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River Church is a Spirit led church. Simply said, the Holy Spirit leads, we don't. We believe that church is for God, not people. God is more important than people and people are more important than things.
Our primary focus is on ministering to God through worship and obedience. It is our privilege and responsibility to express our growing love for God with our whole heart, mind, emotions,bodies, and possessions. We delight in moving God's heart through various acts of worship, adoration, and praise. We also delight in Him moving on our hearts and lives. Loving God is what we were created to do. It is His reason for our existence.
We are also focused on developing radical relationships with others. You can not claim to love God without loving the things that He loves. God truly loves His people...all of them. He especially cares for the broken and the needy. Loving other people in the same way we love ourselves is pretty radical! We express our love to God through obedient acts like feeding the hungry, and loving broken hearted people back to life.
We hope you will take a moment to explore this website. You will learn more about us and the path God has us following. You will also discover information on up-coming conferences and ministry opportunities.
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About River Church
Our History
This church began in 1942 as Hillcrest Baptist Church. Cherry and I became the pastors in August 1978. We are coming up on our 30th year here.
I graduated Bible College in 1980. We were still Hungering for more of God. We both received the baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1983. We weren't quite sure what to do with it. We were sort of like the dog that caught the car... what do you do ... Continue Reading
Our Belief
Our basic and most important belief is that God is good and that He is in a good mood. He is not mad or angry with anyone. He was angry about sin, but He totally punished Jesus for all of that and He's not mad anymore.
Worship
The main priority of our church life is to worship God with our whole being. We want Jesus at the center of each heart as Lord. We hunger for the fullness of the Spiri ... Continue Reading
Our Values
GOD IS GOOD AND HE IS IN A GOOD MOOD - He is not mad, nor hard to please! He is not tense or uptight! He is not even upset with you!
THE PURSUIT OF GOD, God wants to know you and you to know Him!
BEING A FRIEND WITH GOD - not a servant or slave, intimate
BEING NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL, not weirdly supernatural
BEING SPIRIT-LED - Let God lead!
PRAYER, God likes talking to you.
EMBRA ... Continue Reading