COLLEGEDALE SPANISH-AMERICAN SDA CHURCH
Founded in 1982, the Collegedale Spanish-American Seventh-day Adventist Church seeks “To proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ … and to prepare the world for His second coming…”
OUR VISION
To generate a movement in which all members contribute and are motivated by their personal relationship with God, and to provide a home away from home for Southern Adventist University students channeling their talents into the Lord’s work.
OUR MISSION
Proclaim the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through our ministry and witnessing by preparing the world for His second return by involving children, youth and adults.
VIDEO PRESENTATION
ACHIEVING THE MISSION
The church is using four methods to achieve its mission including, discipleship training, outreach through audiovisual production, creating new evangelism and discipleship materials used locally and abroad, and ‘organic’ mobilization.
Discipleship
Media Proclamation
Materials Production
Organic Mobilization
HISPANIC STUDENTS CHURCH
The church is making a difference within the Southern Adventist University and the Collegedale community by providing a local “campus church” for Hispanic students. It is not only a place to worship each Sabbath, it is a center where students use their creativity to further the mission. Under the pastoral leadership of Dr. Joel Barrios, many are “discipled” using the principles taught by Jesus Christ.
SUSTAINABLE YOUTH MINISTRY
The result of involving young people, children and adults in the mission of proclaiming the gospel through multiple ministries are an increasing number of young people attending the church.
AGE CHURCH ATTENDANCE
Our students attendance has steadily increased during the last four years.
THE CHALLENGE
The church has outgrown its building capacity
Today, the church has a membership of 325 serving more than 600 Hispanic students, who are attending Southern Adventist University. These students come to Southern from across the United States, as well as from many other countries.
Even holding two Sabbath services each week has become inadequate to accommodate the community members and students who wish to attend. For most worship services, all Sabbath School classrooms adjacent to the sanctuary are used for additional seating. Rooms are equiped with video screens to ensure participation in the services. Additionally, attendees sit on the platform, along the aisles and in the foyer. Other attendees congregate in the fellowship hall on the lower level or in the children’s Sabbath School rooms to participate through video connections. The children’s Sabbath School departments also have inadequate space to accommodate attendance.
THE SOLUTION
Build a facility that will accommodate the vision of service
With the approval of the Southern Board of Trustees, the Collegedale Spanish American SDA Church leadership envisions building a new 40,000 square foot facility at the same location of the current church. The sanctuary would accommodate at least 640 worshippers. It would include adequate space for multi-media technology, as well as offices and storage.
Rooms adapted to the learning needs of today’s children and youth will be required. A fellowship hall with a seating capacity of 350 will permit the church to expand the ministry of providing meals for students each Sabbath. This center will provide the much needed space for the Adventurers, Pathfinders, True North and Vacation Bible School programs and meetings.
THE “SU CASA” CAMPAIGN
The construction of a new Spanish American Church on the campus of Southern Adventist University offers a ‘double blessing’.