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What is it Like?

We desire to create a culture of revival and spiritual growth through dynamic praise & worship, anointed preaching and teaching of the Word, and powerful demonstrations of the Holy Spirit.

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What About My Kids?

We provide a safe, hygienic and well equipped environment for your kids. We have programs, served by a well-trained ministry team, for ages 1-2 at River Cubs, ages 3-5 at River Bears and 6-12 at River Lions during our Sunday 10AM & 7PM services and on our Wednesday Midweek Refresh Service

River Bears

River Lions

What’s our story?

Pastors Corey and Rose Erman started out in ministry in 1996 and founded Turkish Revival Ministries in 1999 to fulfill the vision birthed by God in their hearts to bring revival to the nation of Turkey and the regions beyond. In December 1999, they established a mission base in Istanbul, Turkey consisting of River Istanbul Church, River Bible Institute of Turkey and TRM Media for broadcasting the Gospel over TV and Internet. They have travelled to 25 nations carrying revival, impacting thousands of people, raising up hundreds of believers and ministers through their training programs and establishing many churches and Bible Schools in the nations.

How Did We Start?

River West Palm Beach was birthed out of a powerful dream God gave Pastor Corey in July 2016. God spoke to him to establish a base for revival and missions Stateside in West Palm Beach, FL. With this new apostolic commission, they arrived in South Florida with seven suitcases and a vision to launch River WPB in April 2017. Since then, River WPB has touched many lives and mobilized believers for their callings.

What’s our mission?

Pastors Corey and Rose have a commission from God to preach the saving Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Their vision is to reap the end-time harvest in the nations, to pioneer churches and to equip believers in the church for ministry and business. They are anointed to bring revival to the church and bring people to a revelation of the glorious presence of God. Their ministry is accompanied by anointed teaching and preaching of the Word of God, joyful praise, intimate worship, and powerful demonstrations of the Spirit of God in signs, wonders, miracles and healings.

Meet our Team

Drs. Corey & Rose Erman

Senior Pastors

The Lord sent us to West Palm Beach to establish a base for revival and reaching nations and the harvest of souls in April 2017. We are equippers and mobilizers. We want to see believers empowered to reach their full potential in Christ. River WPB is a place that will contend for the move of the Spirit of God. We believe in being a genuine Book of Acts Church.

We are both from Sunni Muslim backgrounds. We both became the first born-again Christians in our respective families. After receiving a baptism of fire and an apostolic calling, we launched out to the nations. During 30 years of full-time ministry, we have established many churches, Bible Schools, television ministry and carried to 25 nations.

The Lord said “Go to America! Get ready for a Great Awakening! Get my people ready for the Final Days! Mobilize many! Equip and cover those that I have called into unique and diverse ministries.”

We invite you to be a part of what God wants to do in Palm Beach County and beyond.

We love you and pray God’s richest blessings upon your life.

Love and Blessings,
Corey & Rose Erman
Senior Pastors

Our Staff

Lexie Rodriguez

Administrator & Director of Unite Department

Irene Diaz

Office Manager

Doreen Ahkee

Director of Outreach Department

Seta Gebenlian

Dean of Students, River School of Ministry

Harout Gebenlian

Registrar & Director of Academic Affairs, River School of Ministry

Kaleb Villa

Director of Media Department

Tabitha Fearon

Assistant Director of Media Department

Jay Morales

Principal of River Christian Academy

Gloria Erman

Surge Youth Ministry Director

Mary Rodriguez

River Kids Ministry Director

Eugene Melnychuk

Worship Leader

Our Beliefs

The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, we accept as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

The angels said to Jesus’ disciples, “this same Jesus shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” His coming is imminent. When He comes, “the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air”. Following the Tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, he shall reign a thousand years.
(Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Revelation 20:6)

Our God is one, but manifested in three Persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, being co-equal (Philippians 2:6).
God the Father – is greater than all, the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14).
The Son – is the Word made flesh, the One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John 1:18; John 1:14).
The Holy Spirit – proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 15:26).

Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and is by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the Church today.
(Mark 16:18; James 5:14,15; I Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:17; Isaiah 53:4,5)

The Lord’s Supper, consisting of the elements (bread and a cup of the fruit of the vine) is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a memorial of His suffering and death and a prophecy of His Second Coming. It is enjoined on all believers until He comes again.(Mark 16:18; James 5:14,15; I Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:17; Isaiah 53:4,5)

Faith of the heart (Romans 10:9-10) is based on the hearing (spiritual understanding) of God’s Word (Romans 10:17). Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). Christians are saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8), justified by faith (Romans 3:28; 5:1; Galatians 2:16, 3:11), shall live by faith (Romans 1:16-17; Hebrews 10:38), and overcome the world by faith (1 John 5:4).

The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation at Christ’s return
(Hebrews 12:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 3:12-14; 1 Corinthians 1:30)

Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” “As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.” Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the work of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God. Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God.
(Romans 5:14; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; 1 John 3:8; Ephesians 2:8-9)

Baptism in water by immersion is a direct commandment of our Lord and is for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.
(Matthew 28:19; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12; Acts 8:36-39)

Man’s first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that worketh repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, produces eternal life.
(2 Corinthians 7:10; 1 John 5:12; John 3:3-5)

The baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the New Birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance.
(Matthew 3:11; John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 19:1-7; Acts 2:4)

The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the Lake of Fire and therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The Lake of Fire is literal. The terms “eternal” and “everlasting,” used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the Lake of Fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the presence of God (Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 19:20).(Matthew 3:11; John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 19:1-7; Acts 2:4)

The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Holy Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of His great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and the Church of the firstborn, which was written in heaven (Ephesians 1:22-23, 2:22; Hebrews 12:23). Since God’s purpose, concerning man, is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, the responsibility of the church is:

To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16).
To be a corporate body in which man may worship God (1 Corinthians 12:28, 14:12).

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