Charles Pineda, Jr.
Grew up in the Methodist Church, and learned about Christ Jesus, and endless biblical history and learned to memorize all the books of the Bible, but didn't accept Christ Jesus until I returned to the good old USA, safe and sound, from serving fourteen months in the Republic of South Korea: And while there experience the short civil war, heard that the North Korean were going to liberate their brothers in the South Korea, and spent a few days with Custer's, RIP, 7th Cavalry at Camp Gerry Owens.
Earned my first degree at East Los Angeles College and my Bachelors at Los Angeles Pacific College: And a solid evangelical learning institution which merged with Azusa College and became Azusa Pacific University.
Due to the changes in the Methodist Church the majority of our congregation left the Methodist Church and founded La Iglesia Cristiana Fundamental, La Trinidad, of Los Angeles, where we organize to win souls to Christ Jesus's kingdom. Soon we were heading into a very hot climate known as the Valley of Mexicali and soon founded, Praise the Lord!, our first mission. Today it is a Church and visited by Azusa Pacific University for a week to two weeks. We also established another mission in Bonfil, which is a church today.
I was a 1972/73, Fellow at Harvard Law School's Center for the Advancement of Criminal Justice. Prior to the fellowship I served the State of California as a regular Parole Agent. Later, I transferred to a special parole community unit and with the goal of creating peace among seven very violent gangs at war with each other; Some for decades! Praise the Lord, with his guidance I was able to create a federation of the seven gangs and we brought down gang related homicides to ZERO among the seven gangs, place an atmosphere of peace and tranquility in the unicorporated area of East Los Angeles.
Soon I was promoted to Assistant Supervising Parole Agent of the California Youth Authority's Glendale Office, and supervised CYA Parole Agents in Tuhunga, Altadena, and Pasadena in Los Angeles County. During this period I was elected to the Official Board of the Trinidad Church,and, of course, active in going with the brothers and sisters to the Mexicali missionary trips. By the way, being in the Official Board had us officials involved in many areas of administration, finances, and issues which the Apostles had to deal with in their time.
Jumped head on into politics running for the State Senator 28th District, then the 45th Assembly District, Then the State Senate again and then jumped into the Lt. Governor's race in 1982, and received 248,394 votes in the Democratic Primary! A miracle of the Lord for me as we only spent less then $163 dollars.
As a young man following " The Way" I found politics low down and full of envy, greed, power and control, and in the hands of the International Central Bank system who owned the mass media; And if you weren't their minion no one would know that one was running because, again, they own all the mass media. And, with that knowledge, I still jumped into seven straight races for Governor of California; And running against the minions of the powerful central banking system of the world and headed by the mother of all central bank-The Bank of International Settlements.
Even thought I was involved in statewide politics I stilled headed our small group of inspired evangelital workers calling ourselves SAINT MATTHEW OUTREACH MINISTRIES supported by newly arrived Ukrainians Christian from various churches at the Union Gospel Mission for 26 years, with brother preachers: Michael Newman and Ira Pickett Jr. We also went to visit the ill at the Florin Convalescent Home who today changed it's name to the Doubletree Home.
In conclusion, I retired as a Parole Board Judge from the California Youthful Offender Parole Board, but also served as a Deputy Commissioner with the Board of Prison Terms, and decided parole criminal cases for the United States Parole Commission, United States Department of Justice, Western Region, or fourteen states. So, now I recommend the reading and internalization of the Proverbs once one accepts Christ Jesus: For it's, in my opinion, God's and his son's way of fullfilling their commands while one is on earth. Yes, they guide you while on this earthly planet, but you have to internalize them.
My best,
Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr.
Preacher at the Union Gospel Mission on 5th Mondays.
