✦ 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

⌖Plan your first visitTimes, location and what to expect ⌂Join a family groupGrow in homes and genuine relationships ▶Messages and mediaListen, watch and grow through the Word

A warm conversation after a Living Stones church gathering

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship…”

Acts 2:42

Welcome home

Church is family, not 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 want the life of Jesus to become visible through a healthy local church.

1Church family centred on Jesus

3Family groups already gathering

AllGenerations growing together

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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.

Devoted to Jesus

Jesus is the centre of our worship, identity, decisions and mission.

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 and Sue Van De Ruit, Living Stones Family Church leadership

Richard & Sue Van De Ruit

Our leadership

Richard & Sue Van De Ruit

Richard and Sue serve Living Stones 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 help create a culture of biblical teaching, prayer, personal care, hospitality and participation. Their desire is not to build an audience around themselves, but to help people know Jesus, become mature disciples and take their place in the life and mission of the church.

Biblical, relational leadership

Living Stones is strengthening a biblical eldership structure in which spiritual leadership, doctrine, pastoral care and mission are carried through accountable relationships. Directors and ministry teams provide faithful legal, administrative and practical service to that spiritual mission.

EldershipVision, doctrine and pastoral oversight

Ministry TeamsEquipping and practical service

Church FamilyEvery believer participating

What we believe

Truth that shapes the way we live.

We hold to historic Christian faith and seek to live out the New Testament pattern of church with Jesus as the Head.

We believe the Scriptures are inspired by God, trustworthy and the final authority for faith, doctrine, character and church 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 and faith in Jesus.

We believe the Holy Spirit gives new life, forms Christ in believers, distributes gifts and empowers the church for worship, holiness and mission.

We believe the church is Christ’s body and God’s family. Believers are called to committed fellowship, discipleship, generosity, service and mutual care.

We believe Jesus leads His church through biblically qualified elders who equip the saints, guard doctrine and serve in accountable relationship with the wider body of Christ.

We believe every believer participates in making disciples, serving neighbours, strengthening healthy churches and taking the Gospel to the nations.

A wider family of churches

Walking in apostolic partnership.

Living Stones values relationship with Four12, a global partnership of churches committed to equipping, restoring and advancing the church Jesus is building.

We do not want to function in isolation. We receive input, build genuine relationships, learn from other churches and participate in God’s purpose across nations—while serving faithfully in our local context in Jinja.

EquipEvery believer for ministry

RestoreHealthy New Testament church life

AdvanceThe Gospel through the nations

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Connected, not isolatedLocal church life strengthened through genuine relationships.

Messages & media

Listen, watch and grow.

Teaching can be uploaded by an administrator with a title, speaker, date, Scripture, audio or video, description and downloadable notes.

Featured message · Audio sermon

Partnerships

Living Stones Teaching · Partnership, church family and mission

A foundational message setting the tone for the way Living Stones values biblical relationships, partnership, mission and life together in Christ.

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Church life film

Welcome Home

Short church-life clips can feature welcome, baptism, family life, teaching and testimonies. Administrators can later upload videos or add YouTube and Vimeo links from WordPress.

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