Sitting on the campus of Niagara Christian Community of Schools beside the shoreline of the Niagara River in the Municipality of Fort Erie, Ontario, Riverside Community Church has been in existence since the fall of 1977. It was birthed by the support of its two parenting churches, Sherkston and Fallsview Brethren In Christ, and saw a number of these people leave their home churches to start this new work. Riverside began meeting in what is now Belmont Hall, the current library of NCC, and its first pastoral couple to give oversight to this brand new ministry was Pastor Gord and Joan Gooderham.

Riverside's existence began because of a perceived need coming out of Niagara Christian College, as it was called at that time. Not only did Riverside want to reach out to the immediate community alongside the river but it was also committed to providing a church home for those students and staff on campus. The church grew rapidly and charter membership was accepted in the spring of 1978.