Pastor Ruben A. Solis; founder of Calvary Chapel Inland in the Riverside County community
Pastor Ruben and his wife Virginia Solis, have been serving the Lord for 25 years. They raised four boys who are believers in Christ Jesus and have seven grandchildren. Three of those boys along with their wives and children serve at Calvary Chapel Inland.
Pastor Ruben was saved on January 7, 1987 while working for Southern California Edison. He was listening to a radio program where Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship was speaking; this was on the radio station KBRT AM740. The message was so convicting that it pierced the heart of Pastor Ruben and moved him to repentance. He gave his life to the Lord right then and there; while in his company truck. Never having experienced Christianity before, he became born again. Pastor Ruben was born into Catholicism and had never set foot in a Christian church, so his experience with God was fresh and real. He read through the Bible within six months. He was baptized by the Lord; which is a funny story. Dave Hocking happened to be teaching on baptism (on KBRT AM740) and Pastor Ruben knew he needed to be baptized. It was a winter day and it was raining. While working, he decided to step out of his truck and pray to the Lord that the Lord would baptize him in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And so it was that he was baptized in the rain by the Lord.
Pastor Ruben soon found a Calvary Chapel and began to serve the Lord there with his family. He started by cleaning toilets, sweeping the grounds, and by just having an open heart for serving the Lord in any capacity that the Lord would have him to. These were years of training within the ministry preparing hearts, the vision, and goals the Lord had for him.
Hi my name is Randy. I was born in El monte California. Like a lot of people we had struggles when we were younger. But the Lord had a plan for my life. Through God‘s grace I gave my life to the Lord in Victory Outreach Pomona. And through God‘s guidance he brought me to Calvary Chapel inland. The Lord blessed me with a beautiful wife. And a personal relationship with my Lord and Savior. And I pray that you too will also receive the Lord as your Savior and have a personal relationship too.
Hello everyone and welcome to Calvary Chapel Inland, located in Jurupa Valley or also known as Mira Loma. I am Jose Martinez. I have been married with my one & only high school sweet heart for 31 years. We have been blessed with 5 children & 5 grandchildren. We have been attending CCI going on the 3rd year & doors of ministry have been opened up for me to serve the body of CHRIST here at CCI. In a nut shell of all the servicing with out running down a list of which areas. I am a decon. Which Translate “a servant”. Which I am so blessed to be counted worthy to be a part of here at CCI. Please come visit our place of teaching the whole WORD of GOD & the worship of our Savior JESUS & grow in the understanding by the power of the Holy Spirit. We pray to see you all soon & feel the love of JESUS working through us all here,
I hope you come & find me to say hello…
I didn’t have the drug, alcohol or gang life origin but the complete opposite. My parents taught me to value school and learn as mush as I possibly can, so I did. I didn’t realize the blessing of learning at the time however I graduated high school with a 4.5 GPA and got a full ride scholarship to Cal State Long Beach to study Computer Engineering. You would think my life was on the right track until I start dictating my own life, not allowing God to be part of it. I became money hungry and wanted to become the next Bill Gates. So I ended up dropping out of college to start my own business and lived the rock star life at the age 20 years old. I had money, lived in 7 states, had three cars, and many women. I even had a time where I was ask for my autograph because of my public speaking which even blow up my head even more. It was all about me and my wants. I look back today and think how selfish I was and awful of a person I was to woman and others. So many people believe having lots of money and fame will make you happy, I can tell you personally, it doesn’t. I was a miserable person.
Then God’s grace came to my life in Dallas, TX at the First Baptist of Dallas where a man Daniel White was bold enough to share me the word of God and tell me that I need a true relationship with God. He brought me to an all African American First Baptist Church of Dallas where I never felt so much brotherly love from people I never meet. I was welcomed with open arms and I didn’t understand why? The pastor’s message pierced my heart and it seemed he knew what I was going through. Then the alter call came and I went to the front of the stage and fell to my knees in tears asking for Jesus to be in my heart.
I have fallen many times since then however the grace and mercy of God has always brought me back. We serve a forgiving God who loves us as sinners. He will never forsake us.
Today God has given me many talents that I use to glorify Him and support His church. So It’s a great honor and I’m humbled to be called a servant at Calvary Chapel Inland.
