About Our Church

Faith Fellowship is affiliated with the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana.  We are a non-denominational church within the Wesleyan-holiness tradition, and are not Pentecostal.  We like to consider ourselves a different kind of church.  You will notice it the minute you walk in the front doors.  A few of our goals are to be super-friendly and family oriented.  Even our sanctuary is set up to work towards these goals. Our vision is 1) to love God passionately, 2) to love people wholeheartedly, and 3) to impact the city of Riverton with the Gospel. Each week we enjoy a celebratory worship service at 10:45 that employs a mixture of contemporary choruses and "classic" hymnody.  We do not have a traditional Sunday School program for the children but rather have a children's program during the 10:45 worship time.  Since we believe that children should be a part of the church and not pushed away into a room, our children sing and worship with us until it is time for the message.  Then, while the "older folks" hear a sermon, caring teachers share the love of God with our children in one of our age appropriate classes. Wednesday nights are very exciting at Faith Fellowship right now as we have launched our iChurch program.  iChurch stands for "integrated church" and is a concept that integrates ages, and life and faith.  Each and every Wednesday night at 6:00 we eat a meal together.  After the meal we move on to some relevant aspect of faith in today's America.  We may learn about prayer one week and learn about worship the next.  One week we may just practice being God's people and play games together :).  Still other weeks see a serving emphasis where we seek to serve people in the name of Jesus.  iChurch is a great time for the entire family and a wonderful place to get to know people, to learn about faith, and to grow. We also offer a Women's Group and an "Over 50" Group. The Women's Group meets on the third Saturday of every month for breakfast at the church building.  The "Over 50" Group meets once a month for fellowship at various locations.

Statement of Beliefs

We Believe: We believe in God, the Father almighty,  creator of heaven and earth.  We believe in Jesus Christ, God's 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.  On the third day he rose again;  he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father,  and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.  We believe in the Holy Spirit,  the holy world-wide church,  the communion of saints,  the forgiveness of sins,  the resurrection of the body,  and life everlasting. _______________ The Church of God movement holds the firm conviction that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God. In this context we accept all that is central and enduring in the faith of historic, orthodox Christianity as these essentials often have been stated in widely accepted faith affirmations. In declaring our present understandings of Christian faith, experience, discipline, and fellowship, we gratefully acknowledge our particular indebtedness to the Protestant Reformation, to the Anabaptist free-church tradition, to the Puritan-Pietist movements, to Arminian-Wesleyan evangelicalism, and to the Holiness movement in the United States. The Church of God believes in a cluster of biblical teachings which form a vision of the church. Specifically: God's church is the community of redeemed persons. God's church is a community of divine-human partnership with Christ as Head. God's church is a holy community. God's church is intended to be a unified community. The Church of God believes that God calls his people to mission. All Christians are mandated to bear witness to God's saving activity in Jesus Christ and to "make disciples of all nations." The Church of God believes in the principle of openness to all affirmations of the Christian faith which are expressions of the biblical revelation. The intended unity among Christians is not based on the achievement of full agreement on all theological questions. Rather, it is based on a common membership in the church through the grace of God and is anchored by a common commitment to the centrality of Christ and the authority of the Word of God.

Church History

Faith Fellowship Church of God (then Faith Chapel Church of God) was planted in 1984 by a small group of people who saw a need in Riverton.  They had the vision of making a difference with the gospel of Jesus Christ in this city.  The Rev. Russell Nelson was the first pastor.  After a few years the church purchased a building on E. Washington Street where we "lived" for well over a decade.  Each year held its joys and sorrows, its new friends and farewell's, but through it all God is good--all the time!  The Rev. Mary Justice was the pastor until 1998. 1998 was a big year for the church as our pastor Mary resigned and we began the search for someone to take her place.  We also purchased land that year and began the building process for a new, highly visible building on Highway 26.  In early 1999 Aaron Justice was called as the church's new pastor and the building process began. We are now located on Highway 26 in our building made primarily from straw bales.  June 20th, 2004 was our 20 year anniversary and we are now looking ahead with great expectations for the next 20.