Iglesia Sinai contact Zone

The second contact zone that I wanted to explore is Iglesia Sinai. This is Latino church that is located in 1213 E Lincoln Ave, Goshen. The neighborhood that surrounds the church is not very wealthy. It is predominately white neighborhood. If you go a few blocks west you will see a fairly large Latino population.

Sinai is a Pentecostal church with about 100 to 150 members. They have services Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. They have two services on Sundays though, one starts in the morning and the other starts in the evening. They are very welcoming and nice to everyone. The pastor is Nemuel Campos and the senior pastor is his dad. 

Services last about 2 hours. On Sunday mornings they have Sunday school. Everyone gets divided into age groups and they are given a lecture that suits their age. They sing worship music for an hour at the beginning of every service. Most of the music is modern, they have a worship group leading the singing.

The members of the church come from 5 different countries. All of them being from Latin America. The first time that I attended the church, I thought everyone was Mexican but I was wrong. Sinai is a very diverse church. Also, the members come from different towns of Elkhart county. 

When it comes to outreach programs, Sinai offers a summer bible camp for little kids and they have a radio station. One of their goals is to grow big enough to reconstruct the church. They really want new people to come and learn more about god. I also saw a border while looking at the outreach programs. The fact that the services are always in spanish, is a border when looking at their neighborhood. But a bridge that I saw was that they have a pastor who is bilingual. This could definitely help the church grow as time goes by.

A way this church serves as a contact zone is the simple fact that these people are brought together because of their faith. Despite their differences they get along with each other fairly well. This church has the potential to grow and do some great things in the Latino community. Overall, my experience at Iglesia Sinai was very unique and special.