Sandals Church

Sandals Church
Location	Riverside, California
Country	United States
Denomination	Baptist
Associations	Southern Baptist Convention
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Weekly attendance	11,000 (2023)
Campuses	15
Website	sandalschurch.com
History
Founded	1997
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	Matt Brown

Sandals Church is a Baptist multi-site church based in Riverside, California. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

History

It was founded by Pastor Matt Brown and his wife, Tammy, in 1997.[1]

For the first 13 years of its existence, Sandals Church met in various locations throughout Riverside, CA, the longest of which was at the gym at California Baptist University. In 2010, Sandals Church purchased and moved to its own property at 150 Palmyrita Avenue in Riverside. In 2012, Sandals Church launched its second campus in the Woodcrest area of Riverside. Sandals Church has campuses established campuses in Moreno Valley, East Valley, Hunter Park, Downtown Riverside (Palm Ave Campus), San Bernardino, Banning, Woodcrest, Lake Arrowhead, Menifee, Eastvale, and Fresno.

According to a church census released in 2023, it claimed a weekly attendance of 11,000 people and 15 campuses in different cities. [2]

JC's Girls

Heather Veitch, a former stripper, was attending Sandals Church’s when it founded JC's Girls with the help of Matt Brown in 2005.[3]

References

1. Brian Whitehead, Sandals Church to open new locations in Banning, Riverside and San Bernardino on Easter, sbsun.com, USA, March 23, 2018
2. Outreach Magazine, Pinelake Church, outreach100.com, USA, retrieved November 2, 2023
3. Catherine Elsworth (December 5, 2005). "Former stripper takes God's word to world of porn". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandals Church

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