Committed to helping you move forward in faith.
Reach Church began with a simple desire: to create a place where people can encounter God, build meaningful relationships, and live out their faith in everyday life.
Today, we are a multi-generational church committed to teaching the Bible, strengthening families, raising healthy leaders, and serving our city and world through practical compassion.
Our values shape how we worship, how we serve, and how we live as a church family. We are committed to prayer, generosity, discipleship, integrity, community, and investing in the next generation.
Our Values
These values shape how we lead, serve, and care for people inside and outside the church.
Love for the Lost
Love for the Lost
Love for the Lost
We care deeply about people who feel disconnected from God. We serve our community, meet real needs, and intentionally create space for people to encounter hope, purpose, and new life.
Family & Fun
Family & Fun
Family & Fun
We believe life is better together. Reach is a multi-generational church where people of all ages belong, celebrate, and grow in healthy relationships.
Live and Give Honor
Live and Give Honor
Live and Give Honor
We choose to live with integrity, humility, and respect. We honor God by valuing people, serving selflessly, and treating others with dignity in every environment.
Spirit-Empowered
Spirit-Empowered
Spirit-Empowered
We pursue God’s presence and depend on the work of the Holy Spirit. We believe spiritual growth, healing, and transformation happen when faith is lived out with boldness and trust.
Heart of Generosity
Heart of Generosity
Heart of Generosity
We give because God has given generously to us. Generosity shapes how we serve, support others, and steward what God has entrusted to our church.
Multiplication-Minded
Multiplication-Minded
Multiplication-Minded
We are committed to making disciples and raising up leaders. We invest in people, equip the next generation, and release others to serve and lead both locally and globally.
Our Why
Reach Church was founded with a heart to serve Des Moines and surrounding communities.
Our mission is to REACH the one who is disconnected from God.
Over the years, we have grown into a church known for practical teaching, strong relationships, and a passion for reaching people locally and globally.
Our story continues as we invest in the next generation, partner with Dream Center Des Moines, and support missionaries and projects around the world.
Our local and global impact.
We serve our city through Dream Center Des Moines, meeting practical needs, supporting families, and bringing hope to people right here in our community.
Beyond Des Moines, we partner with missionaries, church plants, and strategic projects around the world through Global Impact.
If you want to see the full scope of what God is doing locally and globally, explore our Global Impact page to learn more.
Meet Our Pastor
Pastor Cullen Allen has been in full-time ministry for around three decades. He is a passionate leader, communicator and team builder. He loves seeing people’s lives changed and reaching those who don’t know Christ. Cullen is an endurance cyclist, Pittsburgh Steelers fan and Texas Longhorns fan (Hook ‘em Horns!). Cullen & Shelley have been married since 1995 and have three incredible adult sons. They love working in ministry together and spending time with family!
Reach Pastors
Our Beliefs
Read our core beliefs that guide our faith and community at Reach Church.
WE BELIEVE the Scriptures are inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.
2 Timothy 3:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13
WE BELIEVE in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God’s son, Jesus was both human and divine.
Acts 2:22, Philippians 2:6-11
WE BELIEVE every person can have restored fellowship with God through ‘salvation’ (trusting Christ, through faith and repentance, to be our personal Savior).
Ephesians 2:8, Titus 2:11
WE BELIEVE the Church has a mission to seek and save those who are lost in sin. We believe ‘the Church’ is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God’s offer of redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 2:22
WE BELIEVE divine healing of the sick is a privilege for Christians today and is provided for in Christ’s atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins).
Isaiah 53:4-5, James 5:14-16
WE BELIEVE in the millennial reign of Christ, when Jesus returns with His saints, His second coming, and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel and the establishment of universal peace.
Matthew 24:30, Revelation 20:1-6
WE BELIEVE and look forward to the perfect new heavens and a new earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. ‘And so shall we forever be with the Lord.
2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1-3
WE BELIEVE there is only one true God - revealed in three persons.... Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).
Isaiah 43:10-11, Luke 3:22
WE BELIEVE though originally good, man willingly fell into sin - ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.
Genesis 1:27, Romans 5:12
WE BELIEVE sanctification initially occurs at salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike.
1 Thessalonians 5:23, Galatians 2:20
WE BELIEVE a divinely called and scripturally ordained leadership ministry serves the Church. The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, to build up or edify the body of believers - the church and to meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.
Ephesians 4:11-16, 1 Corinthians 14:12
WE BELIEVE in the blessed hope - when Jesus raptures His church prior to His return to earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time, all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them to be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Titus 2:13
Reach Church is affiliated with The Assembly of God.
WE BELIEVE a final judgment will take place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.
Matthew 25:46, Revelation 21:8
WE BELIEVE that God created marriage and that marriage is a covenant made between a man and a woman that brings them together as one. The marriage covenant requires the married parties to be faithful, loving and helpful to each other as long as they both shall live.
Genesis 2:22, 24, Mark 10:31