About Us

A Trip to London Changed Everything

Antley Fowler, the leader of River City Church, was attending seminary when he got an invitation from a friend to visit a church in London that was having a powerful impact in their community. Not about to pass up a free trip to visit London, Antley took a friend to check it out.

By the end of the weekend Antley was confident that he wanted to be a part of this church someday. He just had no idea it would be so soon. Looking over the congregation in London, Antley saw a variety of people from all different races and socioeconomic classes worshipping together and thought, WOW — this is what heaven will look like!

To his surprise, the pastor of the church pulled him aside and began to tell him the story of a group of people that had been praying for two years for a leader that would lead a church like this in Jacksonville. Through an absolutely amazing chain of events during the next two months, it became clear to Antley and his family that God was calling him to lead this church plant.

Antley picked up and moved his family of 6 to central London where he was trained at St. Mary’s Church Bryanston Square. After living in London for six months, Antley and his family returned to lead River City Church.

In view of the extraordinary way that this has come about, we are all certain that God is going to do exciting things here and we can’t wait to see what happens.

Charting a Path — Our Vision

As a newly formed church our vision is to build a church that is long, wide, high and deep.

Long Enough

Long enough to stretch beyond our doors to engage with contemporary culture in Jacksonville.

Wide Enough

Wide enough to welcome and care for absolutely everyone who comes here.

High Enough

High enough to worship God, letting Him lead us in whatever way He wants to.

Deep Enough

Deep enough to challenge, train and release all who come here.

Our Philosophy

That being said, we believe church is for everyone, it should be fun, exciting, relevant and equipping. We aren’t here to impress you by showing off our "Sunday faces", or creating a production, or even showing off a fancy building. We believe:

Church is for Everyone

We hope to remove all boundaries of church culture, so that those who don’t normally go to church, or those who feel disaffected by their experience of church can feel welcome here.

Church is Fun

It’s clear that people loved being with Jesus and enjoyed His company. We aim to create an informal and relaxed atmosphere here which people will enjoy. We also try not to take ourselves too seriously!

Church is Exciting

We believe that God’s church is an adventurous and dynamic place to be, where our lives are transformed far beyond what we ever consider imaginable. It is also exciting, as well as bizarre, that God uses us to transform the lives of other people.

Church is Relevant

Commonly, the church is perceived to be dull, boring and irrelevant to modern life. The claims of Jesus are seen as little more than a fairytale. We believe Jesus’ claims are the key to a life of meaning, fulfillment and freedom. Therefore the church could not be more relevant.

Church is Equipping

We believe God uniquely gifts all His people, not just some of them or worse still only to a select few. We therefore seek to help people identify their gifts, and support them as they use them, both within and beyond the church.

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