The River is more than just a church, and we may be very different than anything you’ve experienced before.
This is our heartbeat⇢
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We always prioritize truly being family more than being an organization. We’re real people seeking the real Jesus. That means we gladly trade a slick program for having meaningful relationships with each other. Sometimes it’s messy, and we’re okay with that.
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We understand that God is not just an idea. He is so much more than a theology, a philosophy, mythology, or a figure in history. Jesus is alive! He speaks, He moves, and He offers a relationship to people. We are not content to just believe He exists. We won’t rest until we know Him. We desire to experience His reality in our lives and to hear His voice. It is the reason we are alive. The pursuit of His Presence in our midst is at the forefront of all that we do.
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It is our intention to reorient our lives around the reality of Jesus. If He is moving, we’re going with Him. If He’s doing something, we’re going to do it with Him. If He speaks, we obey. If there are things that matter to Him, they will matter to us. We desire to become just like Jesus. We don’t model or adjust our Christianity according to the culture, but rather according to who Jesus is, what He says, and what He does.
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Truth, love, and supernatural power are three attributes of God’s nature that are vitally important. Many churches emphasize just truth or just love. But truth with love is usually just mean, and love without truth is meaningless. And without power, we only have dead religion. It takes all three to know and experience all that God is. As we come to know Jesus and become like Him, we aim to proclaim God’s love and truth and demonstrate it with power. This was the model Jesus gave. He proclaimed the nearness of God’s Kingdom, and then He demonstrated it with power. We won’t settle for less.
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Jesus told us to pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We are aware of the darkness and evil in the world. But there is a greater reality, and that is the Kingdom of God. And if God’s Kingdom is going to break in somewhere, we want to make room for it here. We have made it our mission to become an embassy of God’s Kingdom, an outpost of heaven, a place where heaven is free to move and where people know they can come and find God. We desire to so host the Presence of God that people have encounters with God that change them forever and say, “Surely God is among you.”
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Our leadership team is based out of Kalispell, Montana. But our hearts beat for the entire state to experience the transformational power of God’s river flowing through it. We are contending for move of God that sweeps through the whole state—including the small towns and forgotten corners. We often send teams of people to pray around the state, encourage and build up other churches, and do outreaches.
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The heart of Jesus burns for the nations, and so do our hearts. We are highly involved in ministry around the world. Members of our church family are active, living in the nations. We have a passion to equip believers in other nations and often send teams to host conferences and train leaders and pastors.