{"id":1614,"date":"2017-09-01T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2017-09-01T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:27:17","slug":"river-life-passion-church-celebrate-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2017\/09\/01\/river-life-passion-church-celebrate-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"River of Life and Passion Church Celebrate 10th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The atmosphere pulsated with high energy and the Holy Spirit\u2019s presence as two congregations in the Heartland Conference came together on August 27th, 2017, to mark a significant milestone in their history. River of Life (ROL), pastored by Richard and Linda Goad, and Passion Church (PC), led by Pastors Steve and Julie Ely, celebrated the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of their mother-daughter relationship with a combined worship service.<\/p>\n

In August of 2007, River of Life released a team of leaders to launch the new congregation. Passion Church now ministers to over 200 members in Bethany, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

River of Life, located in far Northwest Oklahoma City, hosted the joint celebration service. It included a combined worship team and band, video greetings from both general and conference leaders in the\"\"<\/a> International Pentecostal Holiness Church (some of whom were present in the service), and the dynamic preaching ministry of guest speaker, Rev. Stacy Hilliard.<\/p>\n

\u201cRiver of Life is privileged to be a part of the success of Passion Church,\u201d said Pastor Goad. \u201cThis is kingdom business, and we are thrilled with what God is doing through our daughter congregation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This \u201cfamily\u201d of churches continues to expand as Passion Church is launching its own daughter congregation in nearby Yukon, Oklahoma. The new work is under the leadership of PC\u2019s former youth pastors, Woody and Jessie Burpo.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the natural parents are proud of their children,\u201d says Pastor Ely, \u201cand we know in the supernatural River of Life is proud of us. But we are also extremely proud of our parent congregation. River of Life has modeled for us what real church is about, and we\u2019re thankful to be a part of this family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The celebration service concluded as members of both congregations came together around the Lord\u2019s table by observing Holy Communion.<\/p>\n

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By Shirley G. Spencer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[488,313,6,117,487,16],"class_list":{"0":"post-1614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-10-year-anniversary","9":"tag-313","10":"tag-august","11":"tag-celebration","12":"tag-passion-church","13":"tag-river-of-life","14":"entry"},"title_es":"La Iglesia del R\u00edo de la Vida y la Pasi\u00f3n Celebra el 10\u00ba Aniversario","content_es":"\"\"<\/a> La atm\u00f3sfera vibr\u00f3 con gran energ\u00eda y la presencia del Esp\u00edritu Santo como dos congregaciones en la Conferencia Heartland se reunieron el 27 de agosto para marcar un hito significativo en su historia. River of Life (ROL), pastoreado por Richard y Linda Goad, y Passion Church (PC), dirigido por los pastores Steve y Julie Ely, celebraron el d\u00e9cimo<\/sup> aniversario de su relaci\u00f3n madre-hija con un servicio de adoraci\u00f3n combinado. En agosto de 2007, River of Life lanz\u00f3 un equipo de l\u00edderes para lanzar la nueva congregaci\u00f3n. La iglesia de la pasi\u00f3n ahora ministra a m\u00e1s de 200 miembros en Bethany, Oklahoma. River of Life, ubicado en el noroeste de Oklahoma City, organiz\u00f3 el servicio de celebraci\u00f3n conjunta. Inclu\u00eda un equipo de adoraci\u00f3n combinado y una banda, saludos de video tanto de l\u00edderes generales como de conferencias en la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal (algunos de los cuales estaban presentes en el servicio) y el ministerio de predicaci\u00f3n din\u00e1mica de la oradora invitada, la Rev. Stacy Hilliard. \"R\u00edo de la Vida tiene el privilegio de ser parte del \u00e9xito de la Iglesia de la Pasi\u00f3n\", dijo el pastor Goad. Esto es reino \"\"<\/a> negocios y estamos emocionados con lo que Dios est\u00e1 haciendo a trav\u00e9s de nuestra congregaci\u00f3n hija \". Esta\" familia \"de iglesias contin\u00faa expandi\u00e9ndose mientras la Iglesia de la Pasi\u00f3n est\u00e1 lanzando su propia congregaci\u00f3n hija en el cercano Yuk\u00f3n, Oklahoma. La nueva obra est\u00e1 bajo el liderazgo de los ex pastores juveniles de PC, Woody y Jessie Burpo. \"En los padres naturales est\u00e1n orgullosos de sus hijos\", dice el pastor Ely, \"y sabemos que en el sobrenatural River of Life estamos orgullosos de nosotros. Pero tambi\u00e9n estamos muy orgullosos de nuestra congregaci\u00f3n de padres. River of Life ha modelado para nosotros lo que es la iglesia real, y estamos agradecidos de ser parte de esta familia \". \"\" El servicio de celebraci\u00f3n concluy\u00f3 cuando los miembros de ambas congregaciones se reunieron alrededor de la mesa del Se\u00f1or observando la Santa Comuni\u00f3n. Por Shirley G. Spencer<\/strong>","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/River-Passion-6-e1504278873477.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-q2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}