In 2017, the Lord gave Pastor Lumar the name Aviva. Aviva is a Hebrew word that means springlike or fresh. Little did she know, that years later, He’d call her to birth a church. In the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Lumar, Emanuel, and an incredible launch team followed God’s call to begin planting a bilingual (Spanish & English) multigenerational multicultural church, one that would bring a fresh expression of faith for the Latino community in Cleveland.
From the beginning, Aviva has focused on building a church where anyone can feel welcomed and experience a deep encounter with the Holy Spirit.