COMMUNITY
WORLD CHANGERS
Training the next generation to impact
community, nation and beyond by serving others
The “outside church to the nations” would be a way
to express the motivation of Pastor Israel Martinez
of the Casa Celestial de Adoración (CCDA) Heavenly
House of Worship on Savona Boulevard. Birthed
in prayer and devoted to helping others, the fellowship is
comprised mainly of people of color: Spanish, South American
and African descent.
With what seems like limitless energy, Martinez is passionate
to share the Gospel with dignity and respect for the
circumstances people face. A lifelong churchgoer, his father
has been a pastor for 58 years. He came to Florida from the
Bronx, New York, where he was employed at the flagship location
of Tiffany & Co. on New York’s Fifth Avenue, arriving
in Tradition with his family “when it was hardly a speck on
the map.”
He’s been working for Tiffany since 1990, and now his
‘day job’ is in management at the store in The Gardens Mall
in Palm Beach Gardens. He sees the youth he mentors at his
church as raw diamonds. “Let God fix the rough edges,” he
says. “In time we can shape them.” >>
20 Port St. Lucie Magazine
JAIME MARTINEZ PHOTOS
The “Outside Church” on Savona Boulevard is a “church to the nations,” with a fellowship that includes people from many nationalities.
BY DEBRA MAGRANN
Israel Martinez, a
second-generation
preacher, encourages
victorious living.