At River of Life we want to be: "Exercising Faith in Jesus Christ Everyday" Refreshing Faith: It's alive and inspiring to others Real Faith: It's honest with God self and others Relevant Faith: It's up to date and practical Radical Faith: It's completely committed to Jesus Redemptive Faith: It builds and serves our community and world 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