Iglesia Universal

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Iglesia Universal on Hilltop Drive in Chula Vista is part of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, a neo-charismatic evangelical denomination founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1977 that now operates in 128 countries with over 365 U.S. locations. The Chula Vista branch runs themed service programming six days per week, each session addressing a specific life concern — financial stewardship, family restoration, health, and spiritual deliverance — and altar arrangements rotate seasonally through vendors such as Flower Connection. Teaching draws from the UCKG's global curriculum distributed from the denomination's Temple of Solomon headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil, adapting each week's theme into Spanish for the South Bay congregation. The church's social-outreach arm organizes food distributions and community-prayer events along the Hilltop Drive and Broadway corridors in western Chula Vista. Workforce-readiness workshops connect congregants with vocational training resources including San Diego Medical College CNA School for healthcare-career pathways in the South Bay. The Hilltop Drive worship hall seats approximately 150 in a commercial-suite configuration with a raised altar platform, a centralized PA system, and a multimedia projection screen cycling multilingual Scripture passages and service-theme graphics.