CHRISTIAN EDUCATION VISION STATEMENT

Throughout its history, Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church has sought to stand for the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ as it is revealed in Scripture and interpreted by the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechism. In our day, when there seems to be a steady erosion of the content of the Christian Faith in many areas of the church-at-large, the present Christian Education staff and officers of Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church gladly and enthusiastically seek to continue to stand for and proclaim the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ

The heart of the Gospel is this: Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God came to this earth by becoming a man to save us from the inevitable result of our sin which is death (spiritual separation from God). "For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). He said, "I came not to be served but to serve and to give my life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:23). He suffered and died on the cross to take the punishment for the sins of those who would believe on him. "He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross ... By the wounds you have been healed" (I Peter 2:24). "He rose from the dead to give us new life, and might have it abundantly" (John 10:10). The Bible says, "If any one is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old is passing away, behold the new is coming" (2 Corinthians 5:17).

While we in the Christian Education Program of Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church believe that it is critically important that the truth of the Biblical Gospel be proclaimed and believed we also know that we must live the truth of Jesus Christ in our relationships with one another and in our outreach to the world. Therefore, we also seek to develop a warm, caring fellowship with one another, and to support a growing outreach both to Lynchburg and to the world-at-large by the proclamation of the Gospel and various ministries to all sorts of human need in the name of Christ.

The vision of the Christian Education Program of Rivermont EvangelicalPresbyterian Church is to provide a systematic and integrated program for all ages. This program will have as its very foundation the infallible truths spoken in Scripture.  Our view has been and will continue to be an Orthodox, Reformed, evangelical interpretation of the Scripture. Further, realizing the changing complexion of the body of believers at Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church, the program will be so designed as to accommodate these changes without compromising or weakening the stated positions of the church. All the programs and functions that fall under the supervision of the Christian Education Program will be so structured and organized that when they are woven together they will present the saving Grace of Jesus Christ in a clear and unmistakable manner. And the program will also aid the believers in the development of their "Spiritual Gifts," and in the equipping of them to serve the Lord in the Church, the community, and the world.