Who we are
Our Story
Desert City began as a church plant in Desert Ridge and merged with Paradise Church on Easter 2021, combining an established neighborhood presence with a younger emerging congregation. The merger was driven by a common desire to work toward the good of our city, knowing that we could accomplish more together.
We are a community following Jesus, loving people, experiencing life that is truly life. Our hope is for the redemption of our world through the way of Jesus, in Phoenix as it is in heaven.
Our Culture
Desert City began gathering in 2014 around the idea of a church that prioritized the Christian values of simplicity and holiness, communicated in our statement, “Simple and Sacred.” Simple communicates our desire to eliminate the distractions that would pull us away from our truest focus and desire, God himself. Sacred indicates the reason why we gather at all: to experience life that is truly life.
Our greatest desire is that Desert City would become a “thin place”, a space where heaven and earth begin to overlap, where the Kingdom of God is manifestly present to all who seek it.
Statement of Faith
We affirm the centrality of the word of God.
We affirm the necessity of the new birth.
We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.
We affirm the church as a fellowship of believers.
We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.
We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.
Learn more at https://covchurch.org/
