Calvary Chapel Apache Junction
Apache Junction
AZ

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Calvary Chapel Apache Junction is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts and use them for God's glory. Join us for our Sunday services!

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Chris Funk

Senior Pastor

480-373-6843

My family and I have been joyfully serving the Lord at Calvary Chapel AJ since 2002. It's been our desire to grow continually in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and He's been faithful year after year.

Prior to serving at Calvary Chapel, I attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in California where the Lord began to call me into ministry. While the Lord was preparing me for ministry, God also brought my wife Naomi and I together. Naomi serves alongside me running the children's ministry and overseeing the women's ministry. We are blessed to celebrate 20 years of marriage with four awesome children. Our oldest is now at Bible College where my wife and I attended.

God grabbed a hold of my heart in 1999, my senior year of High School. Through the teaching of the Word of God, He restored me, renewed me and refreshed me. It's been my desire since the Lord has saved me and changed me, to teach His Word, knowing He can and will restore, renew and refresh others. I stand by Jesus's words in Matthew 4 verse 4 'It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'' I can be reached through the contacts listing for any questions or comments.

Sundays at 8am and 10am
Sunday Evenings at 6:30pm
Wednesdays at 6:30pm

Our church body is temporarily meeting in Avalon Elementary just down the road from our property

Location
1045 S San Marcos Drive
Apache Junction, AZ 85120

Service Times last updated on the 17th of March, 2024

Calvary Chapel Apache Junction began when Pastor Charley Johnson felt the call to plant a church in Mesa, Arizona. After teaching home bible studies and temporarily leading a church plant in Tucson, he was ordained in January 1987 by Pastor John Higgins. With Higgins' blessing and support, Pastor Charley and his wife began a small fellowship out of a Motel 6 in the valley along with a few other families. The ministry swelled and eventually moved into a building off of Recker and University where Charley was able to begin teaching and pastoring full time with Lonnie McKellips serving as the assistant pastor. Lonnie served alongside Charley for several years until he was called to the flock at Calvary Chapel Cottonwood in 2003. During this time the church location moved several times meeting in an old theater, member's homes and even a charter school. The church finally found its permanent home when it moved to Apache Junction in 2007. Our current pastor, Chris Funk, came in as assistant pastor the same year, getting ordained in 2008 eventually taking over after Charley's retirement in 2020.

In Spring of 2022, Pastor Chris was called to attend to the physical state of our church and construction on our current church property began. As this construction nears completion, our church body is temporarily meeting in Avalon Elementary just down the road from our property. Many thanks to the school administrators and staff members who made the relocation possible. We are excited to see how God uses both Avalon and our future buildings to minister to those in Apache Junction and surrounding areas!

Since day one, Calvary Chapel Apache Junction has continued to keep its emphasis on the Word of God, teaching chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Over the years, our church has ministered to those around it through home Bible Studies, park outreaches, Harvest Festivals, retreats, Vacation Bible Schools and even a church plant in nearby Superior. Our mission has always been, and continues to be, spreading the Word of God as Jesus commanded us in Matthew 28. We've seen babies born, children get married, and beloved members of our body go on to be with the Lord. We are a small, tight knit body that feels like home to our members and we hope our visitors feel that same warmth and love that only a body founded in Christ possesses.