Mariners Church, Christian church in Irvine, California, US

Mariners Church is a Christian congregation in Irvine, California with seven locations throughout Southern California. Each campus holds regular worship services and community programs for residents.

Mariners Church grew from Bible studies held in Newport Beach homes from 1963; the group organized the first Newport Beach Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in 1964. After renting rooms at Monte Vista School, Mariners Elementary School (the source of the name) and Corona Del Mar High School, the congregation hired its first full-time pastor in 1967 and built its own facilities at Bison and Jamboree in Newport Beach. A 1980 split created South Coast Community Church on the site of today's campus; the two reunited in 1996, and a 1998 property swap with Liberty Baptist Church plus an 18-acre purchase from the Irvine Company produced the current Irvine campus.

The name comes from Mariners Elementary School, where the congregation met in its early rented years. Services are casual in style; Pastor Kenton Beshore preached a series titled "Jesus hates religion." Members also run a food pantry and an on-site thrift store, and hundreds join partnerships with the Orange County Rescue Mission and Lighthouse Community Center.

You can attend services in person at any of the multiple locations or watch weekly services online through live-streams from home. Digital content and programs are regularly available for flexible participation.

The church takes its name from Mariners Elementary School, one of the rented venues where the congregation met before it owned a building. The group also organized the first Newport Beach Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in 1964, an event held annually ever since.