Recent Student Testimonies

God has been doing such awesome things at “The River Church” in Tampa Bay.  I have never been under such a powerful ministry that truly cares and has the Agape love for every single member.  On December 13, 2009, we had a Spanish Outreach for the Tampa Bay area for Christmas.  I had the privilege to be in attendance and serving at our children’s church service.  There were well over 200 kids in attendance and the power of God fell in a mighty way.  From the beginning of service, until the end, the kids were having so much fun praising God with all of their hearts.  There were over 100 first time visitors!  Wow!  We had kids coming in from our bus ministry, where we go to various parts of our communities and bring families to and from church.  This Sunday, we were giving away 1000 toys to the children and 500 boxes of food to the families.  The kids were so hungry for the word of God.  We had over 300 helpers for this service alone to help out with this outreach. We had bike giveaways, games for the kids, and a powerful message that impacted the hearts and lives of everyone in attendance (including the workers) As I looked across the room, I noticed a wide variety of kids.  A lot of the kids are just wanting to be acknowledged and need love. At the end of the service, a alter call was giving and several kids had tears in their eyes because the message had impacted their lives in a special way.  We had close to 150 first time salvations at children’s church this morning.  I have never seen kids flooding to the altar like this and asking Jesus to come into their heats.  I was so excited just to be apart of the service and seeing the harvest of souls!  These kids are the next generation and it is up to us to disciple them.  It is only because of the vision that God has given our pastor, Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne, that we are seeing these kinds of results. He truly is a great man of faith and has a heart after God.  Every person that helped at service, has a strong desire to reach the lost at any cost. The only thing we can take to heaven with us is souls!   The bible tells us to go into all of the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  Every week we go into these communities to soul win and tell everyone about God’s love for them.  People’s lives are getting impacted and a harvest of people are coming to church every Sunday.  The only reason we are seeing the great harvest of people being saved, is because of all of the seeds that are being planted everyday in the Tampa Bay area.  I truly am blessed to be apart of such a wonderful church, here at “The River”!

Ricky H