1. mile·stone
‣A stone set up beside a road to mark the distance in
miles to a particular place.
‣An action or event marking a significant change or
stage in development.
5. It Takes a Village
To raise up every child
so that they develop
BROAD SHOULDERS future
pastor of
EBCLA
6. INTEGRITY
COMMITMENT
INVESTMENT
What does it PERSEVERANCE
mean to have LEADERSHIP
BROAD VISION
COURAGE
SHOULDERS? SACRIFICE
SERVICE
FAITH
7. 1925 - Church planted for poor Refused to follow pastor in new
East LA Japanese immigrants direction, avoided becoming a cult
1940s - Church endured while 1976: Called atypical person
scattered to concentration camps
1980s: Open to ABCs > First AA
1950 - Separated from 1Gen, church > moved to Rosemead
changed to non-ethnic name
1996: Church ‘hives’ to become
1960s - Multi-ethnic, anti-war, missional multi-ethnic Faith Village
Asian American activism
TODAY: Completed the campus,
Sanctuary nearly burned down, hosting homeless families, learning
pastor left: move or close? how to trust Jesus even more
Even Millstones Became Milestones
8. The Broadest Shoulders
Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is
able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine, according to
his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and
in Christ Jesus throughout all
generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
9. Jesus
is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine
according to his power that is at work within us
10. Let’s teach them to stand on Jesus’
broad shoulders so the next
generation might stand on theirs.
