KoinoniaFellowship.com - Prayer & bible study group based in East Rochester, NY
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Koinonia Fellowship - East Rochester, NY
Description
Koinonia Fellowship began gathering on December 15, 1984 at Pudgies Pizza parlor where thirteen adults and six children sang some worship songs and then began studying the Book of Galatians. After two months it became very obvious that God's plan was entirely different from what anyone else had imagined. Consequently, on February 1, 1985, again after prayer, Raymond Viola was ordained to be the pastor of this little flock, which corporately chose the name Koinonia, which means "to have in common", or "to share". Our common ground then and now is the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior. The Lord continued to add to this flock and is continuing to do so today... little by little.
As more people came, we expanded the Sunday school to a vacant nursery across the street, which was an answer to prayer. However, growing and groaning pains led us to seek the Lord in prayer for a new "pizza parlor" in which to worship. Our faithful God opened up the door for us at our second home on N. Winton Road where we rented from a Messianic Jewish Congregation. They met on Saturdays, and we met on Sundays. We began in our new home in an upstairs sanctuary, where our first service was held on September 1, 1988. We had grown from 13 adults to around 40 at this time.In this facility, the Lord still added to the flock according to His will. We have seen Him do tremendous things in our midst. In September 1995, we grew to an estimated 250 adults, and around 100 children. We went to two Sunday morning services and had Sunday evening and Wednesday evening services to minister to the entire family. There were home studies as well where the flock would gather for fellowship and the breaking of bread.In December 1996, we once again moved into our third and current home at 500 Main Street in East Rochester. We have three Sunday morning services along with a Sunday evening, Tuesday evening Bible study, and Wednesday morning and evening services. We've wept, we've laughed, we've scratched our heads, as our Lord adds little by little.
We sponsor a Monday through Friday radio Bible teaching show called "Selah" on WZXV-99.7 FM, from 1-1:30 am and 9-9:30 am. Mission involvement is a big part of our church vision, whether they are local or overseas. We prayerfully and financially support Crisis Pregnancy Services and Compassion International. We are supporting Calvary Chapel Puerto Rico; In His Fields, an orphanage ministry in Chechnya; and most recently have been involved in the Calvary Chapel’s in Montebelluna and Rome, Italy. At home we support Camp Hickory Hill a ministry for boys and their dads, the Urban Center, and Russ Loria at NYSUM in NYC. Currently we have a strong commitment to India, where we have visited, have held pastor's conferences in New Delhi, Pune, and Bombay, and sponsored orphaned children. We have also sent out members of our church body to start new church plantings. Gary and Karen Reed - Assistant Pastor at Calvary Chapel of Niagara Frontier. We have sent out two outreach churches from within our fellowship: Calvary Chapel Southside (Henrietta) with Pastor Chris and Kathy Terenzi and Calvary Chapel of Irondequoit with Pastor Dan and Jackie McAlpin. Other men from within our fellowship have left to start independent works.
Contact
- Casey Fabiano caseyf3@rochester.rr.com 585-581-6753
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