Shepherd of the Hills Church, Christian megachurch in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, United States
Shepherd of the Hills Church is a megachurch in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles, with a main hall large enough to seat thousands of people at once. The building also includes several smaller rooms used for classes, group meetings, and community events throughout the week.
The congregation began in 1977 when about 300 members left the First Baptist Church of Van Nuys and organized Faith Evangelical Church in Chatsworth, later the Church at Rocky Peak. Under the name Shepherd of the Hills it met in temporary venues, acquired its Porter Ranch property in 1990 and finished its ranch-style building in 1991. In 1995 Hillcrest Christian Church of Granada Hills merged with it, moving to Porter Ranch, and Pastor Dudley Rutherford succeeded Jess Moody.
The congregation gathers for weekly worship and participates in programs that support and connect local families. These activities shape the religious and community life for many people in the area.
Services are also streamed online, so it is possible to follow along without being there in person. Programs run throughout the year for different age groups, so checking what is available before a visit is a good idea.
The church runs several locations across the Los Angeles area, including one in Woodland Hills, so that people in different neighborhoods can attend without traveling far. This makes it one of the few congregations in the city operating on that kind of scale.
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