CityReach Springfield Church

Our heart is to reach the one. We have a deep passion to reach people with the hope of Christ. We believe that the power of Christ can transform every life. CityReach Church Springfield is a place of healing, restoration, and second chances. You are invited to visit with us this weekend for practical teaching, great music, an exciting kids program, and empowering church experience. Pastor John comes from a background of affiliation with Chicano gangs and a Mexican cartel. He spent well over a decade as a drug dealer and hopeless heroin addict. After hitting rock bottom several times, he finally surrendered his life to Christ on a cement floor in a lonely prison cell at the New Mexico Department of Corrections. After the Lord encountered Pastor John in prison, he was voted in as inmate pastor. John went through the Christ-centered Victory Outreach recovery home in Phoenix, AZ and the Urban Training Center in downtown Los Angeles, California. God not only gave John eternal life but also set him free from addiction and restored his mind. This man, who was once incoherent, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and Church Leadership from Central Bible College, Summa Cum Laude. He graduated with an MA in Urban and Intercultural Studies from Evangel University Seminary. He has served as Berean faculty at Global University, lead pastor, recovery home director, missionary/ church planter in Manila the Philippines, and prison evangelist. He is an endorsed correctional chaplain and Prison Fellowship Area Manager who continues to go back into prisons and jails with a message of Hope.