About Us

Our Pastors

Pastors Steve and Rowena Parrish met at Faith Bible College International in Charleston, Maine, where they graduated in 1988 with Bachelor’s Degrees in Theological Studies and minors in Pastoral Theology. They were married in October that same year and began their ministry as youth and associate pastors.

After arriving in arriving in the Pacific Northwest in 1995, they transitioned as lead pastors in a denominational church in Vancouver in 2002 and became immersed in the world of church planting, property development, multi-site and regional church leadership.

In 2011, Steve and Rowena left denominational ministry to launch Elevate Church in Clark County, WA. In 2018, their team joined the C3 Global Family.

Steve and Rowena have three adult children and five grandchildren that are all part of the local church family. Rowena has a decade and half of experience in childhood education for families in distress. Together they have spent 30 years navigating the construction and real estate industries developing, building, remodeling, buying, selling and managing everything from raw land to residential and commercial properties.

We Believe

We live by our convictions, the core values that make us who we are. The Bible is our guide to life, not only because it is good, but because it is true.

  1. There is one God: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit;

  2. In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God; we believe in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His constant intercession and in His imminent return;

  3. In the person and work of the Holy Spirit with His fruit and gifts available in the Church;

  4. The Bible as the living word of God - infallible, authoritative and everlasting, and the foundation of all Christian doctrine and faith.

  5. In the existence of an evil spiritual being - the devil;

  6. In the spiritually lost condition of all people and the essential need for the “new birth” by faith in Jesus Christ; 

  7. In the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a gift available to believers, with the normal evidence of speaking in other tongues.

  8. In the sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and baptism by full immersion in water for all believers;

  9. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting separation from God;

  10. In the church being the body of Christ, and each member being an active part of a local church, fulfilling the Great Commission.

  11. Marriage was instituted by God, ratified by Jesus, and is exclusively between a man and a woman. It is a picture of Christ and His church.

  12. Sex is a gift from God for procreation and unity, and it is only appropriate within and designed for marriage.

our mission 

Our Mission is to welcome the Presence of God in our gatherings as we follow so everyone can BELIEVE His Word, be drawn together to BELONG in His Family and be equipped to BECOME the Best version of US we were created to be.

 Our Declaration

WE DECLARE THAT God has MORE.
MORE
for me. MORE for you. MORE for us. MORE through us for them!
We will not wait for MORE to show up.
INSTEAD, we are actively STRETCHING for MORE BECAUSE THAT is the catalyst that unlocks the MORE that He has.
As We do our part, WE KNOW THAT God will ABSOLUTELY do His!
we are stretching for MORE, because that is who God is.
God is the God of MORE

 OUR CULTURE

the church is our FAMILY.

the KINGDOM is our foundation.

PRAYER is our arsenal.

the WORD is our weaponry.

The SPIRIT is our source.

FAITH is our posture.

TRANSFORMATION is our expectation.

GENEROSITY is our response.

LOVE is our tone.

FUN is our flavor.

Our C3 Global Family

Elevate Church is part of the the C3 Global Family, the byproduct of the church planting vision of Pastors Phil & Chris Pringle that began in Sydney Australia in 1980 with 12 people on an Easter Sunday. Today the C3 Global Family has grown to over 630+ churches in 60+ countries that all function with a similar message, values, and culture. For more information about C3 Global, CLICK HERE. For more information about C3 Churches in America, CLICK HERE. Visit the Global YouTube Channel, CLICK HERE