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Biography
Dr. Ronald V. Burgio is the President of Elim Fellowship, a network of over 1,000 ministers, affiliated churches and missionaries worldwide. He also is the Senior Pastor of Love Joy Gospel Church in Lancaster, New York.
An alumnus of Elim Bible Institute and a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, he is ordained through Elim Fellowship and has a Doctorate of Ministry from the School of Bible Theology in San Jacinto, California. He entered full time ministry in 1978 and became the senior pastor of Love Joy Gospel Church in 1984.
As a pastor, he believes that Love Joy Gospel Church is all about "Changing lives to follow Christ." His mission is to raise up his congregation to do the work of the ministry. Dr. Burgio leads the church with the help of a council of elders. He and his pastoral staff supervise a team of lay leaders who in turn direct the ministries of the church. Under Dr. Burgio's leadership the church has grown from a weekly attendance of 25 to over 650.
His apostolic vision for the region is to "Work together to win Buffalo for Christ." This vision, which encompasses Buffalo as well as the suburbs of Western New York, can be fulfilled only by working together with other churches and leaders. Dr. Burgio has been used of God as a catalyst to bring revival to the region and is a key influencer in bringing racial and interdenominational unity to the pastors of the Church at Buffalo. He is the author of Living in the Spirit of Revival.
Dr. Burgio believes that the local church needs to be missions oriented. He and his congregation support over 40 missionary families and organizations around the world. He often ministers to missionaries, pastors, leaders and churches in various cities in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Asia, Central America, Africa and the Middle East.
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Senior Pastor