Our Mission

Making Disciples.

Because He Lives.

Our

Beliefs

These are the eternal truths that we stand upon and let guide us through the shifting times that we live in. God’s Word is our foundation.

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God has communicated this grand narrative through the written Word, inspiring some 40 authors over a period of over 1,600 years to pen the 66 books of the Bible. This library of history, poetry, and prophecy, as originally written in its original languages, is trustworthy and without error. Every word is the result of divine inspiration and guidance, expressed through human personalities and styles. Accordingly, the Scriptures hold highest authority over all other means of revelation, and everything within can help us learn about who God is and who we are called to be in response. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21)
The story begins with the one and only true God, eternally existent and self-sufficient in a community of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God exists in Trinity—three, yet one; one, yet three—each member equal in glory, co-eternal in majesty. Within the Trinity, every attribute of God is perfectly embodied and effectively revealed. (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7; Deuteronomy 6:4; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:1-2, 14, 18; Hebrews 1:8-9; Revelation 22:3)
We believe in God the Father, an everlasting, infinite, perfect personal being who is the sovereign and rightful ruler of all that exists – perfect in all of His attributes. (Genesis 1:1; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Isaiah 43:6-7)
Jesus is the promised Messiah, the Son of God, begotten, not created. He became man without ceasing to be God. He did so in order that He might bring us back into a relationship with our Creator. (John 3:16; Colossians 1:15; John 10:30; Philippians 2:5-8)
The Holy Spirit of God is the Divine Person who brings conviction of sin to the world and is the indwelling Guide and Counselor in all believers, guiding them into all truth as the Father wills. He equips and partners with believers in the mission of God. (John 14:15-17, 26, 16:12-15; Galatians 5:22-23)
As an expression of divine love and glory, God chose to create the Universe and all things therein. He made everything out of nothing by the power of His word—all of which was good. At the pinnacle of His creation, He fashioned humanity in His own image, male and female, and gave them dominion over all else that He had made. (Genesis 1:1-31)
The story takes an unfortunate turn. Despite having every needed provision for lives of joy and peace with God and creation, mankind chose himself over God. We believed the lie that we knew better what would bring us fulfilled lives. Because of man's rebellion, the perfect relationship between us and God was broken, and Heaven and Earth were no longer one. Every human since this fall has been born with a sinful nature—a heart bent away from God—prone to choose self over God, in need of God's saving grace. (Genesis 3:4-7; Romans 3:23-24)
From the moment of man's initial sin and the plunge of all creation into its curse, God promised to set things right. Jesus proved to be that figure, fulfilling all Old Testament prophesies. He was God made flesh—the second person of the Trinity. He entered human history as a man to live without sin in perfect obedience, to die for sin as the propitiation from God's righteous wrath, and to victoriously resurrect over sin and death. Jesus then returned to His place of glory in Heaven, where to this day He intercedes before the Father on behalf of all those who trust in His sacrifice. God adopts this people of faith as children and unites them as His church. He regenerates our dead hearts to new life and gives the Holy Spirit to help us continue Christ's work of restoring Shalom. (Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:16; Leviticus 16; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Isaiah 53:1-12; John 1:1-3, 14; Hebrews 2:17, 4:15, 7:25; Colossians 2:13-15; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 1:13; Titus 3:5; 1 John 4:12)
The story ends with God making things as He originally created them: perfect. Free from sin, pain, and even death, we will be united with our Creator again, invited to partake in the Kingdom He has been establishing. Jesus has promised to return one day, not again as a humble servant, but in glory to judge the nations. He will usher in a resurrection of all peoples and will bring final justice. He will establish a new Earth in which the redeemed people of God will enjoy Him and His blessings forever. (Revelation 11:18; 2 Peter 3:13)

Our Story

On January 10, 2021, Risen Church North became the official name of our church. However, the story of Risen started years earlier when our pastor, Sean Eppers, started feeling called to church planting in 2008. In preparation for this calling, Sean spent 2 years at The Austin Stone Community Church as a church planting resident, learning and being developed in the gospel and in church planting.

After his two year residency, Sean, desiring to continue learning and growing from other leaders, joined the staff of a 2 year old church plant where his love for the local church and the gospel continued to grow.

Over the course of the next 6 years, through what felt like many struggles and failures, Sean began to more clearly understand the kind of church God was calling him to plant: a church of broken people with no room for selfish agendas; a church full of the kindness of God that leads us to repentance; a church where we are stumbling into green pastures and beside still waters by the providence of God; a church where the gospel is not just good advice but life giving good news!

On the first Sunday of January 2015, Sean planted this church under the name of Providence North Community Church, and for 5 years, Providence existed to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ. In early 2020, though, a stirring to be a more effective gospel-furthering, church-planting, disciple-making church was rising in our leadership, and at the same time, an opportunity was presented. This opportunity was to start a collective of churches with our friends down the road at Bridgepoint that locked arms with one another in order to more effectively reach the greater Houston area with the gospel. Both churches laid down their names to take the name of Risen Church, and the Risen Collective was born.

We are now Risen Church North, and we exist to make disciples because Jesus lives.