Purpose, Vision, Values

Go therefore and make disciples...

Purpose

Rivanna Community Church exists to Love God, Love One Another, and Love the World.

Vision

We desire to become a 250-member disciple-making church that loves God through individual and corporate worship, loves one another primarily through home groups, and loves the world through outreach, missions, and church planting.

Values

Rivanna is a Gospel Centered, Spirit Led Church that is Community Oriented and Missionally Driven.

Gospel Centered:

  • We believe the gospel as it has been handed down from the apostles.
  • We experience the Risen Lord and the power and comfort of His Spirit through an encounter and relationship with the Risen Lord.
  • We seek to embody the message as we conform our lives to God’s purpose, love, and character and our lives look more and more like Christ’s.

Spirit Led:

  • We promote and practice all gifts of the Holy Spirit as found in the New Testament.
  • We welcome expressive and passionate worship.

Community Oriented:

  • Community is the essence of our church and is a joyful expression of who we are.  It is primarily facilitated through our home groups.
  • As a relational community we welcome and seek to enfold those whose lives are being touched by the Kingdom of God.

Missionally Driven:

  • Personally:  We strive to live out the great commission call in our daily lives
  • Locally:  We seek to make a difference in our community by partnering with local ministries and planting churches
  • Globally:  We are committed to relationally bonded, long-term cross-cultural missions.