Vista, California Church

Directory List to Churches and other Religious Groups of Vista, California: Vista's sphere of influence also includes portions of unincorporated San Diego County to the north and east, with a county island in the central west.http://www.sdlafco.org/images/11x17maps/City_Vista.pdf Located just seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, it has a Mediterranean climate.
== Christian Denominations ==
There are many, many churches in this community, both large and small. They strive to interpret and live the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Holy Bible. Denomination typically refers to one of the many Christian groupings including each of the multitude of Protestant subdivisions.
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=== Assemblies of God Church ===
The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. It is the fourth largest international Christian group of denominations.
* Vista Assembly - Vista CA
* Apostolic Assembly of God Church - 
* Vista Samoan Assembly of God - 
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=== Baptist Church ===
Baptists form a major branch of Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only, and doing so by complete immersion. Historians trace the earliest "Baptist" church to 1609 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor.
* Lifeway Baptist Church - "We are a group of ordinary people who have discovered the joy of Christian living.  "
* West Coast Baptist Church -
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=== Calvary Chapel ===
Calvary Chapel, an association of evangelical Christian churches, maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. Beginning in 1965 in Southern California, this fellowship of churches grew out of Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.
* Calvary Vista - Vista CA
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=== Catholic Church ===
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or (Latin Rite) Church, and 22 autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches (called particular churches), comprising a total of 2,795 dioceses in 2008.
* Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego - ecclesiastical territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial Counties in Southern California, with a Catholic population of approximately 1 million. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
* Mission San Luis Rey de Francia - is a former California Spanish mission church in San Luis Rey, a neighborhood of Oceanside, California. This Mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians. This historic landmark is the oldest Christian church in all of North County San Diego.
* Mission San Luis Rey Parish =
* St. Margaret Parish - East Oceanside
* St. Thomas More Parish - South Vista
* St. Francis of Assisi Parish - Vista Village
* San Diego Catholic Committee on Scouting - Delivering Catholic Youth Ministry Through Scouting Programs
* The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA - Founded in 1833, SSVP is a worldwide organization dedicated to serving neighbors in need.
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==== Communion of Conciliar Catholic Churches ====
Communion of Conciliar Catholic Churches - "Envisioning the Catholic Church as it should be." What would it be like if you belonged to a Catholic Church where all Christians are invited to the Table of Christ? Where women and men may serve faithfully as either ordained or lay? being Catholic with a Capital C means that we possess all the elements of the Catholic faith that has been “believed in all places and at all times by all Church.”
* The Communion of Conciliar Catholic Churches - Official Website
* All Saints American Conciliar Catholic Church - San Marcos CA. Services are provided by the Society of All Saints Hospitallers, a Progressive Catholic religious order headed by Rt. Rev. Janine C. Stock. Its mission is to provide sacramental and charitable services to those in need, without the discriminatory practices that has plagued the Christian church.
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=== Churches of Christ ===
Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through distinct beliefs and practices based on their interpretation of the Bible. Represented in the United States and one of several branches across the world, they believe in using only biblical precedents for their doctrine and practices citing examples from the early Christian church as described in the New Testament. 
* Melrose Church of Christ - Vista CA
* Vista Church of Christ - Sunset Dr, Vista CA.
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=== The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ===
"As Christians, we believe in learning all we can about Jesus. The greatest happiness in life comes from following the Savior. You will feel His love for you as you seek to understand His life and teachings."LDS Church Welcome message at ComeUntoChrist.org This church was founded by their first prophet Joseph Smith in 1830 upstate New York and now has over 16 million members organized into 3300+ "stakes" worldwide. There are several stakes in the local area. (Also referred to as LDS Church or Mormon Church.)
* ChurchofJesusChrist.org - Official Website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Latest News and Developments. Resources for Members.
* ComeUntoChrist.org - Learn about the Savior Jesus Christ and how his teachings can enrich your life. Jesus can make you a better person. You can make us a better community. Come worship with us. Introduction to basic teachings of the Church. 
* Liahona Magazine - Monthly online church magazine
* Come Follow Me - Home-centered, church-supported daily gospel study plan. "The aim of all gospel learning and teaching is to deepen our conversion to Jesus Christ and help us become more like Him."Introduction to LDS Church Come Follow Me Study Guide 
* Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square - YouTube Channel and Sunday Morning Worship through Music and the Spoken Word.
* Mormon Battalion Historic Site - Public tours daily - Old Town San Diego.
* San Diego California Temple - 45th Operating Temple of the Church.
* Vista California Stake - consists of about 10 local worship congregations and branches in Vista, Bonsall, Fallbrook and East Oceanside areas including Spanish speaking and Young Single Adult Groups.
** Church Of Jesus Christ in Vista - Meet and visit with local missionaries of the church.
** Friends of the Vista Stake - Local Notices & Events
** BSA Pack 702 - Families and friends of the Vista, Carlsbad and Escondido Stakes participating in scouting youth development programs. (Vanguard Scouting)
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=== Episcopal Church ===
==== Worldwide Anglican Communion ====
The Episcopal Church in the United States is a member of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, churches around the world that trace their roots to the Church of England and have given rise to a distinct form of Christianity, known as Anglicanism. The Episcopal Church is made up of between two and three million worshipers in about 7500 congregations across the United States and related dioceses outside the US.
* All Saints Episcopal Church - Vista CA
* St. Michaels by the Sea Episcopal Church - Oceanside CA
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==== Charismatic Episcopal Church ====
* Christ the Healer Church - Carlsbad CA - Charismatic Episcopal Church. Diocese of the West.
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=== First Church of Christ, Scientist ===
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and works of [Christ Jesus]" and "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing".
* First Church of Christ, Scientist] - Rancho Santa Fe
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=== Independent Christian Denominations ===
There are many independent Christian churches, not affiliated with any particular main-stream Christian denomination.
* Anthem Church - Vista CA
* Church in Vista - Vista CA
* Life Christian Church - Vista CA
* Meadowlark Community Church - "Serving San Elijo Hills, San Marcos, La Costa and Carlsbad. We are a Community who firmly believes in God’s word and welcome all to join us in worship." (San Marcos CA)
** BSA Pack 670 - Scouting unit chartered by Meadowlark Church and serves families in Discovery Hills, Discovery Meadows, San Elijo Hills, and La Costa, CA area. We feature events such as family camping, hiking, outings to the beach, Pinewood Derby, and all around fun for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grades.
** Meadowlark Church on Facebook
** Meadowlark Church on YouTube
* New Community Church - Vista CA
* North Coast Church - Free Mega-church based in Vista.
* Refuge Christian Fellowship - Vista CA
* The Station Church - Carlsbad CA
* Stonebrooke Church - Vista CA
* Thriving Life Church - Vista CA
* Tri-City Bible Church - Vista CA
* Unity Way Church- Vista CA
* VCF Church - Vista CA
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=== Jehovah's Witness ===
Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a religion who, although identifying themselves as Christian, are not generally considered as Christians by mainstream Christianity because they are non-trinitarian. They number around seven and a half million. Their headquarters are in New York, USA. The Jehovah's Witnesses are an international organization known for their extensive preaching and publishing activities. 
* JW.org - Find a Kingdom Hall near you.
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=== Lutheran Church ===
Lutheranism is a Christian tradition committed to the main theological insights of Martin Luther. It is numerically the third largest single Christian movement, with an estimated 82.6 million people belonging to the various congregations, bodies, and churches which call themselves Lutheran.
* First Lutheran Church of Vista - Vista CA
* Faith Lutheran Church - Vista CA
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=== Methodist Church ===
The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity.
* United Methodist Church of Vista - part of the United Methodist Church.
** BSA Troop 709 Vista - Sponsored by Vista UMC. "Your next scouting adventure is calling." Serving Vista, San Marcos, Carlsbad & Oceanside.
* First Samoan Methodist Church - 444 W. Bobier Dr., Vista CA
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=== North Coast Church ===
North Coast Church is a megachurch headquarterd in Vista, California, roughly thirty miles north of San Diego. The church was founded as a Bible study in 1976 in a Carlsbad home, but today offers over 50 worship options on seven campuses, each with a different worship style and ambiance.  Each weekend, regardless of campus or service time you choose, you will hear the same message presented by one of the pastors on their teaching team.
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=== Orthodox Church ===
The Orthodox Church, also officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church, and commonly referred to in English-speaking countries as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the world's second largest Christian communion, estimated to number 300 Million  It is considered by its adherents to be the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles almost 2,000 years ago.
* St. Katherine Orthodox Church - Carlsbad CA Orthodox Church of America
* Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Church - San Marcos CA Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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=== Pentecostal Church ===
* The Life Church - Pentecostals of North County
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=== Presbyterian Church===
The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PC(USA), is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. A part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US, and known for its relatively progressive stance on doctrine.
* Grace Fallbrook Church- Presbyterian.
* Grace Presbyterian - Vista - Vista Campus
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=== The Salvation Army ===
The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Christian church and an international charitable organisation. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7 million, consisting of soldiers, officers and adherents collectively known as Salvationists. Its founders sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs".
* Salvation Army - North County
** BSA Troop 708 - "“It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.”
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=== Seventh-day Adventist Church ===
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming ( advent) of Jesus Christ.
* Vista Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church - 
* Vista Seventh Day Adventist Church - 
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=== United Church of Christ ===
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Reformed, Lutheran, and Anabaptist traditions, and with approximately 4,852 churches and 802,356 members
* Mission Hills United Church of Christ - "God is still speaking"
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=== Unity Church ===
Unity, known informally as Unity Church, is an organization founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in 1889. It grew out of Transcendentalism and became part of the New Thought movement. Unity is known for its Daily Word devotional publication. While it was originally considered as a "positive, practical Christianity" which "teach[es] the effective daily application of the principles of Truth taught and exemplified by Jesus Christ,"  Unity now describes itself as "for people who might call themselves spiritual but not religious."
* Unity Church of Carlsbad -
* Unity Way Church - Vista CA
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== Buddhism ==
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies.
* Vista Buddhist Temple - A TEMPLE IN THE JODO SHINSHU TRADITION
* Thien Lam Dai Dang Zen Monastery - Bonsall CA - VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST MEDITATION CONGREGATION - DAI DANG MONASTERY
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== Hinduism ==
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life. It is the world's third-largest religion, with over 1.25 billion followers, known as Hindus. It includes a range of philosophies, and is linked by shared concepts, recognisable rituals, cosmology, pilgrimage to sacred sites and shared textual resources that discuss theology, philosophy, mythology, Vedic yajna, yoga, agamic rituals, and temple building, among other topics.
* Jain Society of San Diego - Jainism , traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion. Jain dharma traces its spiritual ideas and history through a succession of twenty-four leaders or Tirthankaras, with the first in current time cycle being Lord Rishabhanatha, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years ago, the twenty-third tirthankara Lord Parshvanatha whom historians date to 8th century BCE, and the 24th tirthankara, Lord Mahavira around 600 BCE. Jainism is considered to be an eternal dharma with the tirthankaras guiding every time cycle of the cosmology.
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== Judaism ==
Judaism is an ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel.
* B'nai Shalom San Diego - Vista CA
* Chabad Jewish Center of Oceanside/Vista - 
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== Islam ==
Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that Muhammad is a messenger of God. It is the world's second-largest religion with 1.9 billion followers, known as Muslims. 
* Masjid Al-Ittehad - Vista CA. The Islamic Movement of North America (Masjid Al Ittehad) is a non-profit religious organization serving Muslims in North County of San Diego since 1993. 
* North County Islamic Foundation - Carlsbad CA
* Tri-City Islamic Center - San Marcos CA
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== Local Intra-Faith Groups ==
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=== North County Interfaith Community Services ===
* North County Interfaith Community Services - empowers people in need to stabilize and improve their lives through comprehensive programs, in partnership with diverse faith communities and people of compassion. Housing, employment, economic empowerment, health care, education and more. This program is a partnership of many of the religious groups in this community.
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=== Boy Scouts of America (BSA) ===
The objectives of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are referred to as the Aims of Scouting: Character, Citizenship, Personal Fitness, Leadership. The BSA pursues these aims through an informal education system called the Scout method, with variations that are designed to be appropriate for the age and maturity of each membership division. Their Character building program emphasizes Duty to God. They charter with many local religious groups of all faiths to deliver this program. 
* BeAScout.org - Find a Scouting unit near you.
* About.Scouting.org - Memories that last a lifetime begin today.
* BSA Religious Emblems Program - BSA A Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion. To encourage members to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed the following religious emblems programs. Many different religions covered in this program.
* California Scouts - Find scouting related program news throughout the region.
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== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* City of Vista - Official website
* Vista California - Wikipedia
* Vista Historical Society & Museum
* Vista Chamber of Commerce
* The Vista Press – Community News
* City of Vista- FamilyPedia - Genealogy and Famialy History
* Vista Family Youth Clubs and Activities - ScoutHut
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