By H. Nelson Goodson
December 29, 2014
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - La Luz del Mundo Church has confirmed that Pastor Naasón Joaquín García, 45, the former minister of the La Luz del Mundo Church in Santa Ana, California has taken over as their new religious leader at the Guadalajara's main church. García is the son of the late Samuel Joaquín Flores, 77, who passed away and led the religious sect of La Luz del Mundo Church, which has between 5 million to 7 million church followers worldwide.
Pastor García is married to Alma Zamora de Joaquín and is the son of the late Samuel Joaquín Flores and Eva García, the surviving wife of Samuel who has seven sons including Pastor García of Guadalajara.
Pastor Flores led the religious sect in Mexico since, 1964. He passed away along side his family on December 8.
Flores was one of the founding leaders of La Luz del Mundo (LLDM - the Light of the World/Church of the Living God), a Pentecostal theology and a Christian doctrine religious group, which has a chain of churches in at least 50 countries, according to a press release by the LLDM.
More than 500,000 followers attended the week long funeral services and the final internal resting ceremony for Pastor Flores in Guadalajara.
Flores along with his father Aaron "Eusebio" Samuel González (passed away in 1964) were the founders of the LLDM, today the religious organization, which was founded in 1926 has grown into numerous non-profit foundations, hospital, libraries, businesses and other entities. Both were considered the living apostles of God, according to the LLDM membership.
The LLDM Church has members in 19 U.S. states, including Washington, D.C. and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The worth of the LLDM is estimated in the 100's of millions of dollars in revenue, investments and additional other property assets around the globe.
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