The Christmas Outreach at the River Church that I was privileged to be a part of was incredible. I have been involved in other another church outreaches of the same comparable size as the River but the results were not the same.  To be able to lead someone to the Lord in their surroundings and be in the altar ministry and pray with them to receive the Holy Spirit and work in the food ministry to help feed them and then be able to bless their children with Christmas presents and watch them grow in the Lord and get out of poverty.  Where else in the world can you be a part of all of this and do each individual facet?  Only at the River of Tampa Bay!

I have been involved in other another church outreaches of the same comparable size as the River but the results were not the same. We would hold massive Christmas plays and musicals with many hours of hard work, designing and building sets and one week we led 22 people to the Lord and I thought that was the greatest week ever until arriving at the River.

We go to the people. We love them where they are at.  We go to their home and bring them to Christ. Because we are not worried about what people think, only about their eternal salvation.

The River is like no other place in the United States.  We have hundreds at the Altars every Sunday between the Main sanctuary and the Children’s Church. When we go on the street we reach hundreds for Christ, in a few hours.  But the best thing is watching them grow and seeing their smiling faces every Sunday. That is the greatest satisfaction that anyone could ever ask for.  To see someone that has been bound set free.  I am so blessed to be a part of the ministry of Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne.

Gary J