Sandals Church

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Sandals Church
Location Riverside, California
Country United States
Denomination Nondenominational
Churchmanship Evangelical
Weekly attendance 3,000
Website sandalschurch.com
History
Founded 2001
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Matt Brown
Sandals Church is a local church in Riverside, California, United States that was founded by Matt Brown[1] in 2001[2] when he was 26 years old.[3] It is a nondenominational Christian church with an average attendance of 3000.[4] In 2006, the church had a membership of 1700.[5] T.J. O'Donnell, a pastor at the church, was commissioned by Brown to plant another church, which became 777 Church, also in Riverside.[6] Sandals Church is very involved in missions in Mexico.[7] Heather Veitch, a former stripper who became a Christian in 2000, was attending Sandals Church when she founded JC's Girls with the help of Brown.[8] As of 2008, JC's Girls was using Sandals Church as its home base.[9] The church gave the JC's Girls a budget of $10,000 in 2005 and a budget of $50,000 in 2006.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Jim L. Wilson (2004). Future Church: Ministry in a Post-seeker Age. B&H Publishing Group. p. 98. ISBN 0805431349. 
  2. ↑ Ed Donnally (July 2007). "The Stripper Who Found True Love". Charisma. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Don Overstreet (2009). Sent Out: The Calling, the Character, and the Challenge of the Apostle/Missionary. CrossBooks Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 161507015X. 
  4. ↑ "Sandals Church". Hartford Institute for Religion Research. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Stephen Clark (April 1, 2006). "Ex-stripper evangelizes to sex industry". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 7, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Mark Hammond; Don Overstreet (2011). God's Call to the City. CrossBooks Publishing. ISBN 1615075216. 
  7. ↑ Gorman Woodfin. "Sandals Church: Walking out the Great Commission". The 700 Club. Retrieved January 11, 2014. 
  8. ↑ Catherine Elsworth (December 5, 2005). "Former stripper takes God's word to world of porn". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 28, 2013. 
  9. ↑ S.D. Liddick (January 2008). "Saved by the Stripper: Former sex worker Theresa Brown [sic] aims to save souls through her stripper ministry". San Diego Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Stephen Clark (March 25, 2006). "Ex-Stripper Spreads Gospel to Those in Sex Industry". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
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