We Are Two Rivers Church

Our Mission

Two Rivers Church exists to make Gospel-centered, Word-dependent, Spirit-empowered, and Relationally Connected followers of Jesus.

Our Vision

We believe life is best when lived rooted in a Gospel-centered community. Together, we are actively pursuing God, experiencing the life-transforming power of the Holy Spirit, deepening our love for Jesus and for one another, and ensuring the Gospel is made real to our neighbors in tangible ways.
By 2032, we envision each area of our 9-county region of more than 1 million people impacted by the transforming presence of Jesus through at least 1 Gospel-centered initiative.

Core Values

Gospel-centered

Gospel-centered

Ultimately, “the Gospel” is all about Jesus. Jesus gives new life and transforms lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. This truth is at the center of all we do.

Word-dependent

Word-dependent

God has chosen to reveal Himself to people through the Word – through both the written Word and the Living Word, Jesus. We build our lives upon God’s Word.

Spirit-empowered

Spirit-empowered

God has given us His very presence – the Holy Spirit to lead, guide, and direct our lives. It is the Spirit of God who empowers us to follow Jesus.

Relationally Connected

Relationally Connected

We were made for relational connection with God and other people.

How We Make Followers of Jesus

Discipleship Freeway

Discipleship isn’t a project we complete. It’s a relationship we live out—a path we walk (or drive in East TN). And when we want to get from here to there, we use the freeway where you don’t sit in one lane all the time. You constantly change lanes to move toward your destination.

Click different areas of the picture to learn more!

Discipleship Freeway
Me & Jesus We & Jesus Serve with Jesus Gathered with Jesus On Ramps Discipleship Freeway

Me & Jesus

These are the things we do one-on-one with God. It includes things like using the Live It Out daily guide, fasting, studying scripture, devotional Bible reading, solitude, sabbath, praying for others, and giving generously.

We & Jesus

These are the things we do with others - from one other person to a medium-sized group of 30-50. It includes things like Two Rivers Groups, classes, Jesus-centered friendships, The Well, Encore Ministry, and prayer-walking with others.

Serve with Jesus

These are the things we do when we give of our time and talents to demonstrate the good news of Jesus in tangible ways. Ministries “inside” Two Rivers, Local Impact partnerships, Serve Saturday, Global Impact Trips, Serving with your Group, Supporting Global Partners.

Gathered with Jesus

Think of this as the Bus Lane, which includes the things we do when we’re gathered together as the whole church - where we all give up some control so we can move forward together. It includes things like weekend worship services, All-In Prayer nights, Quiet Waters, and city/regional prayer gatherings.

On Ramps

This is what we do to get onto the freeway and move into a discipleship relationship with Jesus. This may include getting baptized, attending Wade In, and other activities.

Discipleship Freeway

Discipleship isn’t a project we complete. It’s a relationship we live out - a path we walk. In East TN, when we want to get from here to there we use the freeway. And on a freeway, you can’t sit in one lane all the time. You have to use all the lanes to keep moving forward. The same is true in discipleship to Jesus.

Click different areas of the picture to learn more!

Our Beliefs

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.

We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.

We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.

We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus—Israel’s promised Messiah—was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.

We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.

We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.

We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God’s grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.

We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.

Where We Stand Regarding…