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Current and former pastors of the Reno-Sparks Hispanic church during the celebration of the burning of the mortgage. Elders Brown and Camacho, as well as other conference pastors, were present during the celebration.
Reno-Sparks Hispanic Church Celebrates 30 Years of God’s Provision
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rom a small group of believers without a church to call home to a thriving and engaged congregation, the Reno-Sparks Hispanic church in Reno, Nevada, has come a long way since its inception in 1991. The church recently celebrated a mortgage burning ceremony after making the final payment on the church they purchased in 1995. The weekend of July 23 and 24 was marked as a joyful celebration as the church not only burned its mortgage but also celebrated the nearly 30 years of the church’s beginnings. All the previous pastors were invited to the celebration, and they participated by making both historical and devotional presentations. Elders Leon B. Brown, Sr., then-president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, and Carlos Camacho, then-executive secretary of the conference, attended the Sabbath morning service and participated in the mortgage burning ceremony. One of the founding members of the congregation, Amado Gomez, shared his perspective of the church’s early days and how God led them to where they are. Showing that God works in many ways, the members of this newly formed group all ended up in Reno looking for new work when the broom factory where they worked in another town closed down. Among them was Gomez, their supervisor at the factory. While some of the people from the factory were
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