ABOUT US
Our Story
Jesus Church was founded in 2015 by Pastors Aaron and Michelle Phetteplace, but has a rich history and roots that go back decades. The church first was merged with a powerful ministry led by Austin Barton, an evangelist with the gift of healing and prophecy. The church merge was led by Pastor Paul Lindblad and led to a deeply rooted community rooted in a mission to reach the valley for Jesus called Northwest Fellowship. When God called Pastor Paul to serve in restoring another church, Pastors John and Debbie Booker took over. They brought a heart for missions to the church body as well as strong leadership and direction for the future. They also changed the church name to Cornerstone Foursquare Church, focusing on Jesus as the foundation of all that the church would do and accomplish.
In 2010, during a devastating earthquake in Haiti God called them to go take care and serve the people of Haiti and share the hope of Jesus in one of the darkest times of their history. Their Daughter and Son-in-law, Matt and Jodi Ogle took over and continued the vision and mission of reaching the valley for Jesus.
Expanding the Vision
In January of 2014, Matt and Jodi felt a shift in God’s call on their lives and started the process to find who God was calling to continue on in the mission He had set before His church. In March of 2014, Pastors Aaron and Michelle took over as lead pastors of Cornerstone church. The heart and mission that had been established from the beginning was firmly alive in the vision God was giving to Pastor Aaron from the future of the church. Unknown to all, Pastor Aaron’s grandparents had sat under the ministry of Austin Barton some 30 years earlier in the very church that God had now called him to lead.
Where we are headed...
In 2015, God gave the direction to change the name of the church to Jesus Church with the desire to dedicate all time and ministry to the plans and ministry that Jesus had for the valley, and not our own. Our name now is a constant reminder that we must be about the mission of Jesus and Him being about our mission.
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Our Beliefs
The following are the core beliefs of Jesus Church based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.
There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.
Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.
When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.
Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.
The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom on earth.