Church Overview
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Our mission
We are a church for New Braunfels authentically experiencing and expressing God’s love in our lives and community.
Where we come from
River City Church began as a multi-site church planted by River City Community Church in Selma, Texas.
Jason and Natalie Powers felt a calling to transition out of their leadership roles at RCCC and take on full-time Lead Pastor positions at River City New Braunfels in 2012.
In January of 2013, RCNB became its own church starting with 80-100 people on Sundays and growing to a church of almost 1,000 members today.
Statement of faith
At River City Church, our faith is rooted in the historic witness of the Church and grounded in Scripture. We joyfully affirm the truths of the gospel as handed down through the centuries and summarized in the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. These creeds unite us with believers across time and place and express the essentials of our faith in the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What we believe
GOD
We affirm one Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, present everywhere, and the Creator and Sustainer of everything (cf. Deuteronomy 6:4–5; 1 Timothy 2:5)
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human. He lived a sinless life, died to make atonement for the sins of all mankind, was resurrected, and is now mediator at the right hand of the Father. He is coming again in power and glory for His believing followers and is the only Savior of mankind (John 1:1- 14 ; Titus 2:11-14)
HOLY SPIRIT
He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, regenerating all who repent of their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He sanctifies, empowers, teaches, guides and comforts the believers (John 16:7- 8, 12-15)
THE BIBLE
The Bible is the divinely inspired word of God, inerrant in the autographs, and authoritative in matters of faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
SALVATION
Salvation is the result of genuine repentance of sin and faith in the atoning work of Christ. It brings forgiveness to the repentant, makes him a participant of the divine nature and gives peace with God. We call this new birth (Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3-5)
CHURCH
We believe in the invisible and universal Church as the living Body of Christ. It is composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus who have been vitally united by faith to Christ, its living Head and sovereign Lord (Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:22-24)
ORDINANCES
We believe there are two Christian ordinances: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe they are outward rites appointed by Christ to be administered in the Church, not as a means of salvation, but as a visible sign and seal of its reality (Acts 8:36; 1 Corinthians 11:24-34)
The Aposles Creed
We believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father (and the Son),
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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