History

Our church history goes back over 100 years to the start of a German Baptist church downtown which moved to Jamaica Plain at the turn of the century. It also involves the early stages of a Christian and Missionary "branch" that began to gather believers from different churches on Sunday afternoons to consider missions and deeper life in Christ. More recently (1969) these two groups merged into one church to form Rock Hill Alliance Church. And, most recently, we had another merge (1994) with Mission Hill Baptist Church to form River of Life Church. This merge was centered on a purpose to reach people in Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roslindale and West Roxbury and disciple them in Jesus Christ. This still guides much of our thinking and action today. Please read our Statement of Faith for a clear representation of what we believe