River Hills Church

About Us! 

Thank you for your interest in our church. Let us tell you a little about River Hills Church. We are affiliated with the Assemblies of God, a worldwide fellowship of churches with over 12,000 churches in the United States and over 54 million adherents worldwide. If you would like to know more about the Assemblies of God you can go to link provided on our site or go to "www.ag.org" for more information. If you would like to know more about the specific history of River Hills Church check out the "History Of The Church" on this web site.

Worship and preaching from the Bible play a major role in Assemblies of God churches. The worship style is free and spontaneous yet with order as instructed by the scripture. River Hills is very missions-minded and supports many home and foreign missionaries as well as having a strong dedication to reaching Siouxland with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The regular Sunday schedule of services begins with the Christian Education hour at 9:00 a.m. followed by the morning worship service at 10:00 a.m. The evening service begins at 6:30 p.m.

River Hills Church is pro-family! Our Sunday School is at 9:00 AM and is staffed by friendly, qualified teachers that are excited about sharing Jesus with others! The youth program of the church is called "24-7". This group meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Also on Wednesday evening is our family night where there are exciting programs for children called Missionettes for the girls and Royal Rangers for the boys, along with adult prayer and visitation.

The welcome mat is always out at River Hills. Please come and visit us. We believe you will not be disappointed!

 

 

The local assembly first organized in the fall of 1931 under the direction of Pastor S. E. Comstock. The name at that time was The Full Gospel Tabernacle Fellowship. Sixty-three members had identified themselves with the church body as charter members. Pastor Comstock and members of the tabernacle conducted a Soup Kitchen from Dec. 26, 1931 to Mar. 1, 1932, when Dakota County assumed responsibility for the project with Pastor Comstock acting as manager. He was also hired as the Overseer of the Poor of Dakota County. He continued in this capacity until May 15, 1932.

 By action of a meeting held Jan. 26, 1932, the members petitioned the General Council of the Assemblies of God for affiliation. The Full Gospel Tabernacle Fellowship of South Sioux City, Nebraska, was officially recognized as one of the local assemblies in cooperative fellowship with the General Council of the Assemblies of God February 2, 1932, as recorded in a notification letter written by J. R. Evans, who was Secretary of the General Council at that time.

 The original structure was moved onto the church site at 1219 First Avenue and had a sawdust floor. Building and updating the structure has been an on-going project of the local members. A basement was added to the original sanctuary which also had living quarters for the first pastors. In 1936 the pastor was allowed to rent a house which permitted the use of the former living quarters for classrooms. In 1960 plans were made for a new wing addition and the basement was begun which gave more classrooms, a kitchen and a fellowship hall. In 1965 the auditorium was constructed on the basement which also involved a new front. The 44 by 70 addition allowed for seating of 280. The former sanctuary allowed for an overflow room, nursery and offices. Continued improvements and remodeling are in progress.

Over the years church programs and activities kept pace with the community and ministry outreach through the members of the Christian Education Department, Youth Ministries-CA's, Royal Rangers, New Life Fellowship, Women's Ministries, Men's Fellowship, Chancel Choir, Missionary/Evangelism.  The year of 1982 was our year of jubilee as we celebrated our 50th Anniversary with joy and anticipation as we await our Lord's return... continuing in the work of the ministry.

South Sioux Assembly in 2000 changed its name to River Hills Church of the Assemblies of God.  Today River Hills is experiencing a powerful move of God’s Spirit in exciting worship, dynamic preaching, and an awesome youth ministry.  River Hill relocated to its new facility in October 2004 on the Highway 77 by-pass in South Sioux City.  This new facility has allowed us to minister to the needs of people in a more effective manner.  We praise the Lord for these exciting time and look forward in what He has in store for His body.

 

 

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