Money money money. It will be pushed on you to donate and it will be brought up often that it is your obligation. The church is all about obedience although they try to use a group of younger more " hip" staff to fool you into believing it's a loving place full of kindness. The first time you go you'll notice someone will seek you out immediately and welcome you so warmly you will absolutely be back. But you'll never see that person again after the first visit- you will however notice that exact same woman seeking out any new comer every single service and doing the same special greeting. To make you feel like you've made a friend. She will not tell you she's associated to the church but you'll find out later on which will make you feel manipulated. This church also says Jesus never said anything about homosexuality but they personally believe it was not his will do they do bring in people to speak about turning away from temptation and if you are in a same sec relationship they will seek you out to get you away from it and they'll use you as an example and speak about you so that they can keep you away from it and feeling guilted into being straight or actually just single forever not acting on your "sin" They have a scary amount of security and once they've started to manipulate you if they feel that you aren't going with what they want the security will start following you around, sitting behind you during service. Super creepy and weird. The even pastor and his wife and the clique they have are the best actors and actresses you might ever meet in your life. They are actually all really mean, cold and impersonal but they put on a good show in front of everyone. It's also a franchise church so they are doing what they are told they are not leading by what they believe gods word is, they are following along with the church who signs the pay checks. If you believe in the lgbtq community stay far far away from here. Like run. Music is really good though. read more

This is a hard one for me. I normally wouldn't and never have provided a review for a church that I have attended. However, I feel a strong conviction that there are things that need to be said and expressed about what is going on at Vancouver Church. That the congregation needs to step up, as contributors and individuals who call this place home and who graciously serve and pour their time and resources into an organization that only can continue because these people who faithful provide. Without them and the Lord's provisions, there would be no Vancouver Church. I called Vancouver Church church home for over a year. I had immediately been brought into the volunteer ranks (guilted in some ways, but not really. I do really feel that it is our responsibility as believers to be serving at the churches we call home) and was all of a sudden considered a leader. None of which is necessarily a bad thing. The concern that began to stem from this, early on, was that feedback, training and any kind of development was never provided. This concerned me. When the item was brought up, it was said that it was my responsibility to take my development into my own hands and that there was a future direction and desire to hopefully building up leaders (basically in my mind, discipleship), but that they were focusing on building up the core team of VC first. That's great, but shouldn't we be disciplining everyone. That's kind of our mission as Christians, right!?! However, rather than being discipled, it seem more important to burden more and responsibilities on volunteers and support staff (of whom do not get paid industry standard fair wages), but never really getting the relational component of Christianity. Slowly, it became apparent that the leaders here (paid senior staff and board) seemed more vested an interested in the newest and greatest program, spending large amounts of money on advertisements, decorations, etc. rather then asking some very hard questions and dig into a very simple question: "What does God want for me as a Leader and for Vancouver Church?" And reevaluating their staff positions, strategically to ensure that the right people are in the right jobs and are getting paid fair wages, which enable them to actually support and live. I know not any church is perfect. There is no perfect church and if you think you are in a perfect church, that probably is the problem. We are all flawed and broken and won't see perfection until we are reunited with our savior. I hope that this isn't just read and discarded and seen as a review out of anger or one sidedness and of someone that doesn't know the inner workings of what is really going on. In all honestly, I don't. However, I was close enough to see a lot and my expeirence as a fellow "leader", if that is what you want to call me, was troublesome. I am hurt. I am sad, that the people who told me that they loved me and that they cared, haven't reached out to me once since I departed. Not because of what is and was going on at Vanoucer Church, but because God had other plans for my life. If I If we are to be the church that God is calling us to be, shouldn't we be about authentic, real, relationships? We should be living out what is preached. We shouldn't only be talking to someone because they have something that you need or a skill that can fill a gap. We should step away from our desires/needs. We all have them, but we are called to take up our crosses daily and follow Jesus. I pray and I hope that in all of this, you know that I mean well for Vancouver Church. I pray for success and for Jesus to be glorified in all that you do. That you can become the church that doesn't care about what the senior service thinks about it. Don't get so worried that you are going to loose financial support from this group, but rather care more about God's vision for the body. If you obedient, he will reward. This isn't the church of the seniors. Be a united body, seeking after him. Don't let people fall through the cracks. Don't use people just because they are willing to do anything to help. Don't lead mission trips where you are more concerned about meeting a celebrity and buying a $7 coffee, rather than focusing on the mission of the project. Let's be an emotionally healthy church that is in tune with the spirit and living out God's desires and not our own. Make authentic relationships and seek people out. If anything at all is taken from this, know that I want the best for you and the people of Vancouver Church. read more

Also tough for me to give a church a low rating. The low review is specifically referring to the evening service, as we also tried attending in the morning and had a very nice experience. It is a very large church, and feels as such, but the morning service seems to be filled with more 'elders' who still have the 'small church' quality about them... and desire to welcome everyone in a loving and personal way. Therefore, I have reflected the stars, based on a middle ground between the two. I'd like to start by saying, we are a new to Vancouver foster family. 6 children total. All different shapes and sizes and colors. We love church. I have volunteered as a Sunday school teacher in our past community for 14yrs. My 17 year old volunteered in the choir and was the pianist. I send my children on mission trips and we give wherever we can. An evening service is necessary for our family, because of my need to have my husband (who often works nights) available to help me get all the children out of the door on time ;) We tried attending eve service 3 times. Really wanted to like it, as we live directly across the street. Honestly, we did not feel very welcomed at any of our our eve visits. When first arriving, we took 4 of our children to child care, the other two are teens and helped us shuffle everyone into their various rooms. That was pretty much it for the child care. There were some smiles upon drop off, but nothing more and nothing less. It was just... a big box church in an older building. After dropping off the littles, we found our way into the sanctuary. Sermon was great. Pastors are good. Singing is good. Tea and coffee are offered until after the 2 min of 'social time.' I spoke with the lady sitting next to me once. She mentioned that this church is not really her church, and she is still searching. We smiled, and went back to listening to the service. After eve service, a light dinner was offered. This seemed like a great idea. At our old church, we always had some type of fellowship after and it was a great time to get to know our neighbors. Unfortunately that was very far from what we experienced at Vancouver Church. I almost felt like the 'dinner ministry (I'm assuming is what they were) did not want to be there. Once again no one spoke to us. My teen daughter went through the buffet line and tried to take an apple sauce for my 2 yr old. There was no sign saying whom the apple sauce was designated for. She was scowled at by a lady serving, and told the apple sauces are only for babies. When she came back to find me in the crowd, I assured her that the lady was probably just having a rough day. I handed her my 2 yr old, and told her to take her to the counter and show the lady that we DO have a baby... regardless of no signage dictating whom the Apple sauce is reserved for. Why, though, did my daughter need to feel so uncomfortable in a place that should have been so welcoming? The same lady came over to us afterward, not recognizing my daughter and toddler. She held out a basket and seemingly disgruntled, offered us a snack. I tried to take an apple sauce for my special needs, limited dairy, 5 yr old. The choices were yogurt or apple sauce. I was also told very abrasively that we should not take apple sauce. Well ok. Lesson learned. No apple sauce. I plan to donate some, as I would not want another family or child to feel embarrassed or scolded. We found a spot on one of the couches and smiled at ppl who hurriedly passed by. My teen daughter played with a little girl and we laughed at her silliness while her very nice father laughed along, but again, that was it. Where are the greeters? Where are the people who notice new families and volunteer to show us around? Where are the people to make us feel like this is our new church family? Where is the love, the helping hands, the open arms? We found nothing here, and it hurts my heart to say this about a church we had such high hopes for :( We will continue our search for an evening service, and hopefully this review will help make some changes, rather than hurt the church. I'd like to end on a good note! If you are a morning service person, this church is wonderful! We would definitely be back if mornings worked for our family. Thank you, morning team, for welcoming us with open arms. read more

A great church with three distinct worship expressions - traditional, blended and contemporary. An active children's and youth ministries, plus a variety of small group and serving experiences for adults. Excellent music in all three services and a passion to serve the local community. Sound, biblical preaching from more than speaker. A church that seems to be growing in their ability to live out their faith. read more

This church is so warm and welcoming. The music easily leads you into worship and the teaching is always spot on. It makes me stop and think! read more

Have been coming the Singing Christmas Tree for years. Always enough traditional stuff for nostalgia but also some neat little additions to keep up with the times. Get there early for a good seat and bring some canned goods to share. read more

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We are really big on finding a good church for our family. So far this one is really good . We have been here for a month now . Our 3 girls love it and our youngest is 8 months and we don't get called back to get her so that is a big deal to us . The Paster Chris is very nice and totally understanding when it comes to looking for the right church . read more