Making room for what God is doing next.
Why NOW?
GOD IS DOING SOMETHING AMONG US.
God continues to bring new people, new families, and new opportunities for ministry to Light & Life. We are seeing lives changed, people baptized, children discipled, leaders developed, and churches planted.
Now it is time for our campus to make room for what God is doing.
Building for the Future isn't simply about improving buildings. It's about removing barriers to ministry and preparing our church for generations to come.
The vision hasn't changed. Now it's time to build.
WHAT ARE WE
BUILDING FOR?
WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING BUILDINGS.
WE'RE BUILDING FOR PEOPLE.
A place to welcome.
Creating a campus where every guest and family knows they are valued.
A place for the next generation.
Creating environments where children and students encounter Jesus, grow in faith, and discover their calling.
A place to grow.
Strengthening spaces where people can worship, learn, build relationships, and become more like Jesus.
A place to send.
Expanding our capacity to develop leaders, plant churches, and send disciples from Long Beach to the ends of the earth.
WHO WILL ENCOUNTER JESUS
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE BUILD TODAY?
SOMEONE BUILT FOR US.
The campus we enjoy today exists because generations before us gave, sacrificed, and believed in a future they would not fully see.
The McLains were among the early families who helped sustain and lead this church. When our sanctuary was being built, Beverly McLain and her husband made an extraordinary decision: they took out a second mortgage on their home to give generously toward its construction.
Why would someone make a sacrifice like that?
Because people weren't simply giving toward a building. They were making room for people they would never meet.
Today, we are some of those people.
Children have met Jesus here. Families have found hope here. Generations have worshiped here. We are the beneficiaries of their faith. Now it is our turn to prepare the way for those who will come after us.
BUILDING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
We’re creating spaces where children and students can encounter Jesus, grow in faith, build meaningful relationships, and discover their calling. We’re not simply building better spaces. We’re investing in the next generation.
Sanctuary, 1991
A PLACE TO BELONG
We’re creating welcoming spaces where people can slow down, connect, build friendships, and find community. Because some of the most meaningful moments of ministry happen between the services.
RENEWING OUR
CAMPUS FOR MISSION
Some of our buildings have served faithfully for generations. Now we're renewing them for the ministry happening today—and the opportunities still ahead.
From our growing Spanish-speaking congregation to our community outreach, these renewed spaces will create greater capacity to serve people.
We're strengthening what God has already entrusted to us.
WE’RE NOT BUILDING FOR BUILDINGS.
WE’RE BUILDING FOR MISSION.
Everything we build creates more room to reach people, teach to fully love God,
mend broken lives, and send people into God’s mission.
