Captain, Chaplain Winfield Scott, held his first meeting.
- ^ "Scott's life an example for today". East Valley Tribune. Tempe, Arizona. October 6, 2011.
- ^ Domenico, Roy P.; Hanley, Mark Y. (2006). Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics. Greenwood Press. p. 318. ISBN 0-313-33889-2.
- ^ Batterson, David (June 9, 2014). "Shadow Mountain church sets up in Hillcrest". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "North Park Campus". Shadow Mountain Community Church. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Shadow Mountain campuses". Shadow Mountain Community Church website. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Home". turningpointonline.org.