Who We Are
We are a community of Christ-followers that strive to have God's Word at the center of all we do.
Expository Preaching
We seek to glorify God through explaining His inspired, inerrant Word, verse by verse, line by line, word by word.
Meaningful Membership
We seek to glorify God through a commitment to care for, serve, and disciple one another according to God's Word.
Biblical Worship
We seek to glorify God through true worship, in spirit and in truth. Sunday worship includes all aspects of what scripture prescribes for reverent worship: the preaching of God's Word, congregational singing, scripture reading, prayer, the Lord's Supper, and baptism.
Discipleship
We seek to glorify God through becoming fully formed disciples of Christ through the Word of God.
Evangelism
We seek to glorify God through proclaiming God's truth to the lost and being faithful witnesses in the world.
Our beliefs reflect the Baptist Faith and Message.
PASTOR
JAMES DARNELL
Senior Pastor
James Darnell serves as the Senior Pastor of River District Church, where he is committed to expository preaching and biblical discipleship. A graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, James played baseball for the USC Gamecocks before going on to play professional baseball for six years with the San Diego Padres. During his professional baseball career, the Lord called James to pastoral ministry. He subsequently earned his MDiv and ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and is currently a PhD candidate in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Prior to serving at River District Church, James served as an associate pastor under Dr. David Jeremiah at Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego, California. James and his wife, Amy, have four children.
MEET THE TEAM
Brad Green
Executive Director of Operations
Grace Fuller
Music Lead
Pat Ciambrone
Church Administrator