Riverside International Church Algarve
An international, inter-denominational Christian church

An international, inter-denominational Christian church

Pastor David Campos and his wife Claudia Campos invite you to join us at one of our two Sunday services:
Whether you live in Portugal all year round, have a holiday home here or a visiting for a short break, we would love to see you on a Sunday morning. You’ll find a warm welcome waiting for you, a vibrant community and contemporary services that are filled with worship, prayer and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
We are an international, inter-denominational Christian church. Our values are:
As a church, we seek unity in our essential beliefs and diversity in our non-essential beliefs. In everything we do we must show love.

Pastor David Campos and his wife Claudia
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The Sunday school takes place during our 11:00am service with one group for 7-10 year olds and another for 11-14 year olds. The creche looks after those under 7 so, whatever the age of your children, we have a place for them in our church.
During the week, we have a Prayer Meeting on Tuesdays at 9:00am and a Bible Study on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. On the third Friday of each month we have a special meeting for our Women’s Ministry and each month we hold 24 hours of prayer.

We have a creche and children's groups for 7-10 and 11-14 year olds

Between the 9:30am and 11:00am services, join us for coffee and cake and get to know the other people in the church.

Our services welcome people of all ages and all backgrounds. Whether you were born in Portugal or abroad, we hope this will be a House of God for you.

This is the church building from the outside so you'll know you've found us! Services are on the ground floor with the Sunday School upstairs.
God works in mysterious ways.
In 2014, while he was still working as a postman, David received his calling to ministry. A keen biker, he met Pastor Eddie through the Christian Motorcycle Association (who knew?) and he found the mentor he needed to learn how to launch his own church.
David didn’t speak English, had never lived abroad and have no training in ministry. But God saw the potential in him and, after three years of mentoring from Pastor Eddie, he was ordained in September 2017.
Just like the early church in biblical times, Riverside Algarve began in David and Claudia’s living room with a handful of people. When that became too small they rented a shop in Rua da Estação big enough for 25 people.
One day, 20 people turned up from Holland so, once again, the search began for more space. That brought us to our current building further up the same street in 2018. The premises needed complete refurbishment which we completed in March 2020 – just in time for Covid lockdown!
We continued growing the church through online services and trusted God to provide the resources to keep us going. Since opening after the pandemic, we have grown to the point where we are regularly welcoming 80-90 people to our 11:00am service. Our newly launched 9:30 service already attracts around 30 people and is growing every week.
We are especially pleased to launch our new Sunday School facilities in 2026. We already have 25 children in the church and the extra space will help with Sunday School as well as being available for other ministries throughout the week.
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