A Large Multisite Church in Phoenix is Hiring a High School Pastor

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I’m pleased to announce a new Staff Search. Sun Valley Community Church, the church I have the honor of serving at, is beginning a national search for a High School Pastor to serve on our Gilbert Campus. Sun Valley began as a church plant in 1990 in Chandler, Arizona. Over the years Sun Valley has grown into a large mult-site church in the Phoenix metro area. Currently there are three campuses located in Gilbert, Tempe and Casa Grande with a total weekend attendance of over 5,000 people. Sun Valley was recently named by Outreach Magazine as one of the top 10 fastest growing churches in America. The Gilbert Campus is the original and largest campus with well over 3,500 in weekly average attendance. Sun Valley was recently featured in a new book by Leadership Network about church mergers: Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work. To learn more about that story click here Part-1 and Part-2.

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Fighting Hunger in our own Backyard

Monday, December 17, 2012

82,000 people in Maricopa County are hungry, and this year Sun Valley Community Church is doing something about it. You can read all about it at this link. When we think of the hungry in America our thoughts usually turn to third world countries. But the truth is the hungry are all around us. Could it be there are needs just like this in your community? What are you and your church going to do about it? Check out the info-graphic below, and if you live in the East Valley would you join us in this movement?

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Out of the Box

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

This past weekend at Sun Valley Community Church we announced our plans to bring in $100,000 worth of food this holiday season at our campuses in Gilbert, Tempe and Casa Grande to benefit local food banks. “Out of the Box” is an effort to put feet to requests that have come from both local and state leadership to address issues of chronic hunger in Arizona. Throughout the month of December, people will have the opportunity to pick up a box that has a shopping list attached that was provided by local food banks with staple items that are in demand. The items on the list amount to about $20 worth of food. With a goal of filling 5,000 boxes, that will result in $100,000 worth of food that will feed 360 families for one month.

The theme “Out of the Box” is wrapped around the goal of making the focus of the Christmas season for Sun Valley a “cause” and not just “Christmas as usual.” On invitations that were handed out this weekend, the call to action for attendees was, “It’s our community; it’s OUR responsibility.” Already, as of this past weekend, over 3,500 boxes were handed out at the three campuses! We actually ran out of boxes on one of our campuses…oops! But no worries, more boxes will be distributed over the course of the next two weekends. The message was clear, “At Sun Valley, we want the word community in our name to mean something.”

Want more information? Click here.

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church planting in arizona

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

If God is calling you to plant a church but you’re not sure where, then you need to consider Vision Arizona. Vision Arizona is a movement of Arizona churches that strategically envision, establish, equip, and empower church planters in the church planting movement of Converge Worldwide.

We are church planters who, together, plant church planting churches. We remain open to current church planting models, for example, missional, attractional, cultural, urban and suburban, as well as other multiplication methods, for example, parenting, partnering, pioneering, multi-site, satellite, franchising and network churches. All of our church planters are recruited, pre-assessed, approved, assessed, trained (including internships), coached and funded.

Why church plant with Vision Arizona?

1. A proven track record of planting successful churches will allow you to learn from the mistakes and success of others who have gone before you.

2. Effective assessment and training will prepare you for the future.

3. Funding will help give you the resources and tools you need to turn vision into reality.

4. Ongoing coaching and development so you won’t be alone.

Proven Population Growth

Among the 50 states and District of Columbia, Arizona’s percentage of population gain from 1990 to 2000 is approximately 40 percent, and has grown approximately 14 percent from 2000 to 2005.

Expected Population Growth

Arizona had a population of 5.13 million people in 2000. The state ranked as the 20th most populous that year. By 2015, Arizona is projected to be the 13th most populous state with 7.5 million people and by 2030 it is projected to be the 10th most populous state with 10.7 million people.

Think the Lord may be leading you to plant a church with Vision Arizona? Contact me so I can help you take your next steps!

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imago dei community church phoenix is launching!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

I’m thrilled to be able to announce that Imago Dei Community Church Phoenix is launching on Sunday, September 23^rd at 10:00am at the Barry Goldwater Performing Arts Center! Check out the video below!

Imago Dei is a Vision Arizona Church Plant, which is the Church Planting Network that Sun Valley Community Church is deeply involved in.

If you live in the North Phoenix area don’t miss the 23^rd!