River Valley Church - Apple Valley Campus

Reviews

• AO

  Adam Orton

  2 days ago
  5.0
  River Valley is a Spirit-filled church where I experience the presence of God, and I truly believe in the work happening here. One of the things I appreciate most is how globally minded this church is. The vision reaches far beyond the people sitting in the room each weekend. Yes, River Valley talks about giving and generosity. But there is a mission behind those conversations: supporting missionaries, helping them continue their work, and bringing the gospel to people around the world. To me, that is taking the Great Commission seriously. It challenges me to think beyond my own needs and consider how I can be part of what God is doing globally. There are also opportunities for discipleship, community, and spiritual growth, but experiencing those takes more than attending a service and heading straight home. Get involved. Join a group. Serve. Build relationships and ask questions. You don’t have to have everything figured out, but being willing to lean in makes a difference. I’m grateful to be part of a church that encourages us to grow in our faith, live generously, and put that faith into action.
• RK

  Rhiannon Kruger

  Nov 2, 2026
  2.0
  We attended for over a year and while there are great people and great music, the teachings leave those spiritually hungry barely nurished. The focus is so much on tithing and giving and not enough about repentance, prayer and true discipleship and following of Christ. They always promote how much money was donated and still continue to ask for more. It's becoming more like a for profit church and my spirit of discernment was really pulling at me for the last few months where I felt it was time for us to find another church more committed to scripture teaching, repentance, prayer and true discipleship without all the marketing and "look at what we're doing" promotion and heavy donation talk every Sunday for both tithing and several other causes every different month.
• JS

  Jane Stillons

  Oct 30, 2026
  1.0
  We attended with my daughter. We must’ve picked a bad day as all the pastor spoke of was tithing. It was very off putting. I felt the greed immediately.
• TT

  Tara

  Oct 18, 2026
  5.0
  Really nice church and kids is wonderful families here!
• JL

  Jesus Is Lord

  Jun 27, 2026
  1.0
  Can’t recommend. I grew up going here for several years at the original AV campus when they only had 1 campus. It’s a business. It operates like corporate America. I had serious issues in my youth while attending. Very serious stuff. My family and I attended Sundays and I went to the youth group sometimes. The pastors all knew how bad my struggles were and did absolutely nothing to help me. Helping a struggling youth wasn’t on the agenda. Probably too busy ingratiating rich people. I’ll never forget how badly this church failed me. I barely survived that era of my life, no exaggeration, and no thanks to RVC. Beyond my own personal negative experiences, just listen to the sermons. It’s nonsense. It’s feel good pseudo Christianity mixed with high pressured offerings. They pump out as many services as they can a week to get as many people as possible in the doors. Pure greed. These people need to repent for real. They’re deceived.

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