The La Iglesia St. Paul is a multi-ethnic with a Latino primary expression that is multi-generational that values all people, regardless of age, socio-economic status, gender, and ethnicity!
At La Iglesia Saint Paul, we welcome people from all backgrounds and at any spiritual level. Our functions and services are open to any person who is willing to come and explore the Christian faith. Our aim, in everything we do, is to help people live in the way of Jesus with the heart of Jesus.
Come join us Sundays at noon to 1:30pm and Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm, all are welcome!
The Kingdom Come Conference will be on December 3rd and 4th (Friday and Saturday) this year LIVE!. The venue will be at the La Iglesia Mundelein facility in North Chicago. All are welcome to this wonderful gathering and you are encouraged to join!
We will start on Friday with registration at 5 pm. The first session will start at 7 pm. Transportation and hotel room recommendations are available through Pastor Uli or anyone on the ministry teams.
On Saturday we will start at 10 am with worship, message, breakout sessions, lunch break, more breakout sessions and teaching with a dinner break and a final message and worship service. The conference will end at 7:30 pm. There will be food sales at the conference as well as numerous restaurants in the local area.
The cost will be $ 20 per adult (18 years and older), $5 per teenager (12 to 17 years) and $5 per child (0 to 11 years). We will have a program for children and another for adolescents.
We believe this will be an impactful event with relevant teaching and commissioning of our community to Kingdom love and ministry. Please join us!
The Women of La Iglesia are gathering every First Monday of the month. At 6pm in the church community room. There will be fellowship, worship, prayer and a relevant message to strengthen your walk with the Lord. Of course, food
Mens gathering
Also, the Men’s group is meeting on every last Tuesday of the month, evening at 6pm in the church community room as well. They will do manly projects, fellowship, worship the Lord, pray for each other and families as well as listen to a message.
We are a multicultural community with an upbeat celebratory worship service, relevant message and a community that is involved in local and global concerns of justice, advocacy and serving the poor. As a full-Gospel, non-denominational church we are committed to pursuing His presence, building His kingdom and sharing His love. Our goal is for you to belong, believe, and become. We want to extend our invitation to our weekly services at La Iglesia Saint Paul.
– Sunday Worship Service Starts at noon to 1:30pm in the Upper Fellowship Hall of First Covenant Church. Children’s class starts right after worship in our Community Room. Also, English translation is also available throughout our services.
– Wednesday night Bible Study is from 6:30pm in our Community Service Room.
We also operate a busy food shelf serving the neighborhoods of Saint Paul and the extended region. You are invited to serve as a volunteer or to be our guest, either way, we would love to see you.
Our facility is still working on safe Covid-19 safety protocols with masks required in our facility. We want to follow all personal safety measures regarding the use of mouth covers, social distancing and cleaning. We do this because of our deep love for each of you and our neighbors.
La Iglesia St Paul, 1280 Arcade Street, Saint Paul MN 55106
Thank you, we look forward to seeing you at the Service!
The logo represents three people, because the church is the people of God, not buildings, chairs or a steeple. The three people come together and when they do they form the cross of Christ, the symbol of Christianity. The dot or circle represents the person’s head and the colored lines represent the arms and therefore the action of the person. The person in blue represents a person in adoration or worship. The person is lifting up his arms toward heaven in worship. The blue color represents heaven where God resides and where all of our worship is directed to. The person in green, a color associated with life, growth and reproduction, means missions. It is the mission of Jesus to go into the world to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to make disciples, that make disciples. The result of that will be life, growth and multiplication. As the church fulfills the mission there will be more people saved and transformed. More disciples of Jesus. And more churches. There will be growth and multiplication. And the person in yellow, which is a warm color, signifies the close relationship among brothers and sisters in Christ who gather together to edify one another:
by teaching one another,
or by using their spiritual gifts and natural talents,
or by encouraging one another by praying and caring for one another.
Our name is simply La Iglesia (the church) because that’s exactly what we were called to be and what we want to be. We simply want to do what the church is supposed to do (Adoration, Edification and Mission). And just as the original church did not have a name such as Trinity Church, or The Good Shepherd Church or Harvest Bible Church, we prefer to call ourselves La Iglesia to express not only what we want to be and to do, but also to express our simplicity. We do not want to be a sophisticated, complex or fancy church but a simple church like the church in the book of Acts. And just as the first church was recognized by its location (the church in Rome, the church in Ephesus, the church in Corinth, etc.) we want to be identified as the church in our different locations. We are the church in Saint Paul.
After a time of prayer and consideration, we are changing our name to La Iglesia St. Paul in accordance to the first church in Acts.
Based on the first church that appears in Acts 2, we see that the church is a group of believers in Christ who come together for three purposes: Worship, Building and Mission. Worship is looking for the Lord together to worship him with words, music and thanksgiving. Building is to grow and edify the church by using our gifts where some are praying for others, some singing and playing instruments, others teach, others prophesy, others preach, others teach children or young people, others serve food, and there are many more gifts that people have been given for the use of edifying the church. Mission is Jesus’ mission to evangelize and make disciples who make disciples. The church, the Bible and the pandemic have taught us, it is not a building. It’s not Sunday. It’s not a small group that does everything. The church is all believers who gather to worship God, edify each other and fulfill the mission of Jesus. The church had no names originally. The church was simply known as The Church. And when they wanted to address a part of the church they went with these words “to the church in Corinth” or “to the church in Rome.” We are the church in Saint Paul.
During this period of reflection, we considered ‘who we are’ and what are our values. From these conversations we developed a vision and mission statement that would be simple, yet indicate our culture (mission) and where we want to be (vision). the following is our determination:
VISION (where we are headed) Based on The Great Commission in Matthew 28 – 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
Our VISION is to be a community that is building the Kingdom of God to all nations, one life at a time.
Our MISSION (what we do today) – We seek to be a congregation of disciples of Jesus that gathers to accomplish three main purposes: To Know, Love and Serve God
A la familia y comunidad extendida de La Vina de Saint Paul (la “LVSP”), así como a otras personas interesadas:
Habiendo celebrado nuestro cuarto aniversario, encontramos que nuestra iglesia está entrando en una nueva temporada. Estamos emocionados de ver adónde nos llevará Dios a continuación. Como una comunidad eclesial saludable, compuesta principalmente por inmigrantes latinos, nos mantenemos enfocados en lo que Dios está haciendo y en seguirlo. Nuestra congregación y grupos de discipulado están creciendo, y nuestros alcances impactan de 75-120 familias cada semana. LVSP también está creciendo rápidamente en madurez. Nuestra comunidad acogedora refleja el amor en el Reino de Dios en constante expansión.
Si bien a nuestra iglesia le está yendo muy bien. Sin embargo, están sucediendo algunas cosas poco saludables, injustas y dolorosas en el liderazgo del área de Vineyard que nos han afectado profundamente y, debido a eso, el equipo de liderazgo de LVSP y la junta directiva han decidido retirarse de la asociación de iglesias Vineyard y, en consecuencia, cambiar nuestro nombre. Tomar esta decisión fue difícil, hemos buscado el consejo de otros pastores y líderes cristianos familiarizados con nuestra región y área. Y ahora, queremos compartir con ustedes nuestras razones para tomar esta decisión, siendo lo más respetuoso posible con las partes interesadas.
LVSP se unió a la asociación de iglesias Vineyard como plantación de iglesias hace 4 años. Cuando una iglesia se une a la asociación Vineyard, se le asigna un líder de área. El líder de área asignado es para apoyar a las iglesias locales de la asociación. No obstante, en el corazón del líder de área se ha arraigado una ofensa con la que no se ha podido lograr la reconciliación. Desafortunadamente, la ofensa ha crecido y ha dado lugar a acciones más graves que han causado que el liderazgo de LVSP sienta que ya no es seguro para nuestra congregación continuar como parte de ese liderazgo y sus prácticas. Una iglesia de un viñedo local, su pastor y concejo, así como el líder del área, han causado nuestra preocupación. Este grupo eligió entregar a un pastor inmigrante ordenado por Vineyard y a su familia al USCIS con la intención de expulsarlos. Esta familia era un miembro importante de nuestro equipo de liderazgo de plantación de iglesias. Sentimos el dolor y el sufrimiento causado por las acciones contra esta familia.
Por tal razón, en lugar de continuar operando bajo el liderazgo de esta área, hemos decidido desvincularnos de estos líderes y de la asociación Vineyard y mantenernos enfocados en el Reino de Dios y Su llamado para nuestra comunidad.
Food Shelf Volunteer Team
En el tiempo de Dios, esperamos un tiempo de reconciliación. Sabemos que la unidad es a lo que estamos llamados en el cuerpo de Cristo, porque ellos sabrán que somos cristianos por nuestro amor.
Cambiaremos nuestro nombre y otras referencias a “Viña”. Nuestros valores y creencias fundamentales siguen siendo los mismos, así como nuestra visión y misión. La disociación no tendrá ningún efecto ni impacto en nuestra comunidad.
Estamos muy entusiasmados con lo que el Espíritu Santo está haciendo en nuestra comunidad y ministerios y queremos mantenernos enfocados en este llamado. Es nuestro privilegio servir a nuestra comunidad y crecer en madurez en Su Reino.
To the La Vina de Saint Paul (the “LVSP”) family and extended community as well as other interested people:
Having just celebrated our fourth anniversary, we find our church is entering a new season. We are excited to see where God will lead us next. As a healthy church community, comprised primarily of Latino immigrants, we remain focused on what God’s doing and following Him. Our congregation and discipleship groups are growing, and our outreaches impact 75-120 families each week. LVSP is also rapidly growing in maturity. Our welcoming community reflects love in the ever-expanding Kingdom of God.
While our church is doing great, there is some unhealthy, unjust and grievous things going on in the greater Vineyard area leadership that have affected us deeply and due to that, the LVSP’s leadership team, and board of directors has decided to withdraw from the Vineyard association of churches and consequently change our name. Making this decision was hard, we have sought counsel from other pastors and Christian leaders familiar with our region and area and determined this is the right decision for our community. We want to share our reasons for making this decision, while being as respectful as we can to the parties concerned.
LVSP joined the Vineyard association of churches as a church plant 4 years ago. When a church joins the Vineyard association, they are assigned an area leader. The assigned area leader is to support the local churches of the association. An offense has taken root in the heart of the area leader to which reconciliation has not been able to be achieved. Unfortunately, the offense has grown and led to more grievous actions that have caused the leadership of LVSP to no longer feel it is safe for our congregation to continue as part of that leadership and its practices. A local vineyard church, its pastor and council, as well as the area leader has caused our concern. This group chose to turn in a Vineyard ordained immigrant pastor and his family to the USCIS with the intent of removal. This family was an important member of our church planting leadership team. We feel the hurt and suffering caused by the actions against this family. Copy of the two letters are available by emailing admin@lavinasp.org.
Instead of continuing to operate under this area leadership we have decided to disassociate from these leaders and the Vineyard association and stay focused on the Kingdom of God and His calling for our community.
In God’s timing we look forward to a time of reconciliation. We know that unity is what we are called to in the body of Christ, for they will know we are Christians by our love.
Dreaming of a Church
We will change our name and other references to the “vineyard”. Our core value and beliefs remain the same, as well as our vision and mission. The disassociation from Vineyard will have no affect or impact on our community. We are seeking the Lord to establish a new name for us at this time.
We are very excited about what the Holy Spirit is doing in our community and ministries and want to stay focused on this calling. It is our privilege to serve our community and grow in maturity in His Kingdom.
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Several people were baptized, several powerful testimonies of God’s goodness, music and excellent dinner made the evening special.
We celebrate with pastors Uli and Reyna, the leadership team and the community of La Vina de Saint Paul.
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Pastors Ulises and Reyna would like to invite you to attend our 3rd annual church anniversary celebration on September 26th at 3pm. The venie is in the First Covenant Church parking lot.
There will be baptisms, music, testimonies and food.
Come and hear what the Lord has been doing. All people are invited and that includes your friends and family.
Habiendo celebrado nuestro cuarto aniversario, encontramos que nuestra iglesia está entrando en una nueva temporada. Estamos emocionados de ver adónde nos llevará Dios a continuación. Como una comunidad eclesial saludable, compuesta principalmente por inmigrantes latinos, nos mantenemos enfocados en lo que Dios está haciendo y en seguirlo. Nuestra congregación y grupos de discipulado están creciendo, y nuestros alcances impactan de 75-120 familias cada semana. LVSP también está creciendo rápidamente en madurez. Nuestra comunidad acogedora refleja el amor en el Reino de Dios en constante expansión.
