ABOUT JOY
Welcome to Joy Church Wheaton! We are more than just a building—we are a community where you can explore your faith, ask the hard questions, and do life together. There’s a place for you at Joy!
Our Beliefs
We believe in GOD, the maker and sustainer of all things who created us for a relationship with Him. That relationship was broken because of SIN. Sin brought death into the world—death in our physical bodies and death in our spiritual being. Sin separated us from God and broke our relationships with others. But God sent His son JESUS to become a man, live a perfect life, and offer Himself for our sins.
By trusting in Jesus we can become right with God and enter into relationship with Him again. We have been gathered into God’s family, the CHURCH, and given a mission to make disciples of Jesus. We live our lives as an act of WORSHIP, seeking to love others like Jesus loves us. We celebrate that through Christ’s sacrificial and substitutionary death we have been granted eternal LIFE and will spend eternity with Him.
MEET OUR PASTORS
Nice to meet you! We are Josh and Coco Irby, Lead Pastors of Joy Church Wheaton. In August 2022, our family moved across the United States from our home church in Medford, Oregon to plant Joy Church in Wheaton, Illinois.
At our core, we believe in the three F’s—Faith, Family, and Fun.
Our value of Faith reflects our belief in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and the Bible as God’s inspired Word. At Joy, it is our desire to build our lives upon the rock of Christ Jesus and His teachings. All of our services, Connect Groups, and activities exist to promote our faith in Jesus. He is the hope of the world and is at the core of all that we do.
Family is front and center at Joy. We are committed to serving the family structure because we believe it is a reflection of the heart of God. Strong families who are living out the love of Jesus are the basis for successful churches, successful communities, and ultimately, successful societies. Our heart is to see great marriages, loving family relationships, and kids being raised up as bright lights in such a darkened generation.
At Joy, we love to have Fun. Our church name expresses it—Joy! We believe that serving God together as a community is the most enriching and joyful way to live. At every Joy service, you’ll find lots of laughter, energy, and excitement! Come experience Joy Church!