WE DONT NEED TO START ANY MORE CHURCHES

A week before Christmas, a pastor from another church handed me a peculiar looking journal for me to browse and see if it’s any helpful for my ministry. It’s the 6^th Volume of The Thin Line produced by Catalyst Space. The journal was more than helpful, it actually challenged my thinking and affirmed Heroes Church’s vision for city church planting.

In one article, Reggie Joiner wrote strong words with the intent of creating positive tension within the leadership. Here’s a paragraph taken from that article:

WE DONT NEED TO START ANY MORE CHURCHES. Or at least we don’t need to start another church like the church that already exists down the road. What if we decided to only start churches for people who are not already going to church? Admit it: most start-up churches are designed for people who already attend church. Should our goal be to create the same style of church that already exist to reach people who are already attending another church that they already like? Maybe we should create a church that is different enough to present an alternative for those who can’t find a church. So if you are going to start a church, consider doing something that is not being done.   [page 25]

This statement rings in harmony with the very core of Heroes Church’s vision. We do not strive to be different just to be different. Our hope is that in doing something that is not being done, Heroes Church will offer an alternative for people to be part of something beyond them and for them to experience the true source of hope and freedom, Jesus.

This year, Heroes Church has renewed its effort in becoming a Global City church. We have a full year of blazing the trail and making a difference in the city. We hope that you join us in this exciting journey.

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Heroes Church holds Christian Worship services every Sunday, 5-6:30pm in the 5^th Floor Chapel of St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City – something that is not being done.    


by Albert Almanza

Welcome! We are a Christ-centered Community in the City

A Lesson in History

Welcome to Heroes Church! For starters, let me tell you a story.

Prior to the 19th century, most people saw Biblical parables as allegorical with one of Christianity’s favorite sons, St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), assigning a one-to-one correspondence to each character in the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

At the turn of a new century, Adolf Jülicher (1857–1938) studied Jesus’ parables and declared that they are non-allegorical unless indicated in the text. This became a turning point in Biblical interpretation, which liberated people from a lot of improper handling of the Word.

Today, most scholars agree with this stand. The debate continues though as to whether Jülicher’s one parable-one point ratio holds water. Some of his contemporaries say there can be details worth dissecting within the umbrella theme.

This interplay of events shows us that we cannot get too comfortable nor complacent with Church and Christianity. There is room for continuous learning, unlearning, and growth. It takes not only an intellectual humility, but a spiritual one as well to understand that a Bible-believing faith is not easy, but a hard candy that takes life-long chewing to unravel all the taste we can muster.

This attitude can be achieved in a setting that is committed to the ancient, makes the most out of today, and is sensitive to the changing landscape of the future. If what we believe is so valuable as finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, then surely it will take time and just like any legendary epic, will have twists and turns, challenges, and yes, even mistakes.

Ideally, the church is the best place for this. Sadly, there are people who see the church as a moral institution, instigating what’s right and punishing what’s wrong. Yes, the church must stand for goodness and truth, but such is incomplete without love. Now love takes on a new deal, but if perfect love casts away fear, then we must find it.

Heroes Church is built on this love found in Christ. In Him, love actually finds us. His rock-solid love, as manifested and expressed in the cross – a willful necessity – is the center of our faith, and we are committed to growing in this good news together as a community of faith.

We believe in what is ancient, we roll with the changes of every turn of today, and listen to the hums of the future. If you share the same passion for such a journey, then I personally invite you to join us.

- Zuriel Bernardino

“Zuriel speaking at the Stepping Stone services at Wilcon, Libis”

“Our dedicated and talented pastoral team – Abet, who finished his theological studies at world-recognized Asian Theological Seminary (2010), Zuriel, who trained under Tim Keller and Redeemer City to City in New York (2008), and Aldrin, who studied under renowned Biblical preacher Nomer Bernardino last year (2009).”