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.