OUR MISSION
People Investing in People for Eternity
OUR METHOD
Come. Grow. Go.
OUR GOAL
That people would become disciples: individuals transformed by God who live, love and lead like Jesus.
OUR AFFILIATION
Our foundation is simple and strong. At Orchard Hills Church, we take the diverse ideas, backgrounds, and cultures within our congregation and focus on the fundamentals of the Christian faith. The use of ancient creeds within a church service, although traditional, help to sum up the basic ideologies and beliefs that our church represents. The essentials of the Christian faith that are summarized in these creeds, paired with dedication to serving our community through outreach, is what makes us who we are.
We have been affiliated with the Anglican Church in Rwanda since our founding and continue to maintain that relationship. They have taught us so much through the years about what it looks to operate missionally as a church, with many of their pastors overseeing three or four congregations. Since our founding, the Anglican Church in Rwanda has also provided spiritual oversight and wise counsel to our leaders and congregation. Their practical application of biblical truth along with their grounding in the historic, biblical faith of the Anglican Church have been an amazing blessing to us over the years.
Orchard Hills also enjoys relationships with other like-minded, gospel-centered churches in the US through its partnership with the Christ Together Network. Today, Christ Together gathers as leaders and churches for the gospel saturation of cities and communities. Through collaboration, they desire to mobilize disciples, plant new churches, meet physical and spiritual needs, and unify the Church to consistently demonstrate and communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every man, woman, and child in North America. They believe that together, as one Church, we can own the lostness of identified people in defined places to ensure that everyone has repeated opportunities to respond to the Good News.
“Jesus causes us to come alive spiritually, and an incredible result of this abundant life is that we aren’t enslaved to living for ourselves anymore. We now get to be People Investing in People for Eternity.”
OUR HISTORY
The vision for Orchard Hills Church (OHC) was birthed by the leadership team at Church of the Holy Spirit (CHS) in Roanoke, Virginia in 1997. This vision became a reality in January 2003 as 49 adults and 42 children from CHS moved to Botetourt and began meeting at their current facility. Since that time the church has experienced steady growth and helped to plant seven other churches in the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Lynchburg, Rockbridge County and Yorktown.
Along with planting other churches we have seen our facility grow as well. We completed a 16,000 square foot children’s and youth building that is simply amazing and houses the Orchard Hills Day School and Orchard Hills Achievement Center. The next phase will be a new sanctuary that seats 800 people along with a commercial kitchen and large common area.