{"id":4221,"date":"2024-10-31T12:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=4221"},"modified":"2024-10-31T12:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:40:40","slug":"owner-churches","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/owner-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Owner Churches<\/strong> are churches that own Camp through their participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/nyc-council-of-mennonite-churches\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"NYC Council of Mennonite Churches (NYCCMC) is comprises of 18 Mennonite churches in the New York City and the surrounding metropolitan region that cooperate together to pursue fellowship in the Gospel and advancement in ministry and mission. The council is composed of both Atlantic Coast Conference churches of Mennonite Church USA and the NYC LMC District and meets quarterly in-person hosted by member churches. The council also holds an Annual Convention for all participating churches and their members &mdash; hosted bi-annually at Camp Deerpark.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">NYC Council of Mennonite Churches<\/a> (NYCCMC).  As a ministry of these Owner Churches, Camp seeks to serve and strengthen these churches and extend their ministry space as they accomplish their mission.  Owner churches may recommend church members as candidates to the Camp <a href=\"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/kb\/board-of-directors-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title='Board of Directors, also the \"Camp Board\" or \"The Board\" refers to the council of elected representatives who steward this mission and executive accountability for Camp Deerpark. Current Board Jeryl Zimmerman (2024-; Chair 2025- ) Carmen Lora (2022-) Emmanuel Lindsay (2022-) Karen Angustia (2024-) Anita Castle (2025-) Aurelia Martinez (2021-) Brian Murray (2025-) (previously 2003&ndash;2017) Lowell Jantzi (2025-) (previously 1985&ndash;2003) Jamila Ayala (2020-) Victor Mendez (2018-) Jynnelle Smith (2020-) Past Board Members John Buckwalter 1969&ndash;1977, 1981&ndash;1989 Glenn Zeager 1969&ndash;1975 Carl Metzler 1969&ndash;1982 Gene Shelly 1969&ndash;1985, 1988&ndash;1994 Ronald Collins 1969&ndash;1971 Richard &ldquo;Dick&rdquo; Pannell 1969&ndash;1972, 1995&ndash;1997 Nelson Kauffman 1969&ndash;1970 Aurelio Rodriguez 1970&ndash;1972,&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">Board of Directors<\/a>, subject to a approval process detailed in the By-laws.  In the past, Camp has sought to maintain a majority of board seats held by members of Owner Churches.  Owner Churches typically qualify for a discount on all services, events, and programs related to Camp and may qualify for special events and programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Owner Churches<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Believers Mennonite Garifuna Ministries &ndash; Pastor Andrew Nu&ntilde;ez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro Misionero Cristiano  &ndash; Pastor Aristidez Shee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evangelical Garifuna Church Bronx &ndash; Pastor Lilian Flores \/ Retired Pastor Celso Jaime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evangelical Garifuna Church Brooklyn &ndash; Pastor Martin Alvarez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evangelical Garifuna Church Manhattan &ndash; Pastor Margarito Elvis Martinez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friendship Community Church &ndash; Pastor Kenneth L. Thompson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grace and Peace Mennonite Church &ndash; Pastor Anita Castle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iglesia Evangelical Menonita Eben-Ezer &ndash; Pastors Julio and Ana Damaso<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immanuel Community Church &ndash; Pastor Mark Perri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infinity Mennonite Church &ndash; Pastor Albert Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King of Glory Tabernacle &ndash; Pastor Robert Earl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship &ndash; Pastor Jason Storbakken<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mennonite Bible Fellowship, CT &ndash; Pastor Cedric Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mennonite Evangelistic Tabernacle &ndash; Pastor Nestalis DeLeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muros de Fuegos &ndash; Pastor Maria Teresa Flores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Bronx Mennonite Church &ndash; Pastor Ruth Wenger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Revival Mennonite Church  &ndash; Bishop Nicolas Angustia \/ Bishop Moises Angustia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Valley of Jesus Mennonite Church &ndash; Pastors Bernardo &amp; Linda Rodriguez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"encyclopedia-category":[],"class_list":["post-4221","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4224,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4221\/revisions\/4224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campdeerpark.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}