Our director and founder, Mary Silveria, first came to La Mision on a short-term mission trip 25 years ago and instantly fell in love with the community. Although she explored short-term missions in other places, her heart always brought her back to La Mision. A few years later, she purchased land with the intention of retiring here and serving God in her later years. It’s been over 15 years since she established Casa de Maria Skill Center. Mary teaches welding herself and is deeply passionate about the gospel and education. Today, the ministry thrives, offering a variety of classes, and Mary is thoroughly enjoying her "retirement", dedicated to the work she loves.
We believe that through education and faith great changes can be made. We exist to point people to Christ and offer free education to all.
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We believe in the Holy Scriptures, accepting fully the writing of the Old and New Testaments as the very word of God, and is infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21).
We believe there is one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19).
We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:29; Colossians 1:15-19), his virgin birth (Matthew 1:18, 23; Isaiah 7:14), his shed blood for atonement (Hebrews 9:11-15; Revelation 1:5), his bodily resurrection (Matthew 28; Acts 1:3), his ascension into heaven there to be our intercessor (Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 1:1-3).
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin (John 16:1-11), makes believers children of God through new birth (Romans 8:14-15), assuring them of heaven (Romans 8:16-17), and by His indwelling enables Christians to live a godly life (Ephesians 5:18-21, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:22-24).
We believe that all men are by nature and choice sinful and lost; and have within themselves no possible means of salvation (Romans 5:12, Romans 3:10, 23).
We believe in salvation by grace through faith; that salvation is the free gift of God, not by any virtue or works of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8, 9; Galatians 2:16); that all true believers possess the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, son-ship in the family of God, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish (John 10:27-29, Philippians 1:6).
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