In 2008, a small group of people gathered in a church basement in downtown Long Beach to follow Jesus on mission in the city. At the time, Garden Church was simply committed to partnering with God in His vision for humanity. In Matthew 6 Jesus taught his followers to pray, Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. This prayer has always been our vision.  Here as in Heaven. What started in a basement has moved into homes, night clubs, event centers, schools, businesses and retail spaces.  As we’ve grown and changed who we are as a church one thing has remained the center- going after the renewal of all things. We believe this prayer in Matthew is an invitation to partner with God in bringing about His desire for the world here and now. The church should be the place where people see what Heaven looks like.

Here as in Heaven

Here as in Heaven

Our Vision

Make Resilient Disciples

Our Mission

  • ​​We leave old boundaries of family for the new multicultural, multiracial, and multigenerational family of God. Jesus came to establish the new family of God marked by love, honor, self-control, responsibility, truth and faith.

  • As a community rooted and submitted to the Scriptures, we take the call of discipleship to Jesus seriously. Seeking to frame our lives intentionally around his life and lifestyle.Accepting the invitation to be with the Father, to become like Jesus, and to live by the Holy Spirit.

  • It is God’s spirit that sustains our church, so we do everything with audacious expectancy that God will show up. We live to please God, and we seek to live a life in the power of the Holy Spirit. We worship, listen, obey, and live empowered by God and his presence with us. We live “naturally supernatural” lives that are full of expectancy, risk, and audacious faith. God is actively working here and now through the Holy Spirit, just as it was in the early church. We understand that we are people designed to do the impossible, and that there are no ‘superstars’ among us - everyone gets to play.

  • We hold firmly to the reality that God’s Kingdom is extending from heaven to earth through everything that we do. Our everyday, ordinary lives are marked by risk, boldness, and love. We are a people who join God’s mission to bring the good news of Jesus towards the lost and bring the lost towards Jesus.

Our Values

What We Believe

Click below to read our Statements of Belief

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