Welcome to The River Church

Whether you’ve visited us recently, in person or found us online, we want to extend a warm welcome to you.

"River Church is a diverse church, gathering people of all ages and phases of life from many backgrounds. We recognise that we are all at different places in our journey and that the next step looks different for everyone. We invite you to continue your journey with us at your own pace and at a level that's comfortable for you. Along the way, feel free to ask any questions - we're here to help. And, if you've yet to visit, we hope to see you on a Sunday!"

Worship and a message

Our Sunday Morning gathering starts at 11am at the Midfield Primary School in St Pauls Cray, Orpington with refreshments beforehand. The service lasts about 90 mins in total. We love meeting new people and we definitely don’t care how you’re dressed or what candidate you voted for.

Our meetings start with worship. We call this 'open worship', which means there is more of a flow of singing, praise and prayers from people in the meeting. We believe in the desire of God to speak to us and also to change our lives, even in this gathering.

Our core belief is in the relevance and power of the Bible as the word of God and the authentic moving of the Holy Spirit as we listen to the bible explained. We are blessed to have some gifted speakers who bring a message each week.

Children and Young People

Youth and children go out to their own groups instead of the bible talk.  We are a family church so we love the little ones and they are free to be involved in our worship together. We have 5 groups on a Sunday serving all children aged 0-16.

On your first visit to River Church a member of the children's team will introduce themselves to you, take you to meet the leader of your child's group (based on their age) and show you where the group have their activities.

Church is more than Sundays

We have various home groups, bible studies and prayer groups that happen during the week. We encourage our church family to be more than Sunday attenders where they can really find support, care and encouragement.