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Who We Are/ Why We Are
Welcome.
We are the Rancho Cucamonga New Covenant Fellowship, a local congregation of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG).
We have been meeting in the Inland Empire for 3 1/2 years. As a fairly new church plant we have already been active in the National Day of Prayer as well as hosting Pray for LA Day with a specific emphasis on protection in the ongoing war on terror. We believe Psalm 91: 5, "You shall not be afraid of the terror by night nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks at noonday." At the Grape Harvest Festival we distributed hundreds of copies of uplifting and helpful Christian literature.
We are also made up of people just like you - housewives, accountants, teachers, friendly teenagers, realtors, retired grandmothers and some of the cutest children.
The Rancho Cucamonga branch was formed by a group of WCG members and their friends who felt the area offers fertile ground for church expansion. According to pastor Neil Earle, "Though we have been operating in the Inland Empire for almost fifty years the demographic upsurge along the 210 corridor means there are vast numbers of uprooted people looking for a church home. We believe we can fill that need." Neil Earle is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary and he and his wife, Susan, have served in ministry for more than 35 years.
The Rancho Cucamonga church has been described as "vibrant, offering Bible-based teaching, contemporary music, children's church and a multi-cultural, multi-racial emphasis."
A sometime visitor is Church President Joseph Tkach who is the author of Transformed By Truth, a 1987 publication by Multnomah Books described by one evangelical publisher as the "top religious story of the decade." Tkach assumed leadership of the WCG in 1995 from his father Joseph Tkach, Sr. who had led the 60 year old religious body after the death of the legendary media figure Herbert W. Armstrong. The Tkaches guided the 120,000 member body into a massive doctrinal transformation that was called by Dr. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church "more intensive than the Protestant Reformation."
The WCG's embrace of more fully orthodox Christianity - the Trinity, the Incarnation and Born Again - garnered high praise from evangelical leaders but resulted in much internal stress and strain. Income plummeted, staff was dramatically reduced, churches broke off into splinter groups and families and friendships were severed. But the church has survived and now feels it has a lot to offer to Christians seeking personal renewal. The WCG is especially friendly to people of diverse races and ethnic groups. "Come and learn about transformation from people who have been there," said one theologian.
WHO: The Rancho Cucamonga New Covenant Fellowship
WHAT: A regular Sunday morning branch of the Worldwide Church of God
WHERE: We are moving again SOON. On October 28 we have our LAST meeting at Full of Grace Coffee Shop in Ralph's Mall at Baseline/Milliken. Then we move to our new location.
WHEN: Sunday, 10:00 a.m.
All racial, religious backgrounds welcome; facility is wheelchair accessible.
WHY: To make worship services more available for WCG members in this area and to offer a new church home for those seeking renewed fellowship. The WCG is a member of the National Association of Evangelicals and subscribes and zealously teaches orthodox Christian doctrine as expressed in the Nicene/Chalcedonian Creeds.
THEME SCRIPTURE/MISSION STATEMENT: "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people" (Mark 11:17).
See you there.
Contact: Pastor Neil Earle
(626) 256-4919
Neil.Earle@wcg.org
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