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About Us

Our Story, Pillars, and Statements of Faith

Our Story | The Vision of RiverStone

We've set out to see our Community Transformed by God.

Our vision is evident in community transformation through the presence of God. Our pillars are Worship, Prayer, Healing, Development, and Outreach. We believe these five values sow into our vision to see a harvest of community transformation.

“It is written,” Jesus said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ Matthew 21.13

PIllars

Prayer

Worship

Healing

Development

Outreach

Jesus said, “My Father’s house will be a house of prayer.” At RiverStone, prayer should be our first response, not our last resort. We desire everything we do to be bathed in prayer.

We believe that the most intimate expression of our love for God is worship. We desire our corporate celebration to be a time of great refreshing for everyone involved. Our goal in worship is to glorify God and engage His presence.

We sincerely hope that you feel the freedom to worship God the way He deserves – with all of your heart.

We believe that Jesus is the Great Healer. While our world is being devastated by sin and sickness, we have confidence in God and God alone to heal. He has the power to bring life out of death.

We desire to see healing take place in our church, our community, and in every area of life: the physical, the emotional, the relational, and most all, the spiritual. Because healing was central to Jesus’ ministry, we are committed to becoming a Center for Healing.

We currently provide a monthly Night of Healing Prayer, Sunday morning prayer teams, SOZO Ministry, and Pastoral Counseling.

We believe that God has called us to be a church that focuses on training and sending.

Many of the people who come to RiverStone Church are led here by God so that they can be trained, equipped, empowered, and sent into strategic places of ministry around the world. Whatever God’s call on your life, we would love the opportunity to walk with you as you listen, discover, and fulfill your Kingdom Destiny.

Our congregation also meets in small groups throughout the week. A small group is comprised of 6-14 people who gather weekly to build relationships with one another through study, prayer, and encouragement. Small groups also help and reach out to those who do not know Jesus. We have small groups meeting Sunday through Friday in homes throughout Cobb County.

We believe outreach is the natural response to knowing God. We desire to transform communities with the Gospel, expressing our faith through love.

The Gospel is simple: God loves us, became a man, freed us from our sin, invites us into His family, and enables us to live in freedom by His Spirit. We are convinced the Gospel can bring healing, justice, and freedom to anyone who is in need.

Statements of Faith

These are the central tenets of our faith. It’s not everything we believe, but these are the essential truths that we affirm as a church body.

We believe the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings. It is the complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of men and women, and the final authority for all Christian faith and life. (2 Timothy 3.16-17, 2 Peter 1.19-21, Matthew 5.17-18, John 10.34-36)

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6.4, Matthew 28.19, 2 Corinthians 13.14)

We believe in God the Father, an infinite personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. We believe that He actively and mercifully intervenes in the affairs of humanity, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all that come to Him through Jesus Christ. (Exodus 34.6-7, John 3.16, John 4.23-24, Ephesians 1.3)

We believe that Jesus Christ is a true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. He rose bodily from the dead. He ascended into heaven. He is now our High Priest and Advocate at the right hand of the Father. He will physically and visibly return to consummate history and rule and reign over the earth. (John 1.1-18, Romans 4.25, Ephesians 1.15-23, Colossians 1.15-23, Hebrews 7.23-25)

We believe the Holy Spirit is fully God, equal with the Father and the Son. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus by convicting non-Christians of their need for Christ; giving new birth to believing sinners; and indwelling, sanctifying, leading, teaching, and empowering believers for godly living and service.

We believe that all Christians are to be filled with the Holy Spirit after conversion. We also believe that all of the spiritual gifts listed in the Bible (Romans 12.6-8, Ephesians 4.11, 1 Corinthians 12.8-10, and 28-30) continue to be distributed by the Spirit today; that these gifts are divine provisions central to spiritual growth and effective ministry; and that these gifts are to be eagerly desired, faithfully developed, and lovingly exercised according to biblical guidelines. (John 3.3-8, John 14.15-27, John 16.5-15, Romans 8.9-17, 1 Corinthians 12-14, Galatians 5.16-26, Ephesians 5.18-21)

We believe that the Kingdom of God has come in the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, that it continues to come in the ministry of the Holy Spirit through the Church, and that it will be consummated in the glorious, visible, and triumphant appearing of Christ when He returns to the earth as King.

We believe that after Christ returns He will bring about the ultimate defeat of Satan, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, and the eternal blessing of the righteous. At that time, the Kingdom of God will be completely fulfilled in the new heavens and the new earth. (Matthew 4.23, Matthew 12.28, Mark 13.26, Acts 1.1-8, Acts 2.14-39, Romans 14.17-18, 1 Thessalonians 4.15-17, Revelation 19.11-16, Revelation 20.10, Revelation 21.1-5)

We believe God created humanity in the image of God. We further believe men and women are sinners by nature and action and are therefore spiritually dead. We also believe that those who repent of sin and place their trust in Jesus Christ are spiritually born again to new life by the Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1.27, Acts 2.38-39, Ephesians. 2.1-9, Romans 3.9-26, Romans 5.12-21)

We believe that salvation is a free gift of God and is received by individuals through faith in Jesus Christ apart from any human merit, works, or ritual.

We believe that the shed blood of Jesus and His resurrection provide the only grounds for the forgiveness of sins for all who believe and that only those who receive Jesus Christ are born of the Spirit, become children of God, and are given eternal life. (John 3.16-17, John 8.23-24, John 14.6, Acts 16.29-34, Romans 3.21-31, Romans 10.9-10, Ephesians 2.4-9, 1 Timothy 2.3-6, Titus 3.5-7)

We believe that the Church is composed of all people who through saving faith in Jesus Christ are united together in the Body of Christ of which He is the head. (Ephesians 1.22, 2.14-22 and 4.1-5).

We believe the ordinances of the local church are believers’ baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Believers’ baptism is a testimony of the death to sin and resurrection to a new life in Christ; and the Lord’s Supper is a memorial service, setting forth in a sacred and symbolic manner the death of Jesus and our salvation through faith in Him. All believers and only believers should participate in these ordinances. We believe that the Lord’s Supper and water baptism are divinely ordained to be observed by the church during this present age. Though they are not to be regarded as means of salvation, they are regarded as means of grace. (Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:25-26, Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:3-4)
(Matthew 26.26-29, Matthew 28.19-20, Acts 2.38-39, Romans 6.3-4, 1 Corinthians 11.17-32, Colossians 2.11-12)

We believe that the personal and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ is our future hope and has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. (Matthew 24, John 14.1-4, 1 Thessalonians 4.16-18, Titus 2.11-14, Revelation 19-20)

We believe in the bodily resurrection from the dead: of the believer to everlasting joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting separation from God. (1 Corinthians 15.35-58, 2 Corinthians 5.1-10, 2 Thessalonians 1.5-10, Revelation 20-21)

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen 1:26-27) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman, as biologically designed by birth, in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Gen 2:18-25) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Cor 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb 13:4)

We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt 15:18-20; 1 Cor 6:9-10)

We believe that to preserve the function and integrity of RiverStone Church as the local Body of Christ and to provide a biblical role model to the RiverStone Church members and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by RiverStone Church in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality. (Matt 5:16; Phil 2:14-16; 1 Thess 5:22)

We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3:19-21; Rom 10:9-10, Cor 6:9-11)

We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of RiverStone Church.

RiverStone By-Laws

A copy of the RiverStone By-Laws is available upon request by calling the RiverStone office at 678-384-5200 or by emailing info@riverstoneonline.org.