Bound Brook Spanish Church Speaks Language of Love

Story by Stephen Lee

One Sabbath morning in May 2024, a young man named Jeremiah Baily walked into the Bound Brook Spanish church—invited by a classmate. He didn’t speak a word of Spanish. He had no religious background. Yet he stayed.

Week after week, Baily returned to church— phone in hand, using a translator to connect with his new church family. At one point, he was offered the option to attend an English-speaking congregation. His answer? “I don’t want to leave. I found a family here.”

The church responded by providing Bible studies and purchasing a live translation system. In 2025, during a special evangelistic service, District Pastor Manuel Alberto Perez and New Jersey Conference Treasurer Carlos Portanova baptized Baily. His non-Christian family, present that day, wept with joy.

Now, they, too, attend church events—despite the language barrier—and Baily actively serves with the youth, praying for his family to follow him in faith. In a world divided by culture and tongue, this church spoke the one language everyone understands: love.