About Us

Pastor Mike Sarkissian had been working at Columbia Elementary School as a teacher and coach since 2004. He had been picking up students and their family members to bring them to church in Moreno Valley for over a year when God began to burden his heart about starting a new ministry in the area. Leaders from the church in Moreno Valley began to pray as well and God sovereignly made a way to take a grand step of faith in starting this new ministry.

God in his wisdom and providence brought Pastor Bob Moore and his wife Barbara to come alongside. Bob and Barbara had been helping church plants for over 10 years. The knowledge, patience, and servant like heart’s God has given them have been incredibly valuable to this ministry.

Sovereign Grace Community Church was birthed on Resurrection Sunday 2007. Beginning with approximately fifteen people committed to the vision of Sovereign Grace, God saw fit to grow our congregation to about one hundred people in less than eighteen month’s time. Our mid-week Bible studies have also grown to close to fifty people in attendance each week. God is doing “exceedingly and abundantly above all” that we ever could ask in such a short time.

Our prayer is that God would continue to transform individuals, families, and communities for his glory, honor, and praise. Join us Sunday at Sovereign Grace Community Church. We are now meeting at Tomas Rivera Middle School in Mead Valley.

At Sovereign Grace CC God has been kind to bless us with a great group of elders and deacons. These men have a burden to glorify God in faithfulness to his people.

Deacons

• David Rivera
• Martin Robles
• Richard Rivera

We know that God will continue to add to their number. These men are a tremendous blessing and are patterning their lives along the biblical guidelines found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13:

8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. 11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. (NKJV)

The Lord has truly given us men and women who have a passion for worship and a passion to lead the people of God into worship.

• Dustin Hickman
• Kristie Finfrock
• Sherry Estevez
• Candy Estevez
• Joseph Hernandez
• Dawn Rivera
• Ralph Valle

In the near future you will be able to download and listen to music by the Sovereign Grace CC praise team.