RUWA is the Hebrew word for “shout” or “raise an alarm”. While attending a session at RAMP, Chris Hill preached a sermon on the word RUWA. Upon hearing it the leaders of the group felt called to name our church after it as we saw the need to shout or raise the alarm to our society today. Hide

RUWA Ministries started in June of 2006 by Pastor Rick Milone and a core group of young people. This group had become dissatisfied with the methods the churches that they were at were using. RUWA was started with the intention of spending the primary amount of resources on missions, outreach, and discipleship. As well this group was tired of people talking about this generation being the next generation of the church and never really training them to be just that. At RUWA we have a strong belief in financial responsibility of the church and discipleship training for the leaders of tomorrows church. Hide

Many churches pick their leaders based on who is physically mature. At RUWA we believe in picking leaders based on their spiritual maturity. We believe this is what Paul did when he picked a young man by the name of Timothy. Paul encouraged Timothy later by saying “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” (Timothy 4:12) Hide

MxPx has a song called Teenage Politics. One of the premises of the song is that this generation is nothing like the previous generation. We at RUWA believe just that. This generation has specific needs and they need to be spoken to differently than previous generations. We believe that this generation is important and vital enough to be spoken to on their level and in their areas of interest and need. Hide

RUWA Christian Church is non-denominational. Hide

Non denominational means that as a church we choose to not align ourselves with one particular denomination and one particular set of beliefs. While denominations can be good for many things we believe that one negative that comes out of them is division. Often times people begin to regard their denomination as more important than the greater fact that we are all Christians and are all of one body. Paul speaks of this in 1 Cornithians 1:10-17 when he speaks of people saying that they follow Paul or that they follow Apollos. We find it very similar to what people say now when they say that they follow Luther (Lutherans), the Pope (Catholics), etc. We believe that this is exactly what Paul was warning us about in 1 Corinithians 12. There is only one infallible set of beliefs and that is not found in any belief statement by any denomination. It is only found in the Bible. Hide

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is infallible and that it is the most important resource that a Christian has. We believe that the Bible is to be used in it’s entirety. The New Testament does not replace the Old Testament it just fulfills it, so both are still viable into our life today (Matthew 5:17). We are adamant that the Bible must be used in it’s totality. Bible buffeting or picking and choosing what to believe from the Bible is strictly forbidden (Revelation 22:19) Hide

The Bible is pretty direct and honest about a Christian’s stance on abortion. In Chronicles God specifically forbids and condemns the practice of sacrificing children to idols. In today’s culture we don’t sacrifice our children to wooden idols but instead sacrifice them to the gods of convenience, one night stands, and “choice”. The Bible is very clear that the child is formed and known by God in the womb (Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:13-14). As well God specifically commands us to “let the little children come to him” (Matthew 19:14). It seems difficult for us to allow the children to come to know him in life when we are killing them before they get here.

On a scientific note, I (Pastor Rick), have always wondered why is it that you are clinically dead when your heart stops beating, but you are not clinically alive when you heart starts beating. Seems very contradictory as to what makes a person alive. Hide

The Bible is pretty direct and honest about the Christian’s stance on homosexuality. God strictly forbids homosexuality in both the Old Testament (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13) and New Testament (Romans 1:18-32). The Bible also says that those who practice sexual immorality will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:20).

However, we as a church believe it to be an atrocity some of the stances that some churches have taken on homosexuality. We do not believe that “God hates fags” or that homosexuality is a sin that is worse than others. The Bible says that “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). This puts all of us in the same position, sinners in need of repentance. We believe that all people (liars, thieves, those that practice homosexuality, etc.) need to repent of their sin and turn to God. It is only through repentance and turning from our sins that we can truly be saved. Hide

RUWA Christian Church believes that the church is described in Acts and in the Epistles as being a charismatic church filled with gifts designated by the Holy Spirit ( 1 Corinthians 12:1-11). Many denominations believe that the “sign” gifts (tongues, prophecy and healing) ceased with the death of the apostles, however, there is no point in the Bible where it says that. As well not all of the “sign” gifts that are practiced in the church today are of God. We believe that the “sign” gifts will follow the rules that are laid out in scripture (1 Corinthians 14:26-40). As well we reject the notion that the “sign” gifts are how we are identified as being filled by the Spirit and saved. The Bible clearly marks the signs of being filled with the Spirit as the Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and not that of speaking in tongues. We believe that everyone will receive spiritual gifts, but is up to God on which spiritual gifts they receive and that everyone and their spiritual gifts are vital to the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:4-31) Hide

We believe in all Biblical forms of worship. Therefore we allow people to dance (2 Samuel 6:16), kneel (Exodus 34:8), raise their hands (1 Timothy 2:8), and clap (Psalms 47:1). Hide

Please check out the belief statement of our church here. If you don’t find the answer you are looking for there. Please feel free to submit a new FAQ for us to answer. Hide

Follow this link to get you to our Sunday Morning Service and this link to get you to youth group or college group services. Please reach us through the email page for directions to our adult, boys and girls Bible studies. Hide

Sunday morning services are not that different than what you would find in most churches on Sunday. We have a time of praise and worship through song. Incorporated into this time is dancing, clapping, raising of hands, and bowing. We have a time of praise and worship through giving and we have a time of praise and worship through learning from the Bible. We finish off every service with a time of praise and worship through prayer. Hide

We have many favorites when it comes to worship leaders. Some of the worship leaders we use are Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, Jason Upton, David Crowder, Michael Gungor, The Glorious Unseen, Eoghan Heaslip, United, and the Desperation Band. Hide

We do have children’s church every Sunday morning during service time. It is meant for ages 3-11. Hide

At the present moment we do not have an organized nursery, where someone takes care of your child during service. However, we do have some tools to help families of young children. We do offer a nursery room where mothers can feed, change and sit comfortably with their children. The service is broadcast into this area so that parents have no fear of missing out on the service. As well all children are welcome in the service. Hide