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Foursquare by the Numbers: July 2010

June 29, 2010

Churches

Church Openings – 4

ACTS Christian Fellowship (Garland North Foursquare Church) in Garland, Texas, pastored by John Lavaki (MidSouth District)
Iglesia Principe de Paz (Mt. Airy Hispanic Foursquare Church) in Mount Airy, Ga., pastored by Samuel Negron (Southeast District)
L19 Community (Sacramento Midtown Foursquare Church) in Sacramento, Calif., pastored by Michael Mervine (Central Pacific District)
The Well (South Whidbey Foursquare Simple Church Network) a simple church in Freeland, Wash., pastored by Charlie Townsend (Northwest District)

Church Closings (Permanent*) – 5

Aqueous (Goleta Foursquare Church) in Goleta, Calif. (Pacific Coast and Valleys District)
Centro de Vida (Arleta Centro de Vida Foursquare Church) in Arleta, Calif. (Pacific Coast and Valleys District)
Living Waters (Tyler North Foursquare Church) in Tyler, Texas (MidSouth District)
New Life (Los Angeles Armenian Foursquare Church) in Glendale, Calif. (Pacific Coast and Valleys District)
The Junction Foursquare Church (Beloit Central Foursquare Church) in Beloit, Wis. (Heartland District)

Total U.S. Foursquare Churches — 1,845

Pastors

Senior Pastoral Appointments to Established Churches – 9

Brian Cain to The Grace Place (Fresno North Foursquare Church) in Fresno, Calif. (Central Pacific District)
Shannon King to Trona Foursquare Church in Trona, Calif. (Central Pacific District)
Claudio Kosacki to Iglesia Cristiana Filadelfia (Torrance North Hispanic Foursquare Church) in Torrance, Calif. (Greater Los Angeles District)
Alfonso Macedo III to New Life (Stockton Foursquare Church) in Stockton, Calif. (Central Pacific District)
Jason Medrano to Grace Community (Merced Foursquare Church) in Merced, Calif. (Central Pacific District)
Michael Nelsen to New Hope Christian Fellowship (Waterford Foursquare Church) in Waterford, Mich. (Heartland District)
Ubirajara Oliveira to Plymouth Portuguese Foursquare Church in Rockland, Mass. (Northeast District)
Bud Porter-Smith to Solid Rock (Burney Foursquare Church) in Burney, Calif. (Central Pacific District)
Gerry Van Der Wende to Grace Fellowship (Susanville Foursquare Church) in Susanville, Calif. (Central Pacific District)

Credentialed Minister Retirements – 1

Bill Girard in Chandler, Ariz. (Southwest District)

Total Credentialed/Licensed Ministers — 6,911

All reported data was confirmed by the Foursquare board of directors between June 10-June 24.

* Closings: Churches are not permanently closed until assets are sold or transferred.

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