Central Japanese-American Community Church

HistoryPasadena OPC is a mission work under the oversight of the Presbytery of Southern California (OPC). Matthew Cotta, a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church since 2003, is our church planter. From 2003-2017 he served as Pastor of Grace OPC in Hanover Park, Il. In 2017 he received and accepted the call as church planter in Pasadena, CA. Matthew and his wife Lois have been married since 1997 and have four covenant children. Born and raised in California's Central Valley, Matthew did not begin walking with the Lord until his early 20s. Matthew and Lois met at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga. After graduating from Covenant (B.A. History) Matthew and Lois moved to Escondido where he attended and later graduated from Westminster Seminary in California. In addition to loving God, the church, and his family, Matthew loves Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (he's a purple belt), cooking, reading, and fishing.SpecialtiesOur goal and delight is to love, worship, and glorify our God and Savior with all of our hearts, minds, soul, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves through Gospel proclamation and works of mercy. In the grace and power of the Holy Spirit, we seek to love, trust, reflect, and follow the Lord as expressed in the wonderful clarity of the Reformed faith, in Christian fellowship with believers in Christ, and in communion with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). With God's help and in God's time, we aspire: * To always be a healthy, growing congregation. * To help individuals and families grow in Christ. * To nurture our covenant children in the faith and prepare them to stand boldly for Christ in the face of this world's challenges. * To train and prepare future leaders of the church. * To evangelize, minister to and support area college students. * To be instrumental in planting and encouraging congregations throughout the San Gabriel Valley (and beyond). * To participate, with brothers and sisters both within and outside of our denomination, in the work of promoting true Gospel revival, reformation, and reconciliation, in ourselves, in the larger Body of Christ, and throughout the world.