Christ's Church of the Valley

Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV) is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. The church has several campuses in Arizona. Weekend church attendance was 32,000.

Christ's Church of the Valley
Official Logo
Location7007 W Happy Valley Road; Peoria, Arizona 85382
CountryUnited States
DenominationChristian: Non-denominational
Weekly attendance32,000
Websiteccv.church
History
Founded1982
Founder(s)Don Wilson
Richard Bloodworth
Architecture
Architect(s)Todd & Associates
StyleNatural postmodern
Years built2004
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Ashley Wooldridge (2017–present)

History

Christ's Church of the Valley was founded by pastor Dr. Donald Wilson in 1982 with services held in a rented movie theater. Christ's Church of the Valley also held services in an elementary school and a strip mall for a short period of time.[1] In 1996, Christ's Church of the Valley found a permanent home, after raising over $1 million in one day to purchase 50 acres of land in the northwest Phoenix. For the first four years on the new property, Christ's Church of the Valley held services in a ‘sprung’ structure with seating for 1,100. In January 2004, Christ's Church of the Valley moved into their current 4,500 seat multi-use structure on a 100-acre campus. In 2006, CCV built two new buildings for its children and youth ministries from over $8 million in funding, raised in one weekend. These buildings opened in fall 2008.

As of 2016, it had 6 campuses in Maricopa County.[2]

On October 29, 2017, Don Wilson, CCV's founding pastor stepped down as Senior Pastor after 35 years at CCV. His replacement was Ashley Wooldridge, who was an Executive Pastor and a Teaching Pastor at the church for ten years prior.[3]

According to a church census released in 2019, it claimed a weekly attendance of 32,107 people. [4]

See also

References
  1. Staff Report, m, CCV Expanding Into Anthem Archived January 16, 2017[Date mismatch], at the Wayback Machine, thefoothillsfocus.com, USA, February 26, 2014
  2. Mike Sunnucks, Mega church CCV leases adaptive reuse big box space for Phoenix campus, bizjournals.com, USA, May 2, 2016
  3. "CCV founder and long-time senior pastor steps down". Your Valley. November 9, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  4. Lifeway research, 2019 Largest Churches List, outreachmagazine.com, USA, retrieved January 16, 2021

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