How it started
When founders Todd and Denise Wendorff first began to pray about planting a new church, they
dreamed of a warm and inviting place filled with families, friends, and neighbors here in the
South Bay. The River Church began on February 7, 2007 with 8 courageous families
joining together for community, worship, teaching, and a love for their community. From the beginning, Isaiah 43:19 was the fuel for their passion—to be a church that trusts God to do great and mighty things and offers spiritual provision to all who are thirsty.
Our Mission
Following Jesus into MORE
We are a church passionate about experiencing life giving community; walking together in Christ; and caring about all people. We are hopelessly relational, joining together for weekly gatherings, welcoming friends and family into conversations about God and life. We desire that the love of Jesus celebrated and experienced in the River Church community will overflow into our families, neighborhoods, schools, work places, and clubs and activities—all the places where we are already doing life in the South Bay and beyond.
The River Church is a group of people giving priority toward flourishing in our development, friendships, marriages, raising children, growing in faith and vitality. We have been captured by the vision Jesus embodied—to love God with our whole selves, and our neighbors as ourselves. We are deeply committed to the needs in our community and world, and are raising up and training followers of Jesus to live into their call wherever God leads them.