COMMUNITY CHURCH
ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
CATECHISM FOR THE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH
We are here to come to know God, to love God, to serve God, and to glorify God.
To know God, we will: Acknowledge that He exists.
Read His word daily. Acknowledge His word is truth.
Study His word through weekly bible study classes.
Hold each other responsible for our Christian walks.
Encourage daily bible readings of psalms, proverbs, plus daily devotionals.
To love God, we will: Obey His commands.
Confess and repent of our sins. Strive to live like Jesus lived.
To serve God, we will live like Jesus lived; we will:
Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ that He is:
God’s Son. Our Savior. The only way to Heaven.
We will: Love one another. Pray for one another.
Serve the poor, needy, and incarcerated.
To glorify God, we will: Worship God in spirit and love.
Learn to & then heal people, drive out demons, & multiply food supplies.
Be true to ALL God’s words.
THE TRANSITIONAL BOOK OF DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE THE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH
Meet Our Pastors
Pastor Nena Bonilla was born and raised in El Salvador and moved to the United States when she was 15 years old. She has been married to her husband Junior Velasquez for 30 years and they both share 3 children and 2 beautiful grandchildren. Nena has served the Lord faithfully dating back to an early age serving in different levels of ministry at her home church in California. She currently resides in Florida with her husband, and they have been there for over 20 years. Nena holds a bachelor’s degree in human services with a concentration in youth and family counseling and worked in that field for various years. Currently she is studying to achieve a master’s degree in divinity from United Theological Seminary. Her favorite verses to turn to in good times and even in the tough times are “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”- Hebrews 11:1, and “Be still, and know that I am God”.
Rev. Deborah Galtere served as a missioner, pastor, educator, and chaplain during her years of ministry serving in the Caribbean, South Africa/Botswana and Florida (USA). Highlights of ministry include travel by foot, horse, donkey-cart, boat, airplane, truck, and car to reach the congregations in which she lived and served. Pastor to rural Batswana, Basara and Zulu communities in South Africa/Botswana in Word and Sacrament, her cross-cultural ministry established 41 mini libraries, 13 early learning centers, 1 church, school classrooms, playgrounds, community gardens and mediator in the Truth and Reconciliation meetings in her circuits. Deborah ministered in refugee camps during the Mozambique civil war, helping in medical missions and in training indigenous missioners to minister to the refugees. She traveled with her husband Glenn in a circuit of over 1,000 kilometers monthly to bring Bible School/Seminary extension classes to 4 different tribal regions. Deborah served two church circuits in Jamaica and helped to establish International Seminary classes in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the late 1990’s-early 2000’s. Her ministry in the USA involved pastoring congregations in Hialeah, and Jacksonville, FL and eventually became a Senior Chaplain with Vitas Healthcare. She helped establish Community Chaplains Association, a non-profit that ministered to the elderly home/facility bound and volunteered as a chaplain with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the Marine Corps League Auxiliary in Martin County. She presently holds membership in the International Conference of Police Chaplains. Mission and outreach has been the focus of her life and ministry and continues with involvement in local mission outreaches in Port Saint Lucie, FL and the Caribbean. She is presently writing a memoir of her and her husband Glenn's years in Africa - By the Roadside: Traveling with God in Mission.