Our History
Sovereign Joy Bible Study - 2007
God in His grace and providence has seen fit to bring together a people concerned with His glory above all things. Emilio Ramos and Jason Jesuroga (founding elders) felt the deep call of God to plant a biblical church in Keller, TX. Through a series of events God led both of these men out to Texas. Beginning with Emilio, sensing the call to move from California to Texas and to seek God for vision and future ministry. By faith, Emilio and his wife Trisha, moved to the Keller area. Immediately upon their move, Emilio began a small bible study (early 2007).
While meeting in a home and teaching through the book of John, God saw fit to grow the size of Sovereign Joy (then) Bible Study; taking the group from about eight to over fifty in less than a year. Pastor Jason, his wife Christina, and their four children were currently in Maine where Jay was pastoring a church for several years. God saw fit to bring Jay to Sovereign Joy and soon after, the church, Sovereign Joy Community Church (SJCC), was planted.
All glory and thanks be to God for what he has done in bringing numerous families and brethren together for the work of the ministry. Without giving all of the details of our testimony, constitution, and history (which would take up a book in it of itself) Sovereign Joy has had one sole vision since its infancy. Our desire is that God would be made much of in the world, through Biblically sound preaching, heartfelt worship, and a zealous passion to see the kingdom of God advanced in all the earth through outreach and evangelism.
The early days of Sovereign Joy - 2007