A Sure Foundation

Introduction

David Rosales is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Valley which presently ministers to over 8,300 people (children included) weekly. The fellowship meets for studies and events 7 days a week, and continues to grow on a weekly basis. There are also currently 20 daughter churches all throughout the world which have come out of Calvary Chapel Chino Valley. Pastor David also has a radio ministry, which is presently heard on stations throughout the United States. He considers teaching the Bible to be one of the greatest and most exciting privileges any person can have the opportunity to do. It is his prayer that whether you are joining him in a weekly study here on campus at Chino Valley, reading any of his books, or listening to his teachings through A Sure Foundation Radio Ministry... that you will be encouraged and strengthened in your walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor's Testimony

Pastor David Rosales was born in Whittier, California in 1950 and grew up in Norwalk, California during the tumultuous ‘60’s. At age four David thought his mother was dying and prayed as she lay on the floor of their home. His mother had been giving his baby sister, Madelyn, a bath when he heard a crash. The door was closed, and it began to shake. He and his 6-year-old brother Frank slid the pocket-door open and his mother’s body fell at their feet. He says, “We didn’t understand what was happening at the time, but she was having an epileptic seizure”. Her head was at his feet as he began to cry and pray, ‘God please don’t let my mommy die.’ My brother ran down the street to get a neighbor who took care of my mom. My mom suffered seizures from that time on for many years. I was raised in a home with a very sick mom and began to fear at an early age that I would lose her.”

She lived, and David tried to please God and be a good son while always living in fear of coming home to find his mother dead. Raised a Roman Catholic, he received his first communion at age eight and was confirmed at age twelve. In spite of his religious training, by age 15 the son of first generation Mexican-American parents began to feel that life was not fair and experimented with alcohol, then marijuana, and finally began using hallucinogens over the space of five years. In his late teen years he was invited several times to attend church with friends but he was Roman Catholic and avoided other churches, believing them to be in error.

By age 19, he admits, “I messed up another girl relationship and this time, it tore my heart. I felt so bad about how things had gone and it was then that I realized that my life was going nowhere. It seemed that every person I truly cared about eventually was hurt by something I did, and I just got tired of being such an unkind person. I was invited to go to a small church in Costa Mesa, but being raised a Catholic I did not want to go to the church and reasoned that if I was going to attend church services it would be in a church I was raised in as a Catholic. I was invited to attend several times and always refused.”

Continue reading about David's testimony on Calvary Chapel Chino Valley's website or stop by his blog.