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OpenGatesChurch

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Open
Gates
Church

Located in Pleasanton, we are a new church plant of Joyful Church (Korean). We are a community of the broken, the weak, the lost, and the abandoned, who have found God's love in Jesus. Our doors are open wide, so come and be part of our church!

Who Are We?

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House Church

Our longing for community

We are a house church! We believe that the the house church is the best setting for us to open to God's love, and to grow in our love for each other.

"What did I get out of it?"
We tend to judge worship by focusing on ourselves. Instead, true worship is about how much God got out of it. True worship is about giving and surrendering ourselves to God.

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Value #1
True Worship

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Value #3 Love

"If you cause me pain, I'll cut you off!"
Instead of protective love, we are called to address relational difficulties with each other. Only the Gospel can empower us to truly forgive and love one another.

"Why can't we stay comfortable?"
God's heart is a missional heart. His desire to seek and save the lost continually pushes us to love outside our walls and share the Gospel

Image by Jan Kopřiva

Value #5
Missions

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"Why confess my sins to another person?"
Church can become a place to hide our brokenness and fake religiosity. Instead, we want to expose our sin and brokenness so that the Gospel may shine

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Value #2
Gospel in our Brokenness

"Discipleship is only for some people."
The privilege of discipleship belongs not to the dedicated few, but to all members. Each person is gifted by God to build each other up, and everyone is essential for our total growth.

Value #4
Discipleship

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