Who We Are

Our Mission

God is a sending God.

Throughout His story we see Him sending His people into His mission over and over. The ultimate picture of that is the sending of Jesus who fully accomplished the mission He was sent to fulfill. Part of that mission was for Jesus to gather and send His disciples to join

It is our desire to live out that mission near and far.

Neighboring with Purpose

We want to be good neighbors to those we have been sent to, looking for ways to enter into Gospel conversations.

Serving Our City Well

We want to grow in our awareness of the needs of our city and identify meaningful responses to them.

Sending Beyond Our Walls

We want to send out from our church people to live out God’s mission in places far away and among people not like us.

Our Story

Our Story

In 2009, seven people and their children gathered in the home of the Jordans with a simple conviction: God was calling us to start a new church in the Richmond area.

What could be contained in a living room soon grew beyond the walls of one home, then spread to two, and eventually three. From there, we began preparing for our Sunday morning launch, which started in a park. Thankfully, the Lord gave us good weather while we waited for our next location to open.

That next chapter took us to the “Baseball” building, where our small groups continued meeting in homes while we gathered together for worship on Sundays. When that short-term lease came to an end, we found ourselves searching once again for a place to gather. New Covenant Baptist Church opened its doors to us, allowing us to meet on Sunday evenings. It wasn't an ideal arrangement, but the Lord used that season to do something important in us. He began to drill down deep and anchor us in the conviction that the church exists to make disciples. Before long, that conviction led to a significant pivot—and soon after, the Lord provided the “Marquee.” The Lord blessed what was happening there. We grew, and within a couple of years we were bursting at the seams. That's when He orchestrated one of the greatest blessings in our church's history.

Patterson Avenue Baptist Church was making the painful decision to bring its ministry to an end. Rather than selling the property to the highest bidder, the congregation chose to give it to us. We were humbled by their generosity and deeply aware of the providence of God. After extensive renovations, we moved into what has become our home.

And this is where the Lord has continued to mature us.

We look back with gratitude at every living room, park, building, and gathering place the Lord used to form us. But we don't believe He brought us here simply to settle in. Our prayer is that this place would become a launching pad for great ministry throughout our city and around the world—for people living on mission, for disciples being made, and for churches being planted.

People have linked arms with us all throughout our story. Now, we invite you to link arms with us for what’s next.

Our Beliefs

What We Believe

We believe the Bible shapes everything we do, guiding our faith, our values, and the way we live out the gospel each day.

We believe that it was inspired by God in such a way that whatever the Bible says, God says. Therefore, it is completely without error in everything it teaches. It is our supreme authority in faith and life, as it carries the authority of God Himself. It is sufficient for everything we need for life and service for God, and it is clear in everything we need to believe and do.

Psalm 12:6 18:30, 19:7-11, 119:1-176, Proverbs 30:5-6, Matthew 4:4, Luke 24:25-27, 44-47, John 10:35, 14:26, 16:12-15, 17:17, Romans 3:1-2, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Peter 1:20-21

We believe that there is one and only one God. We believe that He is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His Being and in His glory, majesty, power, authority, wisdom, knowledge, holiness, justice, mercy, grace, love, and all other perfections. To Him, and to Him alone, belongs the highest worship, allegiance, obedience, trust, and love of every created being in the universe.

Exodus 3:1-15, Deuteronomy 4:35, 5:6-11, 6:4-9, Psalm 23, 29, 90,100, 103, 139, 145, Isaiah 6:1-8, 40:12-31, Daniel 4:1-37, Luke 1:46-55, Romans 11:33-36, 1 John 1:5-10, 4:7-21, Revelation 7:9-12, 15:1-4

We believe that these three Persons of the Trinity are distinct in Personhood but one in substance and nature, being one and only one God.

Deuteronomy 4:35, 6:4-5, Matthew 28:18-20, John 1:1-14, 10:30, 14:15-18, 25-26, 15:26-27, 16:7-15, 20:28-29, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Colossians 2:9, 1 Peter 1:2

We believe that God knows all things perfectly and with certainty, including all future events. In His wisdom, righteousness and goodness, He is in complete control of everything that happens. We believe that God is sovereign over all things, yet not in such a way as to make God the author of evil, nor in such a way as to take away the reality and responsibility of the choices made by those He created.

Genesis 50:15-21, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Psalm 139:1-6, Isaiah 14:27, 43:13, 46:10, Daniel 2:20-30, 4:1-37, 7:13-14, Mark 13:32, Acts 15:12-18, Romans 8:28-30, 9:10-24, 11:33-36, Ephesians 1:3-14, Hebrews 4:13

We believe that the entire universe belongs to Him and is under His rightful authority.

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Nehemiah 9:5-6. Psalms 8:3-4, 33:6, 90:2, Proverbs 3:19, Isaiah 44:24, 45:18, Jeremiah 32:17, John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:16 Hebrews 1:2, 11:3, Revelation 4:11

We believe that He is God the Son who became fully a man while remaining fully God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a perfect life of sinless obedience to God the Father. He died on the cross in our place, bearing on Himself the wrath we deserved for our rebellion against God and paying the penalty for our sin. He rose again from the dead on the third day in a glorified body, victorious forever over sin, death, and hell. He ascended into heaven, where He sits at the right hand of God the Father and intercedes for His people. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingly reign will never end. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords over all of creation, and He is the only Savior for sinners.

Psalm 2:1-12, Isaiah 9:6-7, 42:1-4, 49:5-7, 52:7-53:12, Micah 5:2, Malachi 3:1-4, Matthew 1:1-25, 2:1-12, 3:13-17, 4:1-17, 5:17, 7:21-23, 9:1-8 10:34-39, 11:1-6, 12:1-8, 38-42, 21:1-5, 27:11-66, 28:1-20, Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-21, 2:22-38, 22:47-23:56, 24:1-53, John 1:1-18, 1:29-34, 3:1-21, 4:1-42, 5:16-18, 6:35-40, 7:37-39, 8:12, 8:58, 10:7-18, 10:27-30, 11:25-26, 14:1-11, 15:1-17, 17:1-5, 20:1-29, Acts 1:1-11, 2:14-41, 4:5-12, Romans 1:1-6, 3:21-26, 5:1-11, 6:1-23, 1 Corinthians 15:1-58, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Philippians 2:1-11, Colossians 1:15-20, 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Hebrews 1:1-13, 3:1-6, 4:14-16, 7:26-8:13, 9:11-14, 10:11-18, 1 John 2:1-2, 2:22-23, 4:1-3, Revelation 1:10-18, 5:1-14, 19:11-16, 22:6-21

We believe that Jesus will come back, visibly and gloriously, on a day known only to God. We believe that He will judge everyone who has ever lived. All of those who have not believed in Him will be condemned to eternal judgment in hell because of their sins. All of those who have trusted in Christ and been clothed in His righteousness will receive resurrection bodies like His and will live with Him in eternal joy and peace. We believe that the present heavens and earth will pass away, and the saints will dwell with the Triune God in the new heavens and the new earth, in the light of the glory of God, forever.

Matthew 24:3-44, Mark 13:3-37, Luke 21:5-36, Acts 1:6-11, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 5:1-11, Titus 2:11-14, 2 Peter 3:1-13, Revelation 19:6-21, 20:1-15, 21:1-27, 22:1-21

We believe that He inspired the human writers of the Bible to write God’s word without error. We believe that He miraculously conceived our Lord Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and that He descended on Jesus at His baptism. We believe that He was poured out on the church at Pentecost. We believe that He convicts sinners of sin, righteousness and judgment. We believe we are born again by the Holy Spirit, and that every believer is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ at conversion. We believe that the Holy Spirit lives inside every believer in Jesus. We believe that He is the down payment and guarantee of our inheritance in Christ. We believe that we put sin to death only by His power, and that He remakes us into the image of Jesus, producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. We believe that the Holy Spirit gives believers both the spiritual gifts and the power to serve Christ in the church and in the world. 

Genesis 1:1-2, Matthew 1:18, 3:16-17, 28:18-20, Luke 1:26-38, John 3:1-8, 7:37-39, 14:15-17, 25-26, 15:26-27, 16:7-16, Acts 1:4-8, 2:1-4, 14-21, Romans 5:5, 8:1-17, 26-27, 14:17, 15:14-16, 1 Corinthians 2:9-16, 3:10-16, 6:9-11, 19-20, 12:1-31, 14:12, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, 3:17-18, 5:1-5, 13:14, Galatians 4:4-65:16-26, Ephesians 3:14-19, 4:30, 5:15-20, 6:17-18, 1 Thessalonians 1:4-7, 5:19, 2 Timothy 1:14, Titus 3:4-7, Hebrews 2:4, 1 Peter 1:1-2, 2 Peter 1:21, 1 John 3:24, 4:2-3

We believe that baptism is a public profession of faith which symbolizes and proclaims that the believer has died to sin and risen to walk in newness of life in Christ, that the believer’s sins have been washed away by the sacrifice of Christ, and that the believer has been baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. We affirm that every believer should be baptized and that only believers should be baptized.

Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 2:38-41, 8:12, 34-38, 9:18, 10:44-48, 16:11-15, 29-34, 18:8, 19:1-7, Romans 6:1-1-4, 1 Corinthians 1:13, 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:8-12

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