Risen Hope Church was established in 2011 as a church plant out of Sovereign Grace Churches.  Several families moved to Summerville from Charlotte, NC, to help plant the new church, originally called Sovereign Grace Church of the Lowcountry (SGCL).  The Lord later brought a connection between the leadership of SGCL and Sangaree Baptist Church, who decided that our churches are better together than we are apart.  In 2018, the two churches merged to become one, new church family called Risen Hope Church.  We meet on Sundays at 10 a.m. on the former Sangaree Baptist Church property.

We have Hope Kids during our Worship Gathering to teach our children God-centered truths that have real-life application in a fun and safe atmosphere. An identity tag system is used for security.

Children 9 months to 11 years old are with their parents in the “worship through singing” portion of our gathering. There is a break in the middle of the gathering for parents to take these children to class. This gives the children and parents the opportunity to sing to God together as a family.

You are welcome to keep your children with you the entire Worship Gathering instead of placing them in Hope Kids, if you prefer.

We strive to be friendly and welcoming, so when you arrive you will have an opportunity to meet some of our members. Please let us know if we can help you in any way.

Our gathering lasts about 1 hour and 45 minutes. We worship through singing for about 30 minutes, then do announcements, offering, and sometimes testimonies or prayer. We then take a 10-minute break so we can greet you, our guests, and check our children (ages 9 months to 11 years old) into their Hope Kid’s class. After the break, we listen to God’s Word being taught for about 40-45 minutes.

There is also a Welcome Table in the lobby with church information and folks to meet you and answer any questions you may have.

Our worship music style is contemporary with a mixture of modern worship songs and hymns. They are sung expressively with the leading of the Holy Spirit and working through His gifts. If you would like to hear some songs we use, check out the Sovereign Grace Music website.

We try to choose songs with Christ-centered theology that will stir our hearts to affection and praise to the Lord as we sing.

Our desire is to teach in a thoroughly biblical manner while making it applicable to everyday life. Most of the time we preach verse-by-verse through different books of the Bible (expository preaching). We will occasionally do a topical message series to address specific issues.