Palomar Japanese Baptist Church
パロマー日本人バプテスト教会
A Japanese-English church family in North County San Diego. Wherever you're from, you're welcome here.
Welcome
Palomar Japanese Baptist Church (PJBC) is a bilingual Japanese-English congregation in Escondido, California. We gather each week to worship God, grow in faith, and share the love of Jesus Christ.
Whether you speak Japanese, English, or both, we would love for you to join us. Come as you are.
Our Mission
We seek to share the gospel and the love of Christ with people of every generation and background, so that they may be connected to Jesus Christ, grow as Christians, and be shaped into true worshippers. In particular, we focus on bringing the gospel to international students from Japan, nurturing them, and sending them back to Japan.
Our worship services are bilingual (Japanese and English), overflowing with joy and love.
Our Vision
A Church Like the Family of God
A community like "the family of God," where we love one another with the love of Christ across age, race, and every barrier.
Romans 12:15
A Church That Contributes to Revival in Japan
Especially through evangelism to international students from Japan, they are born again through the gospel, shaped as vessels of the Lord, and in time sent out to Japan as salt of the earth. Through them, the kingdom of God expands to their families, friends, and beyond. A church that sends them out, believing they will become vessels used for the revival of Japan.
Matthew 5:13-16
Sunday Worship
Service Time
Sundays at 10:30 AM
Ministries & Outreach
Beyond our Sunday service, here is some of what our church family is part of through the week — from discipleship and fellowship to reaching out with the love of Christ.
New Christian Class
Mondays 6:00 PM · Zoom
Dessert Mana
Wednesdays 8:00 PM · Zoom
Paroko
Monthly, usually on Saturdays
VBS Children's Outreach (Mochi-Pounding)
A Vacation Bible School mochi-pounding event drew 17 children, most from a Japanese bilingual preschool. Together we worshiped, made crafts, pounded mochi, and shared the gospel — and we're continuing to build relationships with their families.
San Diego, CA
Nijikai — After-Service Fellowship
"Second Fellowship": after Sunday worship, students gather in a church member's home for a home-cooked meal, care, and prayer. Many students new to the gospel have been welcomed here and connected to Sunday worship.
San Diego, CA · Sundays
Oikos — Family Outreach
"Family" in Greek — welcoming new students through low-pressure activities like sightseeing, beach days, hot pot nights, and ice skating, building the trust and friendship that open the door to share Christ's love.
San Diego, CA
CSUSM International Student Outreach
Every Friday on the Cal State San Marcos campus we partner with Priority Challenge to host an international-student gathering — dinner, Bible study, and small-group discussion — helping lead, teach, and serve at the heart of the ministry.
Cal State San Marcos · Fridays
Student Retreats & Evangelistic Events
Retreats and gatherings — hiking trips, worship and testimony nights, honest Q&A about Jesus, and a New Year countdown worship event — give students space to explore faith. Through them, students have come to Christ and been baptized.
Southern California
Dwell
A gathering for our Youth+ English speakers.
San Diego, CA
VBS 2026 — Mochi-Pounding Outreach
Scenes from our Vacation Bible School children's outreach — crafts, worship, games, and a mochi-pounding celebration.
Gospel Siloam Church
We are a sister church of Gospel Siloam Church in the Los Angeles area, and from time to time we hold joint worship services together — sometimes here at Palomar, and sometimes at Gospel Siloam.
Visit Gospel Siloam Church →