A WORD FROM OUR ELDERS
Welcome to Three Rivers on the Web. If you have already visited our church or are interested in doing so, let us personally invite you to explore our ministry through this website and also in person. We are just ordinary people enamored with an extraordinary Savior, growing in love for one another and influence for Christ.
Our church is located in San Marcos, Texas, a community at the very heart of the corridor between Austin and San Antonio, and home to more than 22,000 students attending Texas State University. The years ahead likely hold increasing change and diversity for San Marcos and the surrounding area. As our community grows, so does the longing for a living relationship with God and meaningful relationships with others. That hope can only be realized through Jesus Christ. It is our awesome privilege to communicate that hope…by His grace…through our lives.
I hope that our Web site gives you a better understanding of who we are and what God is doing in our midst. Feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions. Wherever you’re at, we invite you to join us in this journey.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Many times we are asked, “Why ‘Three Rivers Community Church’? What does it mean?” While some very creative (and elaborate) guesses have been offered there is no great mystique. “Three Rivers” represents the I-35 Corridor region intersected by the Blanco, San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers. We view this entire region as our mission field, and hope to help begin multiple churches in the area. “Community” expresses our desire to be both relationally oriented and locally invested. One aspect of this is our desire to reach across ethnic and demographic lines becoming more and more representative of God’s heart for the city of San Marcos. Most fundamentally, we are a “Church”– a community of believers with a common hope in our risen Savior, Jesus Christ.
OUR PURPOSE
Most people live their entire lives without ever knowing “WHY?” They exist year after year with no idea of why they live or God’s purpose for their lives. The most basic question a person can ask is “What is the meaning of my life?” (Why am I here?) Scripture makes it clear that the ultimate purpose of each individual believer, and the Church as a whole, is to glorify God. For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:36, NAS) From before all time, God has purposed to make His name known. It is for this purpose you, and I and all that exist was created (Isaiah 43:7). Only when we as individuals (and as a church) come to realize that life is not about us but about Him, is it possible to experience the joy and fulfillment made possible through Christ.
Our purpose as individuals is the same purpose we serve as a church. It is God who works all things according to His purpose (Eph. 1:11) and His Son who builds the church (Matt. 16:18). Taking the biblical truths into consideration, every aspect of the life of Three Rivers—from its formation to its destination—strives for and serves this ultimate purpose, God’s glory. …to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:21, NIV). It looks like a group of ordinary people, day-by-day choosing to grow in intimacy with Christ, and draw others toward Him that those may grow in Christ and reach others. Therefore, Three Rivers exists to bring increasing glory to God as we become a loving community of faith, transforming into a missional movement of the gospel.
Therefore, Three Rivers Community Church exists to bring glory to God in the community of San Marcos, throughout the I-35 corridor, and around the world by drawing the lost to Christ, and those in Christ to maturity, that they may spread this mission throughout the world, until His return.