The River Church
Pentecostal
3738 River International Drive
Tampa, FL 33610
The River Church is a mega church located in Tampa, FL. Our church was founded in 1996 and is Pentecostal.
What to Expect at The River Church
Leader(s):
Pastor Rodney and Adonica Howard Browne, Senior Pastors and Founders
Service Times:
Sunday 9:30am
Service Details
- Formal and informal attire most common
- Contemporary worship style
- Printed worship bulletin
- Communion
- Congregational readings
- Altar call or invitation
- Location: Hillsborough County
- Parking: Private lot
- Wheelchair accessible: Yes
- Saturday evening service: No
- Multi-site church: No
- Primary language used: English
- Services also offered in: Spanish
Ministries and Programs
- Nursery
- Children's ministry
- Youth or teen ministry
- Christian school
- Adult education
- Christian bookstore
- Missions
- Counseling services
- Young adult ministry
- Men/women's ministry
- Choir
- Special needs
- Childcare or daycare
- Community service
- Food pantry
- Singles ministry
- Senior adult ministry
- Recovery group
- Prison ministry
- Radio ministry
- TV ministry
- Weddings/receptions
- Funerals
- Other ministries and programs: River University; Local Outreach; Local Community Service
Additional Info About Our Church
At the close of 1996, the Lord planted within Pastors Rodney and Adonica's hearts the vision and desire to begin a church in Tampa. He told them, "I want Sunday mornings back!"With a heart for the lost and a desire to see people touched and changed by revival and the word of God, they implemented that vision and began The River at Tampa Bay with the theme, "Church with a Difference" Over 550 people joined them in their very first service. For nearly five years they met in the Sun Dome, and then later in a rented building on Busch Blvd. in the summer of 2001, the Lord gave them a beautiful two-year old building on the main highway worth twice what they paid for it! Over the years, the membership has grown and the facilities have changed, yet these three things have remained constant since the church's beginning...dynamic praise and worship, anointed preaching and teaching of the Word, and powerful demonstrations of the Holy Spirit!
Mission:
100 million souls and 1 billion dollars into world missions
Vision:
Our Vision Is: To become a model revival church where people all over the world can come and be touched by God. Once they have been not only touched, but changed, they are able to be launched out into the harvest field with the anointing of God. To have a church that is multi-racial, representing a cross-section of society from rich to poor from all nations, bringing people to a place of maturity in their Christian walk. To have these three main ingredients always predominant in every service: Powerful demonstration of the Holy Spirit; Anointed preaching and teaching; Dynamic praise and worship. To be a home base in Revival Ministries International and all of its arms, a base offering strength and support to the vision of RMI to see America Shaken with the fires of revival, then to take that fire to the far-flung corners of the globe. To see the lost, the backslidden and the unsure come to a full assurance of their salvation. To break the mold of religious tradition and thinking. To be totally dependent upon the Holy Spirit for his leading and guidance as we lead others deeper into the River of God.
Purpose:
Church with a Difference and One church, many locations