The Shepherd's Gate
A Westside Foursquare Church
New Page Added to Website
The new Media page is the place to find teachings, special messages, or other AV recordings for download.
A New Year, A New Look
This year, 2008, has been labeled the "Year of New Beginnings." Combined with what The Lord has been doing in this Church for the last several years, we felt this was the perfect time to upgrade this website. This upgrade is intended to be the starting point for a wide range of new content and we are extremely excited to see what God has in store for us. All we ask is that you, please, give us a measure of grace as we work through the issues that will undoubtedly arise while we learn and grow into the fruition of our vision. Thank you!
We're back in Culver City
The Shepherds Gate has a calling to change the spiritual atmosphere on the Westside of Los Angeles. For those of you that are unaware, the Westside is historically one of the driest areas in the world for the Gospel. It's commonly defined borders are LAX on the south, north on La Brea to Beverly Hills and west across Mulholland to Malibu. This region has roughly one million residents within its borders and many of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world from the entertainment industry. Even if some do not currently reside here, they either did at one time or will sometime in the future. This is the region that affects the world through movies, television, music, fashion and a host of cultural trend-setters.
What is even more remarkable is that in the entire history of Los Angeles, there has been only three times that a Christian Church reached the level of 1000 attendees. And, in each case the churches crashed and burned. One went through a moral failure of the pastor, a second through internal division and multiple church splits, and the third became a cult. Nowhere else in the Greater Los Angeles area, nor perhaps in the entire United States, can you find this great an area with such a large population where the Church has so little impact.
We feel it is our calling to change the spiritual atmosphere in this region to promote the penetration of the Gospel for all those called to work in this geographic area. If we are able to raise the spiritual water level, all the boats will rise.
To do this, the Lord has brought us back to our home base in Culver City and is beginning to establish His place of worship in a remarkable way. After our extremely successful conference with Jeff Jansen, Joshua Mills and JoAnn McFatter, we were graciously given the opportunity to move to The Living Branch Foursquare Church on the west end of Culver City. A fascinating transition is taking place and an ongoing summary of our Saturday evenings with the Lord will be forthcoming.
Tom Wright
Pastor, Worship Leader