About us

Together we are a community of believers. What does that mean, the word community? We believe that together in fellowship we grow closer to God and one another. The bible speaks about iron sharpening iron. We believe that together we grow stronger. We are a community of believers.

We strive to be a church without walls. Jesus calls for us to go outside the walls to reach the lost and the broken. It is there that the lost will be found. Most churches find it is comfortable to stay within the walls, but we make it an effort to be like the church from the book of Acts, to see our city changed.

We highly value our relationships with one another. We look to grow through fellowship, and ultimately growing closer to God. We value the word of God, and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We look to extend grace to all of the lost and broken, and lead those with no hope to the hope of Jesus Christ.

Roadside Chapel started in 1953 with a small group of people holding cottage meetings in Rutland. Eventually they moved to a room above McLellan's Drug Store in downtown Rutland. In 1954 Pastor Harry Snook purchased land at 44 Woodstock Avenue and began construction of our first building in 1956. We were incorporated that year and moved into the new structure in October.

In 1962 Dan Van Luven came as the second pastor of Roadside and a phenomenal growth occurred during his 42 years of ministry. Land was purchased on Town Line Road in 1977 and after several years, it was time to move to larger facilities. Construction began on the new property and our first service in the new faciliity was held on October 6, 1991. Rob Rainville arrived as Assistant Pastor in 1997 and became Senior Pastor in 2004 upon Pastor Van Luven's retirement.

In the summer of 2018 Vinny Greene moved from a large church in Maine to become our fourth Senior Pastor.

In February of 2024, we launched a second campus in Brandon and welcomed Noah O'Connor as its first Campus Pastor.