OUR HISTORY
We love our story here at River of Life! In the 1960’s Richard and Margaret Martin traveled from their home in Indianapolis to start a church in Muncie. With the help of God, they built a thriving soul saving station in Muncie. In 1993 evangelist John Martin, their son, returned home and soon became the Pastor.
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As River of Life Muncie grew, Pastor Martin became burdened for the northside of Indy. He began to cast a vision for a new church plant on the northside. As Muncie caught the vision, he and his family planted this satellite campus in 2007. It began with a handful of people in a hotel room. It quickly outgrew one room to another and had to move to a storefront in the Castleton Mall. From one storefront to the next, God began to expand His church.
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In 2016 we made a monumental shift from the Castleton Mall to 9030 E 96th St becoming River of Life Fishers! God’s Spirit and direction has caused these churches to thrive, however this is just the beginning. River of Life Muncie and Fishers are set for great growth through loving, growing, serving, and flowing to their cities and the surrounding communities!
OUR MISSION
LOVE GOD
We love God by attending our weekly services. Love is an action. Our services are a call to the action of worship, prayer, giving, and serving. Loving God includes loving our church, our Pastor, our community, and ourselves.
GROW IN FATH
We grow in faith through prayer, Bible study and fellowship. By forming a weekly relationship with God through prayer/reading and with Christ followers through fellowship, our faith will increase. Individually and as a church, our desire is to grow in faith.
SERVE OTHERS
We serve others every Sunday through our Dream Team. Our members and new members that join the Dream Team help River of Life serve each other and the surrounding community. Service to others is foundational in Christ and foundational in River of Life.
FLOW TO THE WORLD
We flow to the world through our support to those outside of our church. River of Life is not just a building, but a river that flows from our services, through the lives of our members, and out to the hurting, broken, and desperate world that needs Jesus Christ.
OUR VISION
We aim to equip and empower our members to transform their world for Jesus Chrsit through prayer, giving, serving, evangelizing, teaching, and preaching.
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Sin and SalvationEveryone has sinned and needs salvation. Salvation comes by grace through faith based on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Romans 3:23-25; 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9). The saving gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. We obey the gospel by repentance (death to sin), water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (burial), and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit (resurrection) (I Corinthians 15:1-4; Acts 2:4, 37-39; Romans 6:3-4). This was, and is, the consistent message and experience of the New Testament Church. (Acts 2:38; 4:12; 8:12-17; 10:43-48; 19:1-6)
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The GodheadThere is one God and Jesus Christ is the fullness of the Godhead incarnate. Indeed, Jesus Christ is God manifested in flesh (humanity). Jesus Christ was, at the same time, both fully God and fully man. He possessed both absolute, unmitigated deity and complete, genuine humanity. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 1;18-23; John 1:1-14; Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 2:9; I Timothy 3:16; 2:5)
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HolinessAs Christians we are commanded to love God and others. We should live a holy life inwardly and outwardly. We should live a life of separation from the world. The fruit of the Spirit (including love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance) should be manifest in all that we say and do. (Psalms 29:2; Mark 12:28-31; II Corinthians 6:14-17; Ephesians 4:22-24; Galatians 5:22-23; Hebrews 12:14)e humanity. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 1;18-23; John 1:1-14; Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 2:9; I Timothy 3:16; 2:5)
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The ChurchThe church is the body of Christ and His ambassadors in this world. The mission of the church is to spread the gospel and lead the lost to Christ. The supernatural gifts of the Spirit, including healing, are for the church today. Jesus Christ is coming again to catch away His church. The Word admonishes believers to assemble together to exhort one another in the faith. (Mark 16:15; I Corinthians 12; II Corinthians 5:20; Philippians 2:5-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 10:25)
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Praise and WorshipPraise and worship are pleasing to the Lord. Worship involves both inward and outward expressions of thankfulness, awe, joy, and love. Demonstrative actions such as clapping hands, lifting hands, leaping for joy, shouting, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, testifying publicly, praying aloud, and so forth are all biblical and appropriate expressions of praise and worship. (Psalms 47:1; Psalms 66:1-2; Psalm 149:3; Psalms 150; Acts 4:24; I Corinthians 14:26; Ephesians 5:19; I Timothy 2:8)