Our Plan.
GATHER – Weekly gatherings are the primary way we will come together as an embodied church community to worship, study the scriptures, participate in liturgy, and partake of the bread and cup together.
SCATTER – We believe that we are primarily formed into the image of Jesus in a deeply connected embodied community around dinner tables and in living rooms rather than in front of a stage. Therefore, throughout the week, we will gather in “Open Table Communities” to live out the teachings of Jesus together. These communities are where we live as family to eat, pray, and share life together. They also function as our mission field, where we join Jesus' work in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and city.
SERVE – Followers of Jesus are called to become servants. We want to actively demonstrate self-sacrificial love by serving those both in and outside the church. It takes all kinds of volunteers to pull off planting a brand-new church. We are a family, and like a family, we all pitch in.
GIVE – We dream of becoming a church marked by radical generosity. Money is one of the resources needed for church planting, and we trust the Lord to provide through internal and external giving for the planting of Ridgeside City. From the very start, we will allocate five percent of all giving to our “Love Thy Neighbor” fund for global and local justice initiatives, and another five percent to support other church planting initiatives.
Our Measurements of Success
We will measure the strength & success of our community, not by the number of people attending worship gatherings or our financials, but rather by 7 specific areas of immeasurable metrics (The Holy 7) that show our community is functioning as a healthy and vibrant embodied community of the Spirit:
1. The growing means of participation in apprenticeship to Jesus and the living out of kingdom ethics among adults, teenagers, and kids.
2. The increasing numbers of healthy marriages & the decreasing amount of marriages in jeopardy of divorce.
3. The number of people who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus together with others in a committed weekly community.
4. The amount of concern for the weakest and most vulnerable in our community and in our city.
5. The amount of time those in our community spend around a table with those of different social, ethnic, political, cultural, & religious backgrounds.
6. The amount of those making public professions of faith in King Jesus through baptism.
7. The number of young leaders being trained as residents and the number of churches we are a part of planting.
Projected Timeline
APRIL 2023 – Beginning of our church planting residency at Neighbors Church in San Diego.
AUGUST 2023 – Accepted into and began church planting training cohort with Multiply Network provided through the Foursquare denomination.
DECEMBER 2023 – Official call from the Lord to plant a church in Yucaipa.
EARLY SPRING 2024 – Move back to Yucaipa from San Diego to begin fundraising and core community gatherings to instill vision and values and train leaders to oversee areas within the plant, including training up our first Community Pastors who will shepherd our first Open Table communities.
SUMMER 2024 – Host interest meetings and Basics Gatherings to present the vision and values of Ridgeside City Church to a larger group beyond our core team.
LATE FALL 2024 – Begin monthly preview worship gatherings to generate interest within the community and ensure health and viability amongst our team.
EARLY 2025 – Launch weekly Sunday morning worship gatherings with weekly open-table communities beginning the same week.
Partnerships and Affiliations
Sending Churches
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Light Church
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Neighbors Church
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The Gospel Community Church
Training provided by
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Western Seminary
(MA in Pastoral Leadership & MA in Biblical & Theological Studies)
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Multiply Church Planting Network
Denominational Affiliation
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The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel