Devoted to Jesus
Jesus is the centre of our worship, identity, decisions and mission.
✦ Welcome to church in Jinja
A family devoted to Jesus.
Growing together in faith, sharing life from house to house, and making Jesus known in Jinja and beyond.
Sundays · 10:00 AMWorship, teaching and fellowship
Family GroupsThree groups growing across our community
Everyone is welcomeCome as you are and meet the family
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship…”
Acts 2:42Welcome homeDiscover Church Life
Church is family, not a building or simply a Sunday event.
Living Stones Family Church is a Christ-centred community in Jinja where people learn to love God, love one another and follow Jesus in everyday life.
We gather around biblical teaching, worship, prayer and the work of the Holy Spirit. We also meet in homes, share meals, care for one another, disciple every generation and reach out to our neighbours. We are committed to see the life of Jesus become visible through a healthy Bible based local church.
1Church family centred on Jesus
3Family groups already gathering
AllGenerations growing together
Who we are becoming
Built on Jesus. Shaped by Scripture. Alive in the Spirit.
Our public life and our private relationships should tell the same story: Jesus is Lord, His Word is true, and His church is a family where every believer grows and serves.
Living as Family
We build committed relationships, share life and carry one another’s burdens.
Equipping Every Believer
Every person has a part to play as the church grows toward maturity in Christ.
Reaching Our World
We share the Gospel, serve our community and participate in God’s mission to the nations.
Church life
Following Jesus together, all week long.
Sunday gatherings matter, but church life continues in homes, friendships, prayer, hospitality, serving and everyday discipleship.
Sunday Gatherings
We worship, pray, receive biblical teaching and make room for the Holy Spirit to strengthen the church.
Family Groups
Smaller gatherings in homes help us build real relationships, apply Scripture and care for one another.
Men
Men encourage one another toward courage, integrity, servant leadership and faithfulness to Jesus.
Children & Families
Children belong in the church family and grow through safe, joyful and age-appropriate discipleship.
Hospitality & Serving
We open our lives, share what we have and use our gifts so that others experience the love of Christ.
Richard & Sue Van De RuitOur leadership
Richard & Sue Van De Ruit
Richard and Sue serve Living Stones Family Church in a lead eldership capacity, with a pastoral heart for people, a deep love for Jesus and a conviction that the church flourishes when believers grow as a genuine family.
They aim to create a culture of biblical teaching, worship, prayer, pastoral care, hospitality and participation. Their desire is not to build an audience around themselves, but to help people know Jesus, become mature disciples who actively take their place in the life and mission of the church.
Biblical, relational leadership
Living Stones Family Church has a biblical eldership structure in which spiritual leadership, doctrine, direction, discipline, pastoral care and mission are carried out through accountable relationships. The elders serve in accountability to an apostolic overseer. Directors, deacons and ministry teams provide faithful legal, administrative and practical service to facilitate the church’s spiritual mission.
EldershipDoctrine, direction and pastoral oversight
Deacons & Ministry TeamsPractical, administrative and ministry service
Church FamilyEvery believer participating in the life and mission of the church
What we believe
Truth that shapes the way we live.
Jesus is the centre of our faith and life. We seek to live as a Bible based church family, dependent on the Holy Spirit and committed to the mission of Jesus.
We believe in the authority of Scripture and receive the Bible as the standard for our faith and life.
We believe Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, that He died for our sins and rose again. Salvation is God’s gift of grace, received through repentance from sin and faith in Jesus.
We believe the Holy Spirit gives new life to every believer, forms Christ in each believer, distributes gifts and empowers the church family for worship, holiness and mission.
We believe the church is Christ’s body and God’s family and not a building. Believers are called to committed fellowship, discipleship, generosity, service and mutual care.
We believe Jesus leads His church through biblically qualified elders who are appointed by apostolic overseers. The elders equip the saints, guard doctrine, provide direction and where needed discipline, and serve in accountable relationship with the wider body of Christ. We also believe in the ministry of deacons who help the elders and serve the church family.
We believe every believer is to be equipped to participate in making disciples, serving neighbours, strengthening healthy churches and taking the Gospel to the nations.
A wider family of churchesExplore Four12
Walking in apostolic partnership.
Living Stones Family Church works in relationship with Four12 Global, a world-wide partnership of churches committed to equipping, restoring and advancing the church Jesus Christ is building.
We don’t function in isolation. We receive input, build genuine relationships, learn from other churches and participate in God’s purpose across nations — while presently serving faithfully in our local context in Jinja. We work together in partnership advancing the kingdom through establishing healthy New Testament churches world-wide.
EquipEvery believer for ministry
RestoreHealthy New Testament church life
AdvanceThe Gospel through the nations
Connected, not isolatedLocal church life strengthened through genuine relationships.
Messages & media
Listen, watch and grow.
Listen to biblical teaching from Living Stones and explore the growing message archive by date, series and speaker.
Partnerships
Richard Van De Ruit · 2026-06-28
A foundational message on gospel partnership, shared mission and walking together as the church family.
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Real people. Real relationships. Life together.
Every image tells part of the story: worship, friendship, baptism, teaching, hospitality and a church family growing across cultures and generations.
Find us in Jinja
We would love to meet you.
Come early, meet someone from the family and stay after the gathering for conversation and refreshments.
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Living Stones Family ChurchJinja Farmers Market, 3 Dauncey Road, Jinja, Uganda
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Sunday GatheringEvery Sunday at 10:00 AM
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Call or WhatsApp+256 772 445 597
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Get DirectionsEmailinfo@livingstonesfamilychurch.org
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