The Garden Fellowship — Attraction in Indio

This is a prosperity gospel church that does NOT in any way follow the explicit teachings of the Lord's Holy Bible. We are a local family and had a request for the church to assist us with a Christian-based project. We left several messages over a one year period. Eventually, Linda Chavous, (Secretary) picked up the phone, and we were told, "Pastor Christian (Slye) is probably not interested if he never answered you, and I would just give up calling". Pastor Christian didn't even have the [worldly] courtesy to return my call and have a conversation regarding the project. Considering this church obviously required millions of dollars to build, and boasts a congregation the size to fill a Walmart. I feel that it is utterly [non-Christian] to not even consider and deny a small request to assist a local Bible believer. Before you wonder, the request didn't have anything to do with asking for money. Read your Holy Bible, and study it. Create a home church. Do not waste your time, or giving money to a [physical church] such as this one that only take and never give back spiritually, or financially. A church, as defined in your Holy Bible, is simply a group of people, small or large, that SHARED and helped each other with individual missions. It was not a rock concert where leaders collect money as a donation, when in reality, it is an admission ticket - like a rock concert. Additionally, Satan, was the chief musician in heaven before he was banished. Think about that. A church Pastor is intended to be a servant of the Lord, meaning, their responsibility is to serve anyone who asks for their assistance. What if I was an unbeliever? Is this how the churches people conduct themselves? They are not allowed to be too busy to go about the...

This place doesn’t have good fruit and I’m judging this based off my personal experience. My wife and I went there every week including bible studies for about 2 years. If you’re looking for a smaller community church this is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The pastor is a celebrity Christian there. No one shows up unless he arrives. Men’s group is non existent unless he is there. I attempted to do something with the men’s group on 4 occasions and each time they would only include the men that “wore the shirts” or work there. My wife didn’t even have one person from the church call, help with food or visit after having her FIFTH child while attending there.....sad. I can go on and on. After they wrote off my sweet wife I decided to renounce American Christianity. It’s humanism which is the opposite of Christianity and so is the fruit of this place. Perhaps God is leading you there or perhaps God wanted you to see this warning before you go. It is written: judge them by their fruit. You cannot have both fresh...

We are new to this church and we absolutely love it!!! Our family has been going through some tough times, we’ve been praying but nothing was happening. Then God brought us here and every sermon was as if He was speaking to us through Pastor Jason and Pastor Christian. Every sermon was like a Bible study, we learn something new every single time and through their sermons we were reminded of God’s faithfulness and encouraged to press on. The presence of the Holy Ghost was so strong, my husband who has never shed a tear at during any church service, cried during our first visit here. This church is like a power bank, we always leave the service feeling recharged and ready to take on our Goliath with a God sized confidence. Their children’s ministry is amazing, our little boy is always so happy to be there to learn about Jesus. Praise...