A short history of our church

If you are interested in the history of our church than keep reading.
Orginally Rhein Valley Cell Church Ministries was founded as a pure military support church under the name Rhein Valley Baptist Church. We now exist for over 40 years in the wider Frankfurt region and today minister to an international congregation.

November 1st, 1964	Founded as RheinValley Baptist Mission	associated with ImmanuelBaptistChurch in Wiesbaden Meeting place: Kirchgasse 8 in Mörfelden
January 12th, 1965	Pastor Jerry Howard called as interim pastor
April 18th, 1965	Rhein Valley Baptist Missionbecame RheinValleyBaptistChurch (RVBC)	Easter Sunday
December 13th, 1966	RheinValleyBaptistChurch moves to Walldorf, corner of Ludwigstrasse and Kelsterbacher Strasse
June 1967	Marvin C. Taylor starts as 1st full time pastor
August 1970	Kenneth D. Emerson called as new pastor
November 1973	James Watkins arrives as new pastor	(only to April 1974 due to stateside problems)
April/Mai 1974	David H. Hartmann becomes new pastor	(early return to the US due to personal matters)
November 1975	Pastor Jim Hallcom	Southern Baptist minister who taught at the WiesbadenHigh School
1979	Pastor John Krake
August 1983	Neal Schooley arrives as new pastor
Beginning 1985	The interior of the building in Walldorf is completely renovated
April 1985	Celebration of the completion of the work and the 20th anniversary
May 1987	Departure of Pastor Schooley	The church went through a difficult period of 14 months without a pastor
July 1988	Pastor Horace "Race" Lariscy arrives
November 1994	Celebration of 30 years mission work in Germany proclaiming HIS word
December 1996	After 30 years in the same building in Walldorf we move to Braunshardt	Due to the drawndown of the American Forces a lot of members returned to the US
December 24th, 1996	Our first worship service in Braunshardt Evangelisches Gemeindezentrum	Christmas eve
May 31st, 1999	Pastor Race Lariscy resigns and moves to the USA	Wrens, Georgia
June 10th, 1999	Ray and Helen Reynolds arrive	They serve as interims pastor until July 23rd, 1999
January2000	Pastor Charles & Debby Morris stay with us for a week	Pastor Charles accepts to become our Pastor
May 2000	Pastor Charles Morris and his wife Debby arrive in Germany
December 2004	We find a new place for our worship center in Weiterstadt	Extensive interior remodelling work starts
April 2005	Our first worship service in the new location
September 2007	We have to leave the building in Weiterstadt	The new owner wants to tear down the builing.
Oktober - February 2008	We have our worship services in the CZD, Darmstadt
January 2008	We find a new building in Mörfelden	Only limited work needed to adjust to our needs.
February 2008	First worship service in the new "House of Praise"