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Where God's Perfect Word Restores Imperfect People
 

VISION STATEMENT

To bring the hope of the cross, and the truth of the Word,

to a people RESTORED to God, through Christ Jesus.

ABOUT US

Hello, and thank you for your interest in Restored Community Church. The word “restored” means to be reestablished, refreshed, and revived. We at RCC believe that all of us have blown it, but desire something more in life than regret or mediocrity. We’ve discovered that “more” is a relationship with Jesus, God’s one and only Son, who came to earth in order to RESTORE us from failure to follower. Join us as we set out on a journey to discover the authentic life of a Christ-follower through obedience to His Word, loving one another in truth, and serving and showing what the abundant God-life looks like. “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. RESTORE to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.” Psalm 51:10, 12

Pastor Ben

 
 

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God. Therefore, our ministry emphasizes the exposition of God's Word from Genesis to Revelation, line upon line, precept upon precept.

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential and that repentance from sin and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is the only way to come into a relationship with God.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life; we further believe His power and gifts are available to believers today. 

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe it is important to uphold the scriptural practices of the early church. Therefore, we hold to the practice of water baptism and the regular taking of Communion. We do not believe that either of these practices is essential for salvation, but that they serve as a demonstration of our living faith in Christ.

We believe that God created mankind—male and female—in His own image and likeness, free of sin, to glorify Himself and enjoy His fellowship. Tempted by Satan, but in the sovereign plan of God, man freely chose to disobey God, bringing sin, death and condemnation to all mankind. All human beings, therefore, are totally depraved by nature and by choice. Alienated from God without defense or excuse, and subject to God's righteous wrath, all of mankind is in desperate need of the Savior (Genesis 3:1–6; Romans 3:10–19; Romans 1:18, 32).

We believe that God designed marriage, exclusively, as one man and one woman. (Mark 10:6-8)

We believe it is the aim, duty, and privilege of every believer and local church fellowship to glorify God by responding as active participants in the Great Commission call of Jesus Christ to go and make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:19)

 

tHE RCC TEAM

 

Ben & Debbie Harris 

Senior Pastor & Women’s MINISTRIES Director

After 20 years in law enforcement, Pastor Ben felt God’s calling to full time ministry at his church. After working under Dr. David Jeremiah as Men’s Pastor for 8 years, Ben once again felt God was calling him away from his current service to plant a church somewhere. The Lord led him and his wife, Debbie, along with a team of 12 up to the Treasure Valley of Idaho where they planted a house-church in their home. Soon afterwards, a church in Eagle, in search of a pastor, contacted Pastor Ben and the the rest is history. 

Debbie asked God if she could be a pastor’s wife when she was just a teenager and God delighted her. Her greatest fulfillment is to support her husband in what God has called them to and that included a myriad of hats in this church plant. She currently heads up our Women’s Ministry Department overseeing a women’s council of 6 women who serve a 2-year term and help to coordinate the women’s events. Her greatest passion is pointing women to the Word as she oversees the RCC Women’s Bible Studies.

Pastor Ben and Debbie (best-friends) have 6 adult children, and 14 grandchildren who they love spending time with whenever possible. Having lost their oldest child in February 2021 they are blessed and challenged to finish raising her three children.

Pastor Ben restored an old rusted 41 Chevy pickup from his family, and uses it as a metaphor for God’s restoration of us through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.

 
 

Matt moffett

EXECUtive Pastor

Matt has been in full-time ministry for almost 25 years. He has served as a Pastor at River Oak Grace Community Church, Oakdale, CA; Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon, CA; and Calvary Church in Albuqurque, NM.

While serving in missions he and his wife spent 10 years in Africa, living in Malawi and Ghana. While there, they launched Evangelism Explosion and Hope for Kids in both English and French speaking countries in West and Central Africa.

Matt and his wife Toni have been married for 33 years. They have 4 children and 7 grandkids.

“We are excited to be part of the team at Restored Community Church and to work alongside Pastor Ben and Debbie to grow the impact of RCC and reach the local and global community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” - Matt

 
 

John (& Lorrie) Shackelford

Associate Pastor

Since giving HIS life to Jesus at age twelve and beginning full-time ministry in his mid-twenties. Pastor John has been a Pastor and Sr. Pastor of churches in New York, Texas and California. To continue to grow in his ministry, in addition to personal and experiential study, Pastor John has earned a Master of Divinity, a Doctor of Philosophy, and been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity.  Pastor John and Lorrie have been married 33 years and have five adult children, and fifteen grandchildren. Pastor John and Lorrie enjoy playing tennis for the past twelve years.  Pastor John’s passion is to love people and enable them to understand God’s Word at a deep level and know Jesus’ love and His finished work of Grace.

 
 

Cole (& Sarah) Loftis

Youth pastor

After graduating high school and entering the workforce, Cole soon realized that God had a different plan for his life. He quit his job in order to work at Indian Hills Camp, which is a Christian summer camp in Southern California. There he found a love for reaching and teaching kids about the good news of Jesus Christ. His passion is to challenge students to live a Christ centered life at school, in the home, and everywhere they may go.

Cole and Sarah Loftis were married in March of 2020, enjoy spending time outdoors together with their dog Maya, and are expecting their first child in October of 2023. They both have served in ministry together and look forward to the many years serving the Lord alongside each other.

 
 

Nicole McSherry

Worship Leader

Nicole grew up in a ministry family, spending much of her youth at church helping her family serve. She joined her first youth worship team at 13, where she learned the history of worship in the Old Testament and how it affects our worship today. She grew up loving hymns and loves to incorporate them as well as other genres into contemporary worship sets. Nicole has a deep desire to lead the Bride of Christ into worship and see the congregation edified as they worship in unison. She and her husband Frank have three amazing kids and they can all be found serving alongside each other most Sundays.

 
 

Toni moffett

Childrens ministry director

Toni has a passion for every child to come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior! She had a life changing encounter with Jesus when she was a 23-year old and from that point on, her life’s goal was to share the Gospel (Good News) with everyone she met. Toni jumped right into her Christian walk by serving as a leader in an A.W.A.N.A. program and that’s where her love for memorizing Scripture and teaching children to do it as well started. As a missionary in Africa for 10 years, she has trained and equipped thousands of children how to share their faith with others. Toni and her husband Matt have been married for 33 years, have 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

 
 

John (& Cindy) Collins

MEN’S MINISTRY DIRECTOR

John Collins grew up in a traditional protestant church but made a personal commitment to Christ at age 22 after finding a fresh expression of faith through the Jesus Movement of the seventies. John began his ministerial career in 1984 when he joined the staff at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Ca. John holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. He was ordained to the ministry in 1985 by Harvest Christian Fellowship where he served first as an associate pastor and then as administrative pastor. In 1989 John was asked to head up a new evangelistic outreach known as the Harvest Crusades.

After a successful launch in the summer of 1990 John went on to direct Harvest Crusades and outreaches across the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, attracting more than 5 million people and recording some 500,000 professions of faith. John served as both the Executive Pastor for Harvest Christian fellowship and the Executive Director for the Harvest Crusades. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 2010 from California Baptist University. After 37 years with Harvest, John retired in 2021 and moved to Star, Idaho in January of 2023 where he has been consulting with churches in the Treasure Valley. John and his wife Cindy have been married for 46 years. They have four sons, four beautiful daughters-in-law, and fourteen grandchildren.

 
 

vicki Siebenberg

Preschool Director

Vicki has served in children’s ministry for almost 25 years. It is her passion to instill wonder in the hearts of preschoolers of the God who made them, loves them, and wants to be their friend forever. She believes wholeheartedly that nothing is more important than knowing Jesus.

After receiving Christ as her Savior and being discipled by her Pastor’s wife at the time, Vicki started attending Bible Study Fellowship where she served as a discussion leader and a children’s leader. It was while serving as a children’s leader in BSF, that God called her into church ministry where she has served as a teacher, worship leader, and Early Childhood Director at New Heights Christian Fellowship and Eagle Christian Church. She started the preschool program at Cole Valley Christian Schools and was the Director and a teacher there for 5 years. 

Vicki and her husband Ron have been happily married for almost 10 years. They enjoy serving alongside each other on Sundays and sharing in this new adventure of starting Restored Christian Preschool. They have 3 adult children together. 

Vicki is excited to be part of the Restored forever family and to reach preschoolers and their families with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

 
 

Kelly DeChant

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Kelly is a wife of 41 years to her best and dearest friend, Ronny, mom to 2 adult sons, and the blessed GaGa to 3 beautiful grand girls. Kelly came to know the Lord over 38 years ago and has been a discipling ever since. Kelly and her husband came to RCC in May 2018 and cherish every moment being a part of the Forever Family. When she is not working at the church office, she enjoys camping, reading, writing, and spending time with her family and friends. She co-leads a Women’s Bible study and loves mining God’s Word.

 
 
““I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life.””
— Psalm 30:3

Our Restoration Story

We at Restored Community Church believe that all of us have blown it, but desire something more in life than regret or mediocrity. We've discovered that "More" in a relationship with Jesus, God's one and only Son, who came to earth in order to RESTORE us from failure, to both a present and future life with Him.

Join us as we set out on a journey to discover the authentic life of a Christ-follower through obedience to His Word, through loving one another in truth, and through serving and showing others what the abundant God-life looks like, up close and personal.