{"id":219,"date":"2023-02-22T23:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T23:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:33:38","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/?page_id=219","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arabic-Church-Palm-Sunday-1-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arabic-Church-Palm-Sunday-1-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arabic-Church-Palm-Sunday-1-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arabic-Church-Palm-Sunday-1-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arabic-Church-Palm-Sunday-1.png 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Make disciples of all nations<br>Baptize those who believe so they join the church family<br>Teach them the Bible and to obey all that God has commanded<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Build bridges between the church and the community through love and service<br>Deliver the Gospel and share Christ&#8217;s message<br>Create a safe place for fellowship&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Values<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus is the source of all things: with our eyes on Him, He makes us walk on water<br>God is faithful to continue what He starts, and He will not abandon His people<br>Unity in ministry with other churches and believers&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Building Bridges<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Lord placed an open door before the Arabic Church of Sacramento to reach out to the Arabic and Muslim refugees who came from the uttermost part of the world and settled in our neighborhoods. We seek to brefriend the&nbsp;brokenhearted, the captives, and the oppressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2006, the church launched the Arab-American Learning Center (AALC) to serve and support the refugee community. We have become their new home in the new land.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center has ministries such as: Living Water Preschool, Refugee Support Services, ESL Classes, Discipleship Meetings, Donation Days, Garden Days, Young Adult Ministry, and Annual outreach events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of these ministries is to build bridges into the local refugee community by meeting practical needs and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Vision Make disciples of all nationsBaptize those who believe so they join the church familyTeach them the Bible and to obey all that God has commanded Our Mission Build bridges between the church and the community through love and serviceDeliver the Gospel and share Christ&#8217;s messageCreate a safe place for fellowship&nbsp; Our Values Jesus&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/?page_id=219\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our Mission<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabicchurchsacramento.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}