Riverside Community Church is a body of believers who, through their commitment to Christ, boldly penetrate the culture of the community in which they live, work, and play with the love of Christ and the message of the gospel so that society, as a whole, will be changed.

This purpose statement clearly reflects what we believe to be the mission of Riverside. The 4 I's of Riverside anchor the mission statement, and are illustrated in our baseball diagram.

Introduction
Our purpose is to fulfill the Great Commission. We want to introduce unbelievers to Christ. Romans 10:14 says, “But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?” Our purpose is to go and tell!

Intimacy
Discipleship is essential in the life of any Christian. Our purpose is for our discipleship to produce strong, growing Christians. In order to grow strong, one must have an intimate relationship with Jesus. Jesus says, "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)

Integrity
We are all ministers of Christ. Paul writes “But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good” (I Corinthians 12:7). We believe in exercising the gifts God has given us. Our purpose is for believers to discover their gifts and use them for the building up of the body of Christ.

• Ministry/Service Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
• Fellowship (unity) 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Having thus a fond affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

Investment
Paul writes in I Thessalonians 2:8, “Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.” Our ultimate purpose is to produce producing Christians. We desire for believers to invest themselves back into the community. Investment begins with evangelism and flows into a life of service and surrender to God’s call. As Paul writes to Timothy, “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”