What is your service like?
Our service is relational, creative, energetic and relaxed. Our messages present Christ in a conversational style with practical application that is relevant to life today.
How should I dress?
Comfortably! People wear everything from shorts and jeans to dresses and button-down shirts. 
But we want you to come as you are and be yourself. This means that if you can connect with God more easily in your blue jeans then slap on your Levis. It also means that if something more formal helps you focus and prepare for worship then wear that. Our focus is not on who wears what but whether people are connecting with God and with others.
What is presently offered in addition to your Sunday service?
We presently offer classes for nursery and preschool on Sunday morning called the Treehouse. To see what is happening on Wednesday evenings for families of elementary age kids, students (grades 6-12), as well as the small groups for both women and men click on the Wednesday “Conversations” link to the right and on the calendar page. We also meet together during lunchtime on Friday to pray for God’s Spirit to revive our city. Please feel free to come to any of these activities.
What is your approach towards my kid/student?
Children and teens are very important to us! So, in everything we do we seek to make them passionate followers of Jesus Christ by partnering with the family through an incarnational approach. To read more about this, click here.
What is your approach towards me?
We value launching people over launching programs and so we’re interested in getting behind God’s vision for your life (as opposed to our vision for you). Therefore, we are always interested in meeting with personally you to help coach and launch you into any specific ministry that He may be calling you to live out.
I’ve heard you’ve started a new ministry called Praxis. Who can come?
Praxis is for anyone and everyone desiring to be a part of an authentic Christ centered community. By the nature of the worship approach and philosophy of ministry, Praxis will probably be very attractive to younger adults and families (but child care is not provided at this time). However, we are a community open to anyone regardless of age who connects with the heart of the community and philosophy of ministry. Praxis will never card anyone at the door! For more information and a calendar of events, click here.
What kind of church are you?
We are not affiliated with a denomination nor a particular style of church (charismatic, seeker, Emergent, etc.). Just like you, we’re utterly unique! We simply see ourselves as a missional community of Jesus-followers who share life together and want to connect our community to God. To learn more about the “feel” of our church, go to the Culture page. To see what we believe, see the Convictions page.
Who is the Senior Pastor of the church?
You can often hear us saying that Jesus Christ is the Senior Pastor of the church (see 1 Peter 5:4) and He has authority over our Leadership Team (comprised of both a Board of Elders and a Board of Directors). The Elders (Jim Fickley and John Fooshee) serve as the Church’s pastors, overseers and teachers. These men must uphold the biblical qualifications of an elder. 
These Elders also appoint & join with other leaders to form a Board of Directors that manages the operational matters of the Church (financial, legal, insurance, property and employee issues). It is presently comprised of Rick Dilley, John Fooshee, Jim Fickley, Rusty Mitchell (pictured in order to the right) & John Marr (ex-officio member, not pictured). The people who serve as Directors must uphold the biblical qualifications of a deacon. (To learn more, click here: lt-roles-of-elders-directors-100207.pdf).
Why is starting more churches such a big deal at RCC?
Launching more churches is indeed a big deal at Redeemer! In fact, since the day our church started we made a commitment to give 10% of our offerings toward starting new churches in the future.
Redeemer is also an active part of the Acts 29 Network, an inter-denominational church planting movement that trains, funds, and sends pastors into varying cultures with the gospel to start new churches. This year alone this network of new churches will plant 25 churches in the United States and at least that number in the nations of Mexico, Colombia, India, and Canada. Acts 29 has a prayer goal of starting 1000 churches in its first ten years.
To read more about why we place such a high emphasis on starting more churches click here. To listen to an explanation on why church planting is critical for the future of the church, click here. And to visit the Acts 29 Network’s page, click here.
You talk a lot about “coaching.” What do you mean by that?
Ephesians 4:11-13 says: “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping (or “coaching”) of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”
The word often translated “equipping” is a rich word. It’s used in other passages to indicate preparing someone for their proper use (Heb. 13:21), restoring someone back to the faith (Gal. 6:1; 2 Cor. 13:11) and mending a net (Matt. 4:21). Probably the best translation into English is “coaching.” Many of us grew up with coaches that trained us in the fundamentals of a sport or a job. We believe that it is the role of our leadership to provide solid spiritual coaching for you, other believers and other leaders. According to Ephesians 4, that will build up a unified and mature church.
What is the church’s perspective on tithing?
This term literally means a tenth and refers to the required giving of the Jews under Old Testament law. The New Testament doesn’t repeat this percentage as a requirement but emphasizes that giving should be a faith-filled act of worship. It says that we should not hang on to the resources that God has given to us, but freely give them away in faith because we are assured that He will continue to provide for our needs (Lk. 12:15-34). It also tells us to give quietly (Matt. 6:1-4) but with a “cheerful spirit” (2 Cor. 9:6-8). To sum up: while the use of the Old Testament percentage is a helpful guideline, we encourage you to take the New Testament principles to heart every time you give to any person or organization.
Will RCC provide me with receipts for my donations?
Yes. If you give us your address, we will provide you an annual receipt for gifts after each calendar year. Additionally, all equity contributions and in-kind gifts will be recognized via a letter upon receipt of the gift.
What is the church’s position regarding debt?
Of course, we would love to remain debt-free. But we are willing to incur some level of debt associated with large capital purchases if the leadership deemed it to be a wise and strategic investment towards forwarding the Great Commission. Such a decision would only be done in prayer.
