Our History
God has burdened the hearts of three families to sell their homes, move into Bedford County, and plant Bedrock Community Church. Jonge Tate, Chris Dowd, and Jeremy Minor committed to pray about doing this great work together in June of 2007 and in less than two months God united their hearts and all three families were in. God began confirming their decision and opening up doors and decisions were made to move toward a September 7, 2008 public launch. The team is now in the process of planning and preparing to serve Bedford and the surrounding communities through building relationships, building believers, and building churches.
Where did you get the name "Bedrock"?
As soon as we say Bedrock most people get a little smile on their face and begin seeing visions of Fred and Barney riding around in a foot powered car with a purple dinosaur named Dino. But if you mention that name to people from Bedford then you get a completely different response. The people who grew up in this little town in central Virginia affectionately refer to their hometown as "Bedrock". When we learned that tidbit of information the creative juices began to flow and the cultural term was partnered with the truth that Jesus is the bedrock of our salvation and our faith. Since we were a new church in the community of "Bedrock" we decided to go with the name Bedrock Community Church. So there you have it.