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Rhein Valley Cell Church Ministries

History from 1964 up to today


November 1st, 1964 Founded as Rhein Valley Baptist Mission Founding church Immanuel Baptist Church
in Wiesbaden
Meeting place:
Kirchgasse 8 in Mörfelden
January 12th, 1965


Pastor Jerry Howard called as interim pastor

 

April 18th, 1965


Rhein Valley Baptist Mission became
Rhein Valley Baptist Church (RVBC)

 

Easter Sunday
December 13th, 1966
Rhein Valley Baptist Church moves to Moerfelden/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

April/Mai 1974
David H. Hartmann becomes new pastor

 

November 1975 Pastor Jim Hallcom
Southern Baptist minister
who taught at the Wiesbaden High School

1979


Pastor John Krake

August 1983
Neal Schooley arrives as new pastor

Beginning 1985
The compleat renovation of the interior
of the building was started.

April 1985


Celebration of the completion of the work and the 20th anniversary

May 1987 Departure of Pastor Schooley


The church went through a period of
14 months without a full-time 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

May 2000
Charles & Debby Morris arrive as new Pastor

End of 2000
RVBC becomes RVCCM ( cell church based).
There are currently 5 cell churches around the
Rhein-Main area both in English and in German

January 2001
Hansjoerg Nymphius and Robert Newberry
are ordained.

setting up an Apostolic team
May 2002
Frank Loeber is ordained.

January 2003
Danny Larsen is ordained.

January 2004
Dieter and Matthias Kalder join the apostolic team

End of of 2004
RSI ev.(Raising the standard International ev.)
was founded and incorporated to serve as a
covering for ministry work in Germany
and abroad.

March 2004
Larry Bright is ordained

1st January 2005
Keys to RVCCM Worship center are given.
The whole building needs renovation on the inside.
(Nehemiah project)

17th April 2005
The new building in Weiterstadt is to a point that we moved our Sunday services here.
Continued renovations still undergoing.

10 July 2005
RVCCM celebrates 40th year Anniversary



There is a 1991 document with more details also avaible as a PDF file