Journey of Grace Church of the Nazarene
Journey of Grace Church of the Nazarene is a Nazarene church at 955 East University Drive in Mesa, AZ 85203. It is one of 382 churches in Mesa, and one of 2 Nazarene congregations in the city.
We exist to serve everyone created in God’s image, and to invite all to become disciples of Jesus.
The Journey of Grace (Mesa First) Church of the Nazarene was first organized on February 27, 1948 after several years of a small group of families praying for and asking to begin their own Nazarene church in Mesa.
Serving since 1948 · Services in Spanish
955 East University Drive, Mesa, AZ, 85203Website: http://journeyofgrace.church/
Shares a ministry location with Effective Word Church.
Journey of Grace Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 59 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Arizona — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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Latest from Journey of Grace Naz's YouTube channel: Journey of Grace Service September 13th, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Journey of Grace Church of the Nazarene
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 25.1%
- Social Isolation: 34.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.2% (12.0–26.5%)
- Unemployment: 10.0% (3.0–16.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
- Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.1–27.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Mesa city is served by 198 churches — about one congregation for every 2,520 residents.
Churches near Journey of Grace Church of the Nazarene
- Effective Word Church — 0 mi away
- St Mark's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- City of Grace, Mesa Campus — 0.4 mi away
- Hillsong Church Mesa — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
- Mesa Potters House — 0.5 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.5 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 0.5 mi away
- Apologia Church — 0.5 mi away
- Banner Church — 0.5 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Pilgrim Nazarene — 1.7 mi away