Our Story
Engage Community Church is affiliated with Churches of Christ in NSW/ACT.
The church originally began as Hillside Community Church in December 1999 as a church plant from Castle Hill Community Church. Several families were commissioned to commence a new church in the rapidly growing estates of the residential development known as the North-West sector of Sydney, specifically around the suburb of Rouse Hill. In 2005, the church changed its name to Rivergum Community Church.
With new leadership at the church, marking a new era of ministry, the church decided to change its name from Rivergum Community Church to Engage Community Church. This new name came into effect from February 2022. With a new name also comes a newly articulated vision for the future that God has for the church’s ministry in the north west suburbs of Sydney and around the world.
Since its beginning, the church has met in local schools and famously in a tent for a number of years. At each location, the church continued to grow. Eventually allowing the church to purchase a property at Withers Road, Rouse Hill. This property was sold in 2021 to consider new church facility possibilities.
Although Engage currently meets on Sundays at The Ponds School, the church has purchased some warehouse spaces again in Withers Rd, Rouse Hill and for them to become our new church home in mid-2026.