Pentecost Festival 2025: A Mission That Begins at Home

Story by Stephen Lee

New Jersey Conference’s (NJC) Pentecost Festival 2025 was an inspiring celebration of the power of the Holy Spirit and the commitment to the mission throughout the state. Held across various regions in New Jersey, many dedicated lay members shared powerful testimonies about the impact of the mission in their local communities.

During the festival, leaders enthusiastically introduced 2026’s missionary initiative, Share: Your Table, Your Home, and Your Church, as well as the year’s theme, Pentecost and Beyond at Home. This strategy encourages initiating the mission within the home by sharing a meal, a personal testimony of faith, and prayer. It then promotes establishing small support groups in homes and integrating new friends into the church community.

“It was encouraging to see the church family joyfully embrace this call,” says Carlos J. Torres, NJC director of the Personal Ministries and Family Ministries departments. “Jesus transformed lives around the table, and today He invites us to follow His example, for the glory of God.”