Moises A. Sandoval founded the Evangelical Latin Church, with a membership of twenty-two people. It was in this month of May that we began the process of affiliation to the Pacific Latin American District of the Assemblies of God. Five months later, on September 22, 1979, we were affiliated to the District. By this date, the Lord Jesus had blessed us with fifty new people, making a congregation of seventy-two members. God's mercy has been great leading us to a spiritual and numerical growth, having a leadership with different ministries that have been developed efficiently.

 

From May through December 1979, we started in a downtown Los Angeles location. In 1980 we moved to a location in Hollywood. In late 1983, we moved to a larger location in the Silver Lake area. 

 

Due to the growing numbers we were enjoying this led us to rent the Los Angeles School District's King Middle School auditorium. It was five consecutive years of attending Sunday after Sunday at this venue.

 

After many years of fasting and prayer, in December 1995 the Lord allowed us to purchase Temple Bethel. The Lord took us from glory to glory in this place and we were recognized at the 2005 National General Council of the Assemblies of God in Denver, Colorado as one of the 13 transforming churches in the nation. Our Choir and Orchestra participated in the Hispanic event and the Lord was glorified and we were a great blessing to the people that were gathered.

 

Truly the command of God has been upon us. God's eyes are upon all who fear him and he defends them. Now we go forward working in God's work, knowing that He is with us and takes us from victory to victory. Now we are celebrating as a Church affiliated to the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the year 1979. Now the church enjoys a unity of Spirit and Vision to do the work of the Lord in our times.