Shadow Mountain Community Church
| Shadow Mountain Community Church | |
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| 32°48′15.84″N 116°54′18.63″W / 32.8044000°N 116.9051750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Southern Baptist Convention |
| Website | shadowmountain.org |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Spanish |
| Administration | |
| Division | California Southern Baptist Convention |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | David Jeremiah |
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.
History
The first meeting was held in 1909.[1] The church was founded in San Diego in 1912 as Scott Memorial Baptist Church, in memory of U.S. Army chaplain Winfield Scott.[2] It was later renamed Shadow Mountain. For 25 years the church was led by senior pastor and best-selling author Tim LaHaye.[3] David Jeremiah succeeded noted LaHaye as senior pastor in 1981; in 1982 he launched an international radio and television ministry called Turning Point Ministry.
In 2014 the church purchased the former Grace Baptist Church in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego and made it into an auxiliary campus.[4][5] As of January 2015 the church has five auxiliary campuses: one in El Cajon, two in San Diego, one in Encinitas, and one in Alpine.[6]
In 2012 the church sponsored a Fathers Day service in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, headlined by Tim Tebow and attended by 26,000 people.[7]
Ministries
The main ministry of Shadow Mountain Community Church is their sunday service, regularly bringing in over 1,000 people a week. Another large ministry is "Mountain High Kids," the children's ministry. It is run by Jane Lewis, about a dozen full-time employees, and about 100 volunteers. Other ministries for minors include the "CREW" middle school ministry (led by Scott Pittman) and "The Gathering" high school ministry (led by Troy Leeman). The church also has multiple foreign-language ministries, including a Spanish-speaking ministry, a Filipino congregation, an Iraqi ministry, and several others.
References
- ^ "About Us". Shadow Mountain Ministries. December 11, 2007. 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.
- ^ "Grace Campus". Shadow Mountain Community Church. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Shadow Mountain campuses". Shadow Mountain Community Church website. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Fathers Day Tebowmania at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium". CNN ireport. June 21, 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2014.