Skyline Church
| Skyline Church | |
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| Skyline Wesleyan Church | |
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| Location | 11330 Campo Road La Mesa, California 91941 |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Wesleyan Church |
| Website | skylinechurch.org |
| History | |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder(s) | Pastor Orval Butcher |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Dr. Jim Garlow |
Coordinates: 32°44′29.98″N 116°57′08.88″W / 32.7416611°N 116.9524667°W
Skyline Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in La Mesa, California, a suburb of San Diego, affiliated with the Wesleyan Church denomination. The church currently averages 2,500 in attendance per week.
In 1954, Dr. Orval Butcher founded Skyline Wesleyan Church in Lemon Grove, California and served as senior pastor for 27 years. In 1974, because the church had outgrown its original 350-seat sanctuary, a 1,000-seat auditorium was completed. Weekly attendance had grown to about 1,100 when he retired in 1981.
In 1981, Dr. John Maxwell succeeded Butcher as the church's second senior pastor. Under Maxwell's leadership, Skyline nearly tripled its average attendance, from 1,100 to 3,000. In 1995, Maxwell stepped down to focus on his international ministry, Injoy, which provides leadership tools and materials to pastors and lay leaders. Maxwell went on to success as an author and "leadership guru."
Dr. Jim Garlow became Skyline's third pastor in 1995. Garlow is often cited as an evangelical leader in the political arena, quoted on issues such as the 2012 Republican presidential primary. In 2008, Garlow and the church were noted for their leading role in organizing conservative religious groups to support California Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. He is a leader in the "pulpit freedom" movement, which insists that pastors should be free to carry out political advocacy from the pulpit in defiance of Internal Revenue Service regulations.
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