NewStart RiverCity is a small group of people, coming together as a church, on the north side of Brisbane that has a desire to touch people’s lives and help them enjoy the very best of life.

We are a Christian church. We take the claims of Christ seriously and the one thing He was focused most on was His love for us. We believe God’s love, as demonstrated in Jesus Christ, can change our lives for the better.  That change, however, isn’t brought about primarily through the acceptance of certain belief systems or doing certain things right. It comes about by a very personal discovery of the validity of Jesus' claim.

We believe that to know God is to discover joy, peace, happiness and love like we never thought was possible. We aren’t committed to trying to convince people of certain beliefs but of loving people until they know what incredible people they are. That means accepting people no matter how they look or what they think. It means being safe for people, not condemning them or trying to control them. It means walking together through life’s ups and downs and finding out how truly wonderful that process can be.

We are a growing group of friends. We have all lived life. We’ve experienced tragedy and joy, happiness and heartbreak, fear and hope. We know what it is to be lonely, ashamed, tired, despairing.  We’ve known times in our lives of fabulous victory and dreams realised, and we've lived through times when we have gritted our teeth and held on for grim death.

We are all very different people; old and young, successful and struggling, managers, business owners, retirees, employees, students, travellers and “stay at homers”.

We are a people with a dream that we can play a part in making the world a better place. A place filled with the grace of God lived out in love, hope and acceptance. In July of 2013 we are intending to launch a brand new youth focused programme. Why are we waiting? We want to spend the next two years consolidating our resources to make us more affective in touching needy lives. From July 2011 we are moving our current worship programme to a Sunday afternoon format and seeking to raise finances that will help us achieve our goal.

We are a part of the Church of the Nazarene. This denomination has committed to assisting us in getting started. It helps shape our beliefs and guide our practices. Our primary task is to help people understand God’s love, and the Church of the Nazarene is the vehicle that helps us do that. If you want to know more click on this link.