By Joe De Leon, Leader, Church Starting Group of the Calfornia Southern Baptist Convention
As I look back to days past, I can see God’s mighty hand in my life and so I cannot take credit for any accomplishments, accept to give glory to God.
Now, after having reached the full retirement age, I have decided to retire from this front in the ministry and move to another front. I will be drawing my retirement at the end of the year and will be moving to Colorado to continue in His service as He will lead. We have served in California in the present position for ten years.
Working with CSBC has been a high point in my life and it has been a true joy to see what God has done in the area of church planting, thanks to the faithful service of the Church Starting Group. The faithful leadership of Dr. Fermín Whittaker has kept us focused on the task at hand. The faithful men and women that work at the Ministry Resource Center have been a joy to work with, as each serves our God in such a unique way.
California Southern Baptists are a good and Godly people serving our Lord in changing and challenging times. Few would be so bold as to attempt to reach all thirty-nine or so million population of such diverse cultures and languages. And this they do because they know the power of our God and His promise to always be with us as we make disciples of all nations.
California Baptist associations are a vital part of the task that has been given by our Lord. The leadership of the associations has an immense task of not only helping the churches that have been faithful in the past, but also to start new ones to continue the task of reaching the world in California .
