About Us
Welcome to Riggs Union Church! We are a non-denominational Church committed to spreading love, faith, and hope. Our mission is to create a community where everyone is welcome, and where we support each other in our spiritual journeys.
Join us for our worship services, community outreach programs, and various events designed to foster spiritual growth and connection. We are dedicated to serving our congregation and the wider community, and we invite you to be a part of our family.
About the Bible
Composed of 66 books authored over centuries by dozens of authors, the Bible tells one seamless story: a passionate God on a relentless pursuit to redeem His creation. The Bible is the authoritative and inspired Word of God and is trustworthy and reliable for telling us what to believe and how to live.
About God
We believe in one God who exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is infinite, which does not always make sense to our finite understanding. He is not limited by time or space. He is creator, eternal, all-knowing, ever-present, and all-powerful.
About Jesus
Jesus is the eternal Son of God. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, worked miracles and gave us an example to follow. Fully God and fully man, He died on a cross to pay the penalty for sin that separated us from God and rose from the dead to reconcile us to our Creator and to free us to have a new life in Him. Now, He sits at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us.
About the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is given to every follower of Christ to guide, comfort, convict, and adopt us into the family of God. He helps us grow into Christ-likeness by producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, and He gives us spiritual gifts to empower us to meet the needs of God’s people and a hurting world.
About Salvation
We were created in the image of God to have community with Him and represent Him on earth. However, through a willful act of disobedience, we were separated from Him. The Father sent Jesus to redeem us through an act of atonement which culminated with Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. This gave us the opportunity to trade our sin for His righteousness through faith. Jesus’ sacrifice is the only means for our salvation and reconciliation with the Father.
About the Church
The Church is the Body of Christ and Jesus is the head of the Body. The Church is not a building or an event but the community of individuals who have put theirtrust in Jesus Christ. The purpose of the Church is to glorify God, make disciples, make Jesus known to a lost world, and meet the needs of those in our communities and around the world. We celebrate baptism as a first step of obedience for new followers of Christ, in which they identify with Christ’s death and resurrection and make a public declaration of their faith. We also celebrate communion as an ongoing remembrance of the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross.
About Following Christ
When we put our faith in Jesus Christ, it ignites a spiritual chain reaction and produces evidence of our salvation. We are forgiven of sin, declared right before God, and given eternal life with Him. The Holy Spirit is given to assure us of our salvation, adopt us into God’s family, and to live in us and empower us for a life of following Jesus. This results in the fruits of the Spirit -- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
About Marriage
We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.
About Life
We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.
About the Future
In the end of all things, Jesus will restore His creation and reign eternally. And He will judge creation according to the character that has been revealed to us through His word with justice and mercy. Those who have found salvation through Jesus Christ will enjoy His presence forever; those who have not will be separated from God for eternity.
About Riggs Union Church
Riggs Union Church is interdenominational in its makeup. We have people from many denominational backgrounds in our church family—and we love it! We are not affiliated with any other church, so, strictly speaking, it is not a denomination.We are sovereign, governing our own affairs, but voluntarily cooperate with churches of like faith.
Supporting Scriptures
About the Bible2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonian 2:13
About GodGenesis 1:1-2; Ephesians 4:4-6
About JesusMatthew 1:23; John 1:1-4; Acts 1:11; Acts 2:22-24; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11
About the Holy SpiritActs 1:8; Acts 4:31; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 6:12; John 3:5-8
About SalvationJohn 3:16; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; Romans 10:9-13; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7
About the Church1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 1:22-23
About Following ChristMatthew 28:18-20; 1 Peter 2:1-3; 1 Peter 3:15
About MarriageGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9
About LIfe1 Timothy 5:1-3; Galatians 6:10
About the Future1 Corinthian 15:51-57; Revelation 1:1-3; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 19:2;Revelation 20:11-15; Proverbs 24:20; Deuteronomy 32:29; Jeremiah 31:17