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| Mission Community Church | |
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| Location | Gilbert, Arizona |
| Country | 
United States |
| Denomination | Non-Denominational |
| Weekly attendance | 5,000 [1] |
| Website | www.missionaz.org |
| History | |
| Founded | October 1, 1995 [2] |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | None [3] |
Mission Community Church (formerly known as Superstition Springs Community Church) [4] is an American non-denominational church located in Gilbert, Arizona.
Justice Projects
Vision Abolition
In 2007, MISSION Community Church teamed up with Homes of Hope "a non-profit organization created to help rescue and restore girls and women trafficked into sex slavery and sexual exploitation. Homes of Hope Fiji is a 43-acre village that provides long-term residential care for the rescued girls and their children and is the only place in all of the 300+ islands of Fiji that will house a girl who is pregnant, or has a child. They not only provide housing, but also food, clothing, medical and emotional care, education, and vocational training". [5]
Vision Arizona
In 2008, MISSION Community Church partnered with House of Refuge East (HRE) "a faith-based, non-profit organization helping homeless families and individuals in crisis by providing transitional housing and supportive services that assist participants as they strive toward self-sufficiency and seek to attain permanent housing. HRE consists of 88 two-bedroom homes and a Chapel/annex all located in a community setting. On any given day approximately 100 adults and 150 children call House of Refuge "home". Because greater than 50% of our residents come from shelters, this will often be the first safe home some children will have experienced". [6]
Vision Africa
In May 2007, MISSION Community Church in partnership with Somebody Cares. [7] Since that time, MISSION has helped care for thousands of orphans in the village of Chikudzulire in the African nation of Malawi. Each December, the church takes a special offering to fund this project. In 2015, this project became known as Project ReGift. [8]
Leadership
Mission Community Church is led by Kevin Rhineheimer, Lead Executive Pastor, and Landon MacDonald, Lead Teaching Pastor. [9]
Landon MacDonald is the son of controversial pastor James MacDonald. Landon previously worked at the church his father pastored, Harvest Bible Chapel, where he allegedly verbally abused volunteers and failed to report the abuse of a minor which Illinois pastors are mandated to do by law. [10]
References
- ^ "Common Questions @ Mission". Mission Community Church. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "MISSION questions". MISSION Community Church. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "MISSION - Update". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ Perera, Srianthi (March 27, 2010). "Mission Community Church to dedicate $10 million facility". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Homes of Hope". Retrieved 2010-03-01.[ dead link]
- ^ "House of Refuge East". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ "Somebody Cares America". Archived from the original on 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ "Project ReGift 2015". projectregift.org. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ^ "MISSION - Staff". Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ^ "Former Harvest Members Alarmed by Return of Luke MacDonald; Warn of Bullying & Bizarre Behavior". 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.