Thanks for taking time to visit Immanuel on-line. We hope you will use this as an opportunity to get acquainted with the truths we believe, the programs we provide, and the vision that we have to help you grow in your faith.

As the senior pastor it is my passion and goal...

To glorify God in the church
by equipping God’s people
to be Christ’s disciples
through His Word and by His Spirit.

If you live in the Richmond (Virginia) area, I invite you to attend our services and meet the people and families of Immanuel. I know your heart will be encouraged and your faith strengthened.

Sparky Pritchard
Pastor-Teacher

In the providence of God, this was one of my devotional readings on Monday morning following our Annual Meeting.  It comes from the pen of Philip Yancey in his book, Grace Notes (p. 45).  The piece is called, appropriately, “God’s Gamble.”

“‘There are two things we cannot do alone,’ said Paul Tournier: ‘one is to be married and the other is to be a Christian.’  In my pilgrimage with the church, I have learned that the church plays a vital, even necessary role.  We are God’s ‘new community’ on earth.

“I am aware, painfully aware, that the ideal church is a mirage.  Many churches offer more entertainment than worship, more uniformity than diversity, more exclusivity than outreach, more law than grace.  Nothing troubles my faith more than my disappointment with the visible church.