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Church Biography

River of Life Foursquare Church of Great Bend, Kansas began its history in 1985. Several people wanted something that the other churches in town were not offering. They decided to form a Foursquare Church. The Church was chartered (30 members on a role) and given the name Prairie Foursquare Gospel Church. The church was located at 1910 Broadway in Great Bend. The First pastor was Rick Dame. Rick pastored for only a short period of time from May 1985 to sometime in 1986. In 1986 Rick Dame left the church to pursue another career. At that time Jack & Verdean LeRoy became the pastors. The church moved to the High Rise at this time. Within a short time the church moved to the corner of 8th and Pine where it was located for about a year. At that time property was purchased at 2000 Monroe St. where it is still located today. Jack LeRoy pastored Prairie Foursquare for ten years. In 1999 the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel sought to revitalize the churches and use more spiritually oriented slogan names. Prairie Foursquare Church became River of Life Foursquare Church in 1999. In June of 1997 David LeRoy moved with his family to Great Bend to help Jack in children and youth ministry. Jack LeRoy passed away on June 23rd, 1997. He was 78 years old and had served the church faithfully. On July 27th, 1997 David LeRoy became the pastor of River of Life along with his wife Elaine. Since David's appointment to the position the church has enjoyed sustained growth and a children's ministry has developed. The church has great hopes for its future as it continues in the work of God.

Pastor David and Elaine LeRoy

 

Pastor David and Elaine LeRoy. Pastor David became Pastor at the River of Life Church in July of 1997 and Elaine became a Pastor in 2005.

Motto

A motto should define the purpose of the church it represents. Because of this we have worked hard at coming up with a motto that reflects the heart of River of Life Foursquare Church.
Our motto is:

Honoring God

The very essence of the Christian Faith is recognition of the Triune nature of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When we say we honor God we mean the Trinity as a whole. God is our source of strength, hope and faith. He is the reason we as believers become the church. Because of this we feel that we must honor Him in all that we do. We honor Him in song during our praise and worship service. We honor Him in the sermon by making sure that all we say lines up with scripture. We honor Him even in our children's service by making sure our children receive the Gospel of Jesus and the word of God each time they meet. If we fail to honor God in our church then we fail in every other area of ministry.

Imitating Jesus

1 Peter 2:21 says "This suffering is all part of what God has called you to. Christ, who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in his steps." The Greek word for example here is ologram or "hologram" and it literally means to copy for imitation. In plain language Peter is saying that we are to see Jesus as an example and practice being as much like Him as we are able to be. The four gospels give many examples of Jesus' nature for us to read about and practice.

Evangelizing Others

This final area of our motto brings it all home. We are to take what we know about Christ and the salvation He offers and share it with others. Jesus told us to go into the world and preach the gospel and for us "the world" means those around us. Let's put God's words into practice. Here then is our motto. If you attend River of Life you know that we try to live this example. If you are a visitor to this site from another church or even another country I challenge you to take this motto to heart and make it your motto too!

Love In Christ

Pastor Dave

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River of Life Foursquare Church
1219 Main St. Great Bend, Ks.
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Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Morning Service - 10:30 a.m.
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Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Pastor David LeRoy
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