In 2019, we started with a launch team of 21 people from Mercy Hill Church, who began moving their lives from Greensboro to Roanoke to plant Redemption Church from the ground up. Then, March of 2020, things got weird! When the global pandemic hit, we weren’t sure what the future would hold. Everything came to a screeching halt (as it did everywhere else in the world). 

But God, as always, was faithful to give our team the opportunities they needed to get to Roanoke anyway. We started meeting virtually in the Spring of 2020, then began meeting in-person with masks, Fall of 2020. By Easter of 2021, our entire team had moved and started living on mission in Roanoke, despite the pandemic.

We officially launched on Easter, April 4, 2021, at the historic Grandin Theatre, then moved our Sunday meetings to another mobile meeting space at 622 Campbell Avenue. We celebrated 7 baptisms in our first 8 months as a church! Then we had 25 more baptisms over the next several years! Praise God for how he’s used our church to change lives.

Then on October 27, 2024, we’ve moved our Sunday meetings to 608 Campbell Avenue, to begin leasing the historical Calvary Church building in downtown Roanoke as our permanent church space. We have our offices there, and we gather there weekly. We’re trusting God to do even more through us in our new location! 

Our vision is to reach 1% of our city by 2030. That means we praying for 1000 people in our seats, 500 salvations, and 50 people sent out for the sake of the mission somewhere else. This is a huge vision for us! But we trust God wants to do this and more through our church. It would be impossible for us, but it’s possible for God.

We hope to see more lives changed in Roanoke in the coming years because of our church’s presence. We’re praying for all the other gospel-centered churches in Roanoke, as well. We know we can’t reach Roanoke alone. We hope God will bring a gospel-centered revival to our city and that we get to participate! We’re in it for the long haul.

We primarily associate and partner with the Mercy Hill Church Planting Family. We are also a Summit Collaborative church.

You can learn more about our lead pastor, Carter Mundy, by visiting our Leaders webpage. You can also learn more about why we chose to launch a new church in Roanoke, Virginia, by visiting our Why Roanoke webpage.

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