Interested in nurturing your Christian faith in an intentionally small, intimate and supportive church?

 

Faith comes easier in community.

House church helps you better integrate your faith into the daily rhythm of your life.

When you’re a part of a house church, you shape—and are shaped by—the practices and the relationships. This makes for a faith journey that’s more intimate, accountable and valuable.

 
 

What is Revive House Church?

 

Revive is a collection of small, committed groups—usually 11-20 people—who share meals and worship together in members’ homes every week. Daily, members pray for each other by name and follow a simple, Bible reading plan.

Each location of Revive House Church began by a few people agreeing to worship, eat and talk together weekly. The Gainesville United Methodist Church team supports each site. Currently, we have groups in South Riding, Gainesville and Bristow, Virginia, and Gainesville, Florida. Also, we’re discerning new house churches in other parts of Northern Virginia and the Commonwealth.

Why Revive House Church?

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We want to help members better integrate their faith into the daily rhythm of their lives. That’s why all locations follow a basic framework for Bible reading and journaling, serving the community and having fun together monthly. And we pray for and encourage one another.

Personal.

For each location, members share responsibilities and decision-making for when and where to meet, discussions, meals, and children’s lessons. And while we’re connected to Gainesville United Methodist Church, our focus is on faithful learning and living, not a particular denomination.

Intentionally small.

Revive House Church members grow in faith and love in ways that are only possible because of our size. If our worship is going to be more conversation and less passive consumption, we must know and care about each other. Then, we’re able to wrestle with matters of faith.

In Revive House Church, your presence matters.

Why do church this way, instead of attending a larger congregation?

Many of us at Revive House Church used to worship that way. (And some of us have no church background or had written off church altogether.) But now, we’ve chosen to gather in each other’s home weekly and share meals, our faith journeys and accountability.

Expectations for our community members include:

--Being present through regular attendance.

--Praying daily.

--Weekly Bible readings and journaling.

--Faithful giving.

--Nurturing meaningful relationships.

--Participating in monthly fellowship opportunities.

--Serving the church and community.

If this sounds like something you’re interested in being a part of, please pray about it. Then, if you feel God’s calling you to Revive, set up a time talk to our pastor.

Where are the Revive House Church locations?

Normally, when you want to try out a church, you just drop into a weekly service. With Revive House Church, our approach is a bit different.

If you are interested in joining or starting a house church location, we ask you to first pray for God’s guidance. Then, set up a time to talk with our pastor.

For those called to start a new location, you’ll then invite others who want to better integrate faith into the daily rhythm of their lives. We will connect them and you with others in the same region who’ve shown interest.

With God’s grace, you should be able to join a newly created house church in your area within a few months.

How would joining an authentic community focused on Jesus revive your life?

Revive House Church is a network of house churches in Northern Virginia who love Jesus, love each other and are serious about living out their faith. We exist to see lives revived through authentic community focused on Jesus. Our model helps us form communities of genuine and deep relationships and keeps us focused on the heart of the Gospel: loving God and loving people.