RED Church

What happened to our church? This is not how it looked when I moved. This is/was a special place, so many fond memories live within these walls and friends hand picked by God himself, you couldn’t have asked for or possibly imagined anyone better!! I grew up in this church, I was baptized in this church, I am/was a member of this church. It was blessed by God himself, you could feel his presence in every room. It had the best youth group you could ever imagine, also blessed by Heavenly Father himself. You couldn’t ask for a better group of friends and you could feel the spirit in everything we did. I am grateful and extremely blessed to have grown up here and be a member of this church. It is and will always be South Plaza Southern Baptist church! I don’t know what happened but if you would kindly put it back the way you found it. This is a sacred place and home to many who came here and were baptized here. It’s not very polite or neighborly of ya to come in and change the place to soot your narrative. If you wanted to use the place , it is proper etiquette to respect it and take care of it and leave it as you found it. This church has stood for many, many years but now it doesn’t look right. It’s best you don’t go around trying to fix things that don’t need fixed. You’ve changed it so as one can’t even recognize the place. As I said this is sacred grounds please respect it as such. Please understand I mean no disrespect in this. It is a bit unsettling , would someone please be so kind as to tell me what happened to our church and why it now looks like this!?! Are any of our church’s original members still here??? I didn’t realize so much time had gone by. I moved awhile back, joined the Army, was sent off to war, had some kids, lived a life of selfless service. You know the typical American kids life. This place was an anchor for me in a world of chaos and uncertainty, it was my home locked away and buried in my heart. I guess I assumed it would always be there to watch from afar and come visit once in a while. Never did I imagine one day it would no longer be there. One can loose many things throughout their life, but to loose one’s home Is like loosing the very essence of one’s self. This is a sad day indeed.

This is not your “typical” church. There is no “judgey” or condemning communication here. Which I appreciate! However, Red consistently delivers biblical truths and helps us to apply them to our lives. The application piece is something that I never experienced in church before. My husband and I have attended Red since 2019. The information we gain from service as well as the community of people who truly care has been life changing for us. Because of Red we have become better spouses and better parents. My kids love coming here as well! The children’s program is great!! 👍🏼

I'm not a member of this church. The red church is a symbol of the divine. Red Door or red symbolizes the blood/life of Jesus. When I drive pass this church, I'm always impressed with the church and what is does for community. I even witnessed the manger with the live donkey for Christmas Eve. I'm sure God will always shine a bright light on this church. Be Blessed!

I am Baptist born and raised. Yesterday, I went to this church. I took my grandson and my youngest daughter. There's no way these people are this nice...Right?? Wrong!! The members are very welcoming. They truly make you feel wanted and accepted. They really care about your salvation and helping you foster a relationship with God!! Today is Monday and the kids are asking me to go to church. We will be back on Sunday!! I am hoping they have a women's group I would love to join that. I can't wait to see what type of activities they have in groups like maybe a book club or a prayer journal activity or Bible Journaling. I'm so excited to go back!!

RED Church is an AWESOME church to attend. Very welcoming and friendly. A wonderful, positive, faith building church community. I find myself thinking, daily, of all I can invite to come visit RED. I want to share what I am experiencing and feeling. It's never a good thing to keep a good thing to oneself. I do believe sharing is caring! I look forward to attending on Sundays. Gone are the Sundays, I try to find excuses why I can't make it to church. I look forward to seeing everyone, worshiping and hearing the messages. Great place to grow in your faith and I am growing for sure. Every Sunday makes for a Really Enjoyable Day.

It was a lovely experience, lovely church, lovely people. One suggestion…I take many notes at church but your lighting system is not conducive to us taking notes. This is the reason we stopped attending. I pray the LORD richly blesses you and people of every walk of life know they are welcome there because as an interracial family we personally felt very welcome (if I was able to see to take notes there, we probably may have continued attending).

Wonderful environment. Awesome worship service and great pastor with powerful message. The members could be more welcoming atleast acknowledge with a smile or wave instead of look at you without any kind of friendly gesture. But overall it was nice. The staff was overall kind.

Really sad to have to leave such a negative review but unfortunately I am left to conclude they are not at all LGBTQ+ friendly. I went for about a couple months. I was consistent. And took all 5 classes for getting involved. Wrote every week asking to be involved. Volunteered to host a community group. Wrote my proposal. Everyone kept telling me someone would contact me but they never did. They must've really been trying to avoid me. I assume it's because I wanted to create a way for the LGBTQ+ community to get to know God. And I guess they just don't want to have anything to do with it, and just didn't have the decency to tell me. Everyone there was very very welcoming and nice, so I have nothing against the congregation. But man, if I wasn't welcome there I'd rather just be told instead of strung along for weeks on end listening to messages about how they want people involved in the church, and how much they live to serve, but in the end, every single connect card I wrote, went ignored. The most I ever got was "someone will contact you" only for community groups to start without me ever having been contacted. Guys, just put it on your site- you don't want any LGBTQ people involved, that way people aren't lured into a false sense of security and hope like I was. I tried giving the benefit of the doubt the first time my card wasn't responded to. The. The second week. And then the third. But every single time after that? Really? It was behind coincidence and beyond just a simple mistake. Driving past the church now just makes me sad to think that it's another place to check off my list of where I can go to serve God.

I've been attending this church since August 20,2023. It is bible-based church that is growing. There is a real hunger and thirst for spiritual things among people in this day and age. This church boast a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic body of brothers and sisters reminiscent of what the throne room of God described in the book of Revelation where believers from every tribe, tongue, race and tongue praise the Lord together in Spirit and in truth the way God meant when HE said who is my brother and eho is my mother but HE who does the will of God. Great Spirit filled church.

I'll start off with stating I'm agnostic. I am writing this review on my second visit at RED. I came the first time on Easter with my boyfriend's aunt is who is a regular. I came again because 1. I LOVE THE BAND. It's like going to a concert, and I get hype. They have lyrics on the screen so it's easy to quickly learn the songs. The pastor is pretty dope, everything is pretty relatable, and you can find something that touches you even if you aren't religious. It's a cool church, which I don't think I'd have describle a church as "cool". But for real tho, when is the band dropping an album? I need that asap.

My wife and I had been members of a large southern Baptist Church Here in Virginia Beach for 15 years or so and were pretty active in church and Sunday school, but we reached the point where we wanted a change. We shopped and hopped for about a year until we stumbled on to Red Church. Pastor Jace O'Neill has a very relatable way of preaching the scriptures in a life application way. We attended a Bible class and ended up joining the church. We are in our middle 50's, but the church is predominately younger and now that we have a Building we are rapidly growing! We enjoy worshiping Jesus in this most down to earth diverse atmosphere and absolutely love Red Church. Dean

I was greeted and treated well. The atmosphere was ok. The sermon was alright. It's a nice church if you're not looking for much. I just wish the sermons preached were more open minded. I'm tired of "God's missing in classrooms and that's what's wrong with the world" preaching. Ok then let Muslims, Jewish religion be offered in these schools too. No? Ok then let's just accept one another and love. Stop pushing personal agendas onto people.

What a wonderful experience I've had since going to RED Church. After seeing signs on Sunday I finally decided to check it out. As a young single professional I never had "time" for church - my experience over the last 2 years has definitely changed my time management skills and now Sunday's are routine. I immediately felt welcomed and accepted. Such a variety of people and age groups. Amazing no matter your stage in life, I've grown more than I would have ever expected since going to RED. Worth checking out, "real life" messages that always hit close to home!

From my first visit I was welcomed warmly and sincerely. I also love the multi-ethnic and multi-generational component that RED exemplifies. It makes it clear to me that all are welcome. I love RED Church. :)

I am not one that likes to share a whole lot w others... but... one word that i like that is used at RED church- is *REDEEMED* With all the stuff I have been thru and where i used to be, when RED church found me, is a big big difference and I continue to grow... Altho I am still a long way from where I want to be in my spiritual walk... i am stronger each day in God, more grounded, more REfocused, thanks to the sermons at Red, and I have more HOPE for a brighter future for my lil girl and I. Just remember, no matter where you are at in life, each day is a new day to start again, each day is a new blessing from God!! Just exhale and keep going forward... whether your walking, running or crawling lol God doesn't look back at your past, and neither does RED! What God does care about and the people of RED church is the places He can lead you to, use you in, and grow you. Like a breath of FRESH air! :)

since visiting Red Church when they open their doors the end of January, I felt very welcomed and accepted. Come as you are is real here, The Pastor speaks to you in a way you really get the message not scripted word for word but the same message which I love. The music is great beautiful songs that really touch your heart for sure. I look so forward to going every Sunday with my husband whom also has been touched by the messages being related to us all, and some may pertain to what may be going on in your life at that very moment. K Gavoni

i thoght the band was fantastic they are really talented and show and naturally express their talents and true feelings throgh thier music i hope and pray that jesus and the gods of creation continue to bless red church and thier reforestation efforts thank you and god bless