Our Story

On a fall evening in October 1997 a handful of people gathered in the home of Dan and Tracy Lewis to pray about starting a new and different kind of church…a church for the un-churched. A place where people who were far from God would feel safe, ask their questions, and discover what it means to be fully devoted followers of Christ. SoulRio was God’s idea. Jesus said, “I will build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” And the Bible says, “He who began a good work in you will complete it.” God put a dream in their hearts as they gathered together on their knees in prayer. He began a work that night and He used some very regular people to step-out in extraordinary faith. SoulRio is all about ordinary people living out the purposes of God in a biblically functioning local church community. In 1998 public weekend services began and over the last ten years Soulrio reaches crowds of hundreds of adults, youth and children in weekend services.