WE EXIST TO DISCIPLE THE ONE, RAISE UP THE CITY, AND REACH THE NATIONS WITH GOD’S LOVE AND TRANSFORMING PRESENCE.

OUR RHYTHM

PRAYER IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN ACCESSORY TO OUR FAITH, BUT A NECESSITY.

JESUS SAYS: "MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER."

-MATTHEW 21

TO CARRY OUT OUR CHURCH MISSION, WE MUST BE PEOPLE OF PRAYER. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EARLY CHURCH PRAYED TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY 60-90 TIMES PER MONTH? THEIR LIFE WAS BUILT ON THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER, AND OURS SHOULD BE TOO. JESUS MODELED THE RHYTHM OF PRAYER BEAUTIFULLY, GOING TO A PLACE OF SOLITUDE BEFORE A DAY OF MINISTRY.

HIS AGENDA WAS BUILT ON PRAYER.

AS WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER WE LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE TRUE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. WE ARE CHANGED BY HIS LOVE AND TRANSFORMING PRESENCE. IN SEEKING HIS FACE, HE RESTORES AND RENEWS OUR HOMES AND CITIES. 

OUR VALUES

01 WE ARE FAMILY
02 WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
03 WE ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL
04 WE LOVE MISSIONS

5 STANDARDS

DAILY RELATIONSHIP / FORGIVENESS / REST
/ GIVING / UNITY

OUR BELIEFS

WE ARE AN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE, VISIT AGNCN.ORG.

PASTOR DERIK

& SARAH SCOTT

PASTORS DERIK AND SARAH SCOTT WERE BOTH BORN AND RAISED IN THE BAY AREA. THEY FELT THE CALL OF GOD ON THEIR LIFE IN THEIR EARLY COLLEGE YEARS. IT WASN'T UNTIL 2016 THAT GOD PLANTED THEM IN RISE CITY CHURCH. THEY FELT GOD WAS CALLING RISE CITY CHURCH AND THE GREATER BAY AREA TO ARISE & SHINE! RISE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A CHURCH IN 1930.

ETCHED ACROSS THE PULPIT YEARS AGO WERE THE WORDS "A CHURCH IN THE CITY, REACHING THE WORLD." TODAY, THE MISSION REMAINS THE SAME. DERIK AND SARAH ARE PARENTS TO THREE BEAUTIFUL KIDS. THEY LOVE CALLING REDWOOD CITY HOME AND ARE EXCITED FOR PEOPLE TO ENCOUNTER THE TRANSFORMING LOVE AND PRESENCE OF GOD.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RISE CITY CHURCH, CLICK HERE.