About Us
“I’ve done the ‘church scene’ all over the country, and Water City is something special. The fact that my husband wants to come with us to church says a lot.”
Shared by a young wife and mother, after their family relocated to Oshkosh.
Water City Church is a Christian church in Oshkosh, founded in 2007 as a new Jesus-centered community. It did not begin as a church split or from a strategic big-box multi-campus church. Water City has always been an intentionally organic local church rooted in the heart of the city of Oshkosh. We welcome seekers, believers, and the unsure.
Jesus said:
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” (Matthew 11:28-30 The Message)
We invite you to grow in faith through authentic relationships, honest questions, studying Scripture (with an eye on context as well as application), and a deepening connection with God beyond a copy-and-paste Sunday experience.
Our Roots
From day one, Water City has been a different kind of church… one that values authenticity and process over image. It’s a church where not everyone votes the same or is from the same side of the tracks. Water City is a church where right living is intertwined with right believing. It is a community of seekers and believers and “not sure about any of this’ ers.”
Our Mission
Helping people FIND and FOLLOW Jesus.
“The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world … The church also exists for a third purpose, which serves the other two: to encourage one another, to build one another up in faith, to pray with and for one another, to learn from one another and teach one another, and to set one another examples to follow, challenges to take up, and urgent tasks to perform. This is all part of what is known loosely as fellowship.”
Simply Christian
