River Valley Church - Apple Valley Campus — Attraction in Apple Valley

If I could give this church no star, I would. My main concern with this church is the teachings. I realized that the doctrine of flesh and materialism is so deeply rooted, many of the gathering of people are about money, collections and sowing. Is it never about soul winning and repentance always about money. They tell you to bring more and more people to the church but only to receive more offerings. And when I addressed the pastor about praying as a church to ask for forgiveness of our sins so that we are cleansed and purified BEFORE SERVICE, (In the spirit realm what we physically can not see is if this isn’t done, then our prayers and praise does NOT go up to the Holy Throne of God. They are done in vain and nothing done in vain comes before God.) (Most people do not know that) the pastor said they believe in grace. And that the church “should” know to repent when “need be” But I explained that yes by the grace of God sent His only begotten Son Jesus to die for us. But grace does NOT substitute an attitude of repentance in our every day walk with God. Long story short pastor Rob justified his actions. Which then confirms the attitude of the church teachings of sowing money into the church. Being materialistically successful is obviously Pastor Robs focus, with a “teaching people about Jesus” banner across his selfish ambitious goal. Also the church celebrates Halloween which the True Body of Christ Should NOT partake in. It’s a very demonic pagan holiday. And when confronting another pastor about this, that too was justified. Claiming that because they don’t call it “Halloween” makes it ok? If your celebrating the CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS of a holiday then you ARE partaking in it.

Lastly I see the “4/5” stars this church has, I can definitely say, there are many because of the many people that are deceived themselves. God I pray that you lift the veil of these peoples eyes so that they may not be deceived by the “glitz and glam” that they believe is what makes a church worthy of your Holy Presence. “And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.” ‭‭2 CORINTHIANS‬ ‭11:14-15‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Amen.

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I don't even know where to begin. I recently visited this church with my sister and I have never felt more unsafe. It is clear that the leaders of this church care more about lining their pockets than anything else—the building itself just screams wealth. Smoke machines in the sanctuary, high-end camera quality and lighting... it felt like I was at a rock concert or in a fancy conference center. So, so disgustingly performative and forceful.

I went thinking I would benefit from attending a more contemporary service as that is how I was raised, but this was completely unexpected. We were greeted by a young woman and man at two separate times before the service started, asking us questions (names, where we were from, etc) and being overly excited to the point that it felt disingenuous. Honestly, I wish I had lied about who I was—during the announcements section of the service, the young man who spoke to us earlier SINGLED US OUT and told the entire congregation (probably 150+ people) our names and where we lived, and then laughed on stage and made some comment about embarrassing us. Why, yes, Jamer, you made us feel deeply uncomfortable. You used our presence and our story to make yourself look good without our consent in a huge room full of unfamiliar people. Good for you.

They had a song lyric that mentioned the government, the pastor referenced a random FBI report in his sermon to bolster his personal convictions about Christians being persecuted in this country, which is a REACH, considering Christianity is America's dominant religion. And the altar call at the end was creepy, especially when the campus pastor looked in our direction for a LONG time. I could go on and on, but I don't think that would be helpful at this point.

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First and foremost I am glad all of the reviews on here are positive however I personally had a very bad experience on my first and certainly last visit. My wife and I attended here to have our daughters dedication ceremony. We were so excited and were really feeling the service. and so were our families. Right after the dedication portion of the service my wife stepped out with our older child because she was scared from the noise of the live music beforehand. I stayed back with our 6 month old who was enjoying the lights and sounds and was as quite as can be. Kathy came up to me and asked me to step out of the service along with my nephew who was behind us. She explained to me that one of the pastors called and asked to have us removed. I am dumbfounded how a church who's pastor was just preaching about the beauty of children and how important and great of a decision the parents made to dedicate raising their children to to lord would have a silent 6 month old removed from the service. I got the feeling that the service was more geared towards deeper pockets than mine while the cameras rolled. I have never felt so embarrassed and by a church of all things. Sad to say this will be our memories now of the day of our daughters dedication ceremony. Shame on you, we will...