Our Story

San Antonio is among America’s fastest-growing cities and is now the 7th largest city in the United States. Long known for the Alamo and the Riverwalk, San Antonio has always been a tourist destination. In recent decades San Antonio has become a major hub for health care research and services, technology, banking, United States military training, and commerce linking Mexico and the United States. Combined with its rich and historic past, San Antonio is truly a unique city with a vibrant future. 

Redeemer entered into this culturally rich and dynamic city in the summer of 2002 eager to share the ancient, yet timeless message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our place is found in the urban core of San Antonio. Redeemer’s first public worship service was held downtown at The Bright Shawl, two blocks away from what would become our permanent home at 903 N. St. Mary’s Street. Redeemer purchased the former YMCA Building in 2012, revitalizing the long-vacant building to serve as an anchor for ministry to the city of San Antonio.

Now a church of more than 900 members, Redeemer longs to reach our city with the good news of the Gospel. The Gospel is not simply about sharing a message, doing better, or being nicer, but about God’s renovation of the whole of our lives—giving us a new focus for worship, new fuel for life, and new purpose for the future. 

Our desire is to lovingly embrace and support the people and culture of San Antonio, not alienate or condemn. We see the needs and problems of our city as opportunities for service and sacrifice, not problems to overlook or abandon. Redeemer seeks to engage San Antonio's business, university, professional, medical, and art communities in the hopes of seeing resources and people redirected by the love of Christ in order to bless the wider city.

Redeemer welcomes everyone—the seeker, skeptic, and spiritually hungry. We desire to be a place of healing for those burnt out and wounded by the world and the church. We work hard to build bridges among the various ethnicities present in our city so that the Gospel's transforming message may touch more lives. 

In a time when churches are leaving the city, our vision to serve and reach the city could not be more important.