Community Bible Church is an evangelical Christian church in Vallejo, California with an emphasis on Christ-centered expository preaching, the doctrines of grace, discipleship and missions. The church seeks to glorify and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ among all the peoples of the earth. Now pastored by Phil Foley, it was established in 1980 by the late Pastor Steve Fernandez.
Church History Video
This video created in 2014 presents a very succinct summary of the history of Community Bible Church.
Steve Fernandez (1948-2013)
Founding Pastor of CBC
Steve Fernandez founded Community Bible Church in 1980, starting with 25 people and one midweek Bible study. With a focus upon expository preaching, discipleship, and missions, the Lord has caused the church to grow to about 1,000 attendees. Prior to being called to Vallejo, Steve served for four years as an associate pastor at Valley Bible Church in Hercules, California. Steve was the founder and president of The Cornerstone Seminary in Vallejo, California. Steve was also a co-founder and instructor at Grace School of Theology and Ministry in Pleasant Hill, where he taught for 25 years.
The Lord took our dear Pastor Steve home to be with Him the evening of Resurrection Sunday, March 31, 2013. “To live is Christ, to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21) After Steve went to glory, the Lord called Phil Foley to be the Lead Pastor, who has been in full-time ministry at CBC since 1996.
Steve Fernandez Video Sermons
Unfortunately we have only a handful of Steve preaching on video. Below is a YouTube playlist of some of the few that we have.
Steve Fernandez Audio Sermons
We started digitally recording Pastor Steve Fernandez in the year 2000. If you are interested in sermons earlier than 2000, we still have a cassette/CD sermon catalog. Contact info@cbcvallejo.org if you’re interested in any of those sermons.
The goal of this break-out session is to help all of us be better prepared to teach God’s Word. Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans to us as people who received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily. And then verse 12 adds: therefore many of them believed. Our hope is that God would save many children, in our churches and in our homes. We want to examine how we can be a part of His great plan of salvation as we strive to be Bereans, growing and maturing in our practical ability to teach the Bible to young people. With the end result that those we teach will be Bereans themselves. Emphasis will be placed on reviewing tools that might be used to teach and equip this age group.
