![]() We have seen God move in mighty, powerful ways over almost a century of church's history. The church also constructed a new facility, building upon the existing property of the former Highland Avenue CRC. The new, unified church accepted the leadership of a new pastor, Tim Spykstra. Then in 1994, God had moved the two churches to merge and forge a common vision for growth, outreach, and worship. God had blessed each congregation as they both continued to grow and follow the Lord Jesus. As the church continued to grow, 16 families left in 1949 to form and build the new Highland Avenue Christian Reformed Church, while the original church built a new, larger building on Church Street in 1950. In 1945, the church had grown to 70 families. In the 1921, the church building was enlarged. The Redlands Christian School started, and brought in more families. Yet God blessed the growth of the church. In 1936, another group left to form the Bethany Reformed Church. By 1932, the language problem and some theological issues led to the departure of about half the congregation to form the Hope Protestant Reformed Church. The transition from the Dutch language to English was the controversy of the day, when some were afraid that English would become the spiritual downfall of their children. With new families came new ideas about how things were to be done. The rapid growth of the church also brought its challenges. By December 1912, the little church building was filled. When the news that a Christian Reformed Church had been established in California, many families came. The organizing group was small and congenial everyone was eager and willing to work. The basement was used for meetings and Sunday School classes. A year later, the congregation built its first worship center, just 28 ft. On May 11, 1911, a new congregation was formed, and received its first pastor, and adopted the name First Christian Reformed Church of Redlands. The Christian Reformed denomination declared Redlands as a Mission Post. Each Sunday, they had a service as they gathered together for worship in their various homes. By 1910, a group of about seven had been drawn together by bonds of language and the Reformed Christian faith. It is a very fascinating story of the Lord's work.Ī few brave Dutch pioneers had settled in Redlands in the very early years of the previous century. This is the story of the very first Christian Reformed Church in all of California. As you read this we hope and pray you are part of God's Eternal River and if not, our appeal to you is to jump in and join us in the River of Life! ![]() We are praying that our lives become rivers that rush into a spiritual ocean that will advance God's glory all over the earth. Our deep desire is to see our world filled with the "knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea," (Habakkuk 2:14). Our passion at The River is to be a part of that river, to drink freely from the grace given to us in Jesus Christ, and to let His sovereign love reign in our hearts in such a way that a thirsty world sees Jesus in us and then drinks. This river brings re-birth, revival restoration, reconciliation, and real life wherever it runs. Wherever this spiritual river travels it brings abundant life, fruit producing trees on both sides of the river, swarms of living creatures that live wherever the river flows. There we see a picture of a river that flows from the heavenly temple of God growing bigger as it travels into a vast desert wilderness. Another example in Scripture is Ezekiel 47. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him," (John 7:37-38). Jesus Himself said, "if anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. In Scripture we see several places where God uses the illustration of a river or water to teach a spiritual truth. we try to give more, this is a very big work, but it goes to the glory of God.The River represents the Sovereign movement of the Spirit of Jesus Christ that flows into our world with the Father's love and brings His Eternal Kingdom into hearts everywhere. Our site is a free directory, and we are very grateful to you for your support the site. In 2017, we helped over 600,000 people find information about Churches/Mosque/Synagogue/Hindu/Funeral/Cemetery, and help cleanse the soul, find solace. Support our project, click: PLEASE MAKE A DONATION to support the site, so that we could add more info about places on site. we try to give more, this is a very big work, but it goes to the glory of God. In case found of erroneous information or data inconsistency, please push "Suggest changes" on the organization page and enter or edition new information. The information presented on the site, found and collected from open resources and sites on the Internet.
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