Our Story

3:16 Church is making a local, state wide, national, and global, impact.

2005: 3:16 Church is planted as a multi-site location of Northridge Church of Marshfield, Wisconsin.

2010:  North Ridge Church of Abbotsford (NRC) officially becomes its own sovereign church. Pastor Will & Jenn Krebs led & loved the congregation in the first years of the new church, relocating it from Colby High School to its current location at 122 N. 2nd Street.

2012: Church plant #1, River of Hope Church in Medford, Wisconsin, is restarted.

2013: Church plant #2, Iglesia El Cordero De Dios, is planted in Dorchester,  Wisconsin.

2019: Pastor Will & Jenn Krebs are led into Chaplaincy Ministry.

2020: Pastor Joe & Dorothy Bridger are voted in as the next Pastors of NRC Abbotsford.

2021: Church plant #3, “The Gathering Place,” a native church plant in the Milwaukee Metro area, is planted.

2022:  On September 11th, 2022, NRC votes to change its name to 3:16 Church.

2023:  Church plant #4, Celebracion’ Vida Cristiana, a Hispanic church in Abbotsford, is planted.

2023: 3:16 Church begins offering state-certified faith-based counseling to the community through Redemption Song Counseling LLC. These therapeutic counseling sessions are conducted through educated, state-certified counselors.

2024: Church plant #5,  Arise Church, in Denmark, Wisconsin, is planted.

2024: Great Lakes Teen Challenge and Abiding Care pregnancy resources center is supported monthly.

2025: Church plant #6, Grace International Church on the Island Nation of Malta, is supported monthly.

 

We believe the best is yet to come!