Sundays During the School Year
10:00am The Shed for Teens 6th to 12th Grade 10:30am TreeHouse for Kids 0yo to 5th Grade
10:30am ALL-Church Worship
Sundays During the Summer
10:30am ALL-Church Worship
2623 5th Ave
Rock Island, IL 61201
Same parking lot as the QCCA Expo Center
Across from Wake Brewery
OUR STORY
In January 2013 while praying with his wife Cyndi, Pastor Gregg Hampton felt a str
ong conviction to plant a church in Rock Island, IL. After an intentional and purposeful process of testing this call with trusted spiritual leaders in their lives, with the leadership of New Life Church (Colorado Springs, CO), and the Association of Related Churches (church planting organization), New Life Church sent Gregg as a planting pastor to Rock Island in July of 2013. Later, many others would join in to call Prodigals home and adopt the Spiritually Homeless. In January 2014 we launched our services at Rock Island High School and five years later opened a new location in the old Seaford Sewing Factory at the gateway to downtown Rock Island where we currently gather. Over the years we have served our local foster system, grown in our antiracism, worked to include everyone, and shared the love of Jesus in our city! OUR MISSION / VALUES / VISION
MISSION - The House is a church that exists to, Invite People In, Call Prodigals Home, and Adopt the Spiritually Homeless. VALUES - We are a life-giving church that believes no one should be left out. We are a church that partners with other churches in the Quad Cities. And we are a church that will plant more life-giving churches, so that everyone has the opportunity to Rest, Live, and Work in a great house. VISION - We want to see a massive shift from spiritual homelessness, to a strong, undeniable sense of spiritual family in Rock Island and the Quad Cities! BELIEFS
Our approach to beliefs, theology, and doctrine are summed up well by the 17th century theologian Rupertus Meldenius:
"In essentials Unity, in non-essentials Liberty, in all things Charity." We stand on the Nicene Creed as common doctrinal ground embraced by the global church, guiding us to focus on what is central while avoiding quarrels over disputable matters (Romans 14). We believe the Bible is the inspired story of a perfect God written by imperfect people (2 Timothy 3:14-16), and The Wesleyan Quatrilateral offers an example of how the scriptures, tradition, reason, and experience all shape how we can follow Jesus. We welcome all persons and have no leadership limits based on race, gender, sexual identity and orientation, or physical ability, for those who confess Jesus Christ is Lord (Romans 10:9). Helpful Reads:
Antiracism and Racial Unity - Scriptures: Luke 10:25-37, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 2:11-22
Racial Reconciliation - Doctrine: Belhar Confession
Religion and Racism - Books: Divided by Faith, Roadmap to Reconcilation
Female Leadership - Scripture: Judges 4-5, Matthew 28:8-11, Romans 16:7
Female Leadership - Books: The Blue Parakeet, Emboldened
Radical Welcoming - Scripture: Luke 15:11-32
Unity in Disputable Matters - Scripture: Mark 9:38-39, Romans 14
LGBTQ+ Inclusion - Books: A Letter to My Congregation, Changing our Mind
Spectrum of Physical Ability - Scripture: Exodus 4:10, Mark 8:22-26, Galatians 6:11, 1 Timothy 5:23
An Array of Doctrinal Topics - Book: After Evangelicalism
