In 2013, Pastor Stephen Yeem, who was equipped in the seminary, saw the importance of church planting in Austin after reading news about Austin's high-tech industry was booming. Later, while serving at River of Life Christian Church in Silicon Valley, he continued to seek God to see if God had given him and his wife the vision to plant a church. Their family also went to Austin twice for vision guidance prayer walk and to visit brothers and sisters. After clearly receiving the call at the end of 2022, they officially moved from the Bay Area to Austin in June 2023 and planted the Austin River of Life Christian Church.

They currently rent the Marriott Courtyard for Sunday worship and many prayer and gospel meetings. Currently, the church has a stable gathering of about 60 people. Since 1/3 of the congregation is children and teenagers, the church focuses on developing children's ministry. At the same time, they are also vigorously developing online ministry. The church’s YouTube channel has nearly 20,000 views and a total viewing time of more than 3,000 hours. The theme of the church in 2024 is "Build and Expand" (Build and Expand). At the same time, as the number of weekly gatherings instantly increased to 80 people, Pastor Yan Laien also firmly believes in the importance of building a team. In the second half of 2024, he will focus on building a team of co-workers, equipping and training, hoping to cultivate a group of God's Disciples, work together in small group and prayer ministries.