Life.Church Live from New Life Church in The Bronx, NY - June 4, 2017

“A Beacon Call to the Bronx”—LifeChurch & New Life Testimony

Opening Moments

• Joy-filled greeting from a fourth-floor gym in the Boogie-Down Bronx—three Sunday services just wrapped.
• Host introduces Pastor Fernando Cabrera; both celebrate the LifeChurch/New Life partnership.

Testimonies

Pastor Fernando Cabrera

• Setting: Came to the Bronx 28 years ago with wife, small daughter, and another child on the way. The borough was gripped by the crack epidemic and “2,500 people were murdered every year.”
• Call & Cost: “I felt a beacon call from God to come to the Bronx… It was tough, especially when you have a big dream and you don’t have the resources.”
• Growth & Miracles: From portable church in a rented gym (no parking, fourth floor!) to three packed services and a new facility opening in September—“one of the biggest buildings on this side of the Bronx.”
• Generosity Gap: Poorest congressional district in America, top-ten highest rents; givers are willing but stretched.
• LifeChurch Link: “LifeChurch has been the missing link… the bridge between the vision and the lack of resources.” Free Open Network curricula, music, graphics, and art supply what no paid staff can provide.
• Servant Life: All staff are bi-vocational; Pastor Fernando serves as a city-council member during the week and shepherds on weekends.

LifeChurch Host

• Affirms New Life’s impact: “What God is doing here is nothing short of spectacular.”
• Honors congregational generosity that funds global partnerships.
• Invitation to leaders everywhere: “Go to open.church—everything is completely free… $0.00!”

Holy-Spirit Highlights

• God plants “beacon” dreams even in the hardest soil.
• Partnership multiplies ministry—resources from one body ignite revival in another.
• Sacrificial, bi-vocational service models kingdom humility and hope.
• A portable, fourth-floor gym becomes holy ground when lives are changed.

Prayer Points & Next Steps

• Pray for New Life’s September move—smooth construction, provision, and greater reach.
• Cover Bronx families pressed by poverty and high rent.
• Strength for Pastor Fernando and his all-volunteer team balancing civic and pastoral callings.
• Continued generosity from LifeChurch and expansion of the Open Network to more churches.

Closing Blessing

“Thank you, LifeChurch… you’re the ones that make it happen as we lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.”