Publisher Title
Date
         
  CHARISMA MAGAZINE Not Your Grandmother's Pastor  
Apr. 2004
 
  • Navigating his classic Harley Davidson motorcycle along congested streets in the East Village of Lower Manhattan, Rick Del Rio, senior pastor of Abounding Grace Ministries, doesn't look like your grandmother's pastor. ... [Read]
 
  DECISION MAGAZINE A Place of Hurt, A Place of Hope  
Sept. 2002
 
  • While ministering to workers at Ground Zero, Richard Del Rio, pastor at an inner-city church in East Village ... [Read]
 
  DL ONLINE Becker sheriff's chaplain ...  
2002
 
  • “Even when we got there a month later there were 28 people sleeping on the floor of the church, ... [Read]
 
  CHRISTIAN EXAMINER Churches mobilize new network ...  
Oct. 2001
 
  • As the symbol of America’s prosperity unraveled under the force of hatred ... [Read]
 
  FUND FOR THE CITY OF NY Union Square Award given to C.S.I.  
Nov. 2000
 
  • Reverend Richard Del Rio and Jeremy Del Rio founded Community Solutions, Inc. (CSI) in 1994 to advocate for social justice and ... [Read]
 
  CHARISMA MAGAZINE God at Ground Zero  
2001
 
  • Christians working near the site of the September 11 tragedy say the Holy Spirit is moving in special ways ... [Read]
 
  FIREPOWER MINISTRIES Out of the Rubble Sprout the ...  
Feb. 2002
 
  • Before Mayor Bloomberg left, Pastor Rick and I lead a [personal] prayer for him ... [Read]
 
  SHALOM! Partnering to Heal a Traumatized ...  
Winter 2002
 
  • We as Christians should be pleased about the response of churches, from many denominational church backgrounds, to the crises brought about by the events of 9-11. ... [Read]
 
  THE GUSTAVIAN WEEKLY 9/11 survivors share experiences  
Apr. 10, 2002
 
  • Pastor Del Rio said the event "introduced a whole new paradigm for us [clergy]." ... [Read]
 
  SANDRA BERRY YOUNG Newsletter from Ground Zero  
2001
 
  • Pastor Rick spoke to policemen in uniform who were present at the Thirty-day Memorial Anniversary Service of the Twin Towers. He said that he wants to help restore respect to the New York City Police Department. ... [Read]
 
  SPORTRON INT. Reaching the Inner City  
N/A
 
  • For the Del Rio family, community service begins at home. They have provided a home to as many as seven neighborhood children at a time, and his three sons and two daughters-in law work alongside him in public service. ... [Read]
 
  CBS NEWS Two Horrors, A Common Bond  
Apr. 19 2002
 
  • "On this seventh anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in our nation's history, we pray for the continued healing of this great city," said pastor Richard Del Rio of New York. ... [Read]
 
  PERIMETER PRESS Urban Church Planting Center ...  
Feb. 2002
 
  • Abounding Grace Christian Center and its pastor, Richard Del Rio, serves a multiethnic and poor congregation of individuals and families near the devastated area. ... [Read]
 
  INTERVARSITY PRESS The Power of a City at Prayer  
Aug. 2002
 
  • Rev. Richard Del Rio arrived at Ground Zero on his Harley-Davidson on that fateful Tuesday morning, supplied with a clergy collar, a police identification tag and an intercessor’s heart. ... [Read]
 
  STREET TALK A Message from Richard  
Sept. 2001
 
  • Last Friday, I visited "Ground Zero" with my friend Pastor Ricky del Rio. He pastors Abounding Grace Ministries ... [Read]
 
  NEWSDAY A Passion to Rebuild  
Sept. 19th, 2001
 
  • City officials released an ambitious proposal for rebuilding lower Manhattan yesterday as the city acknowledged the one-week anniversary of the World Trade Center attack... [Read]
 
  NY CRC America's Children Are Healing ...  
2001
 
  • Remember third grade? I dreaded Mrs. Bordeaux's old fashioned school when our class got in trouble. In September, Ms. Chellew's small third grade class... [Read]
 
  CNS NEWS America's Faith Community ...  
2001
 
  • The tragedies of September 11, 2001 called upon faith-based organizations as America's stockpiles of human and financial resources to aid the weary, distressed, and bereaved. ... [Read]
 
  Reformatorisch Dagblad Bidden op ... - (In Dutch)  
Sept. 22, 2001
 
  • Met grote moeite werkt een New Yorkse brandweerman zich onder een gestutte betonplaat uit. Rondom hem rijzen de rokende puinhopen op van wat eens het World Trade Center was. ... [Read]
 
  Compassion News Compassion Assists ...  
2001
 
  • When terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, Christian churches and ministries near the crash sites began taking immediate action to provide comfort and help for the victims. The connections Compassion... [Read]
 
  Compassion News Compassion's USA Ministry ...
 
Nov. 16, 2001
 
  • In response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, Compassion International's USA Ministry is supporting other ministries in New York that... [Read]
 
  Christianity Today Day of Terror, Day of Grace ...  
Sept. 25, 2001
 
  • On Tuesday morning, September 11, pastors and staff at the churches near the World Trade Center prepared to open their doors in anticipation of a full day of activity. Marcos Rivera, pastor... [Read]
 
  Restoring Hope Ground Zero: A/G Ministries ...  
Sept. 14, 2001
 
  • The eyes of the world continue to focus on the area of New York once known as the World Trade Center, but now spoken commonly of as "Ground Zero." As rescuers continue the gruesome... [Read]
 
  World Vision News Interview With Jeremy Del Rio ...  
2001
 
  • On Tuesday, September 11, my father was the only identifiable clergy on the East side of the Towers. On Wednesday, he was on Channel 2 ... [Read]
 
  Citizen Magazine Lessons from the ashes ...  
2001
 
  • "He got there about 10 in the morning and stayed until 3 or 4 the next morning," recalls his son, Jeremy Del Rio, youth pastor at the family's nondenominational church. "My father was the only... [Read]
 
  In Touch Ministries Moving Forward ...
 
Jan. 2002
 
  • "This is just a time when I know of the horrific nature of what has happened," says Associate Pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle Charles Hammond. "But the whole point is, help ... [Read]
 
  NY CRC New York Rescue Teams ...  
Sept. 20, 2001
 
  • Located up in Utica, New York, Compassion Coalition had just become a Hunger Strike Force (HSF) partnering organization before more than 5,000 individuals were declared missing... [Read]
 
  Everything Christian NYC Churches Respond ...  
Sept. 2001
 
  • While the walking wounded and other victims were received by churches across the Brooklyn and 138th Street Bridges; their sister churches under the bridges and closest to Ground Zero attempted... [Read]
 
  NY CRC Reporting From Ground Zero ...
 
Sept. 18, 2001
 
  • In the past week, Rev. Esposito has tirelessly led OBI's disaster relief campaign in New York. Smell the burnt air, walk carefully through the layers of ash... [Read]
 
  US Senate ‹Santorum Santorum and Brownback ...
 
Oct. 9, 2001
 
  • Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) held a press conference with members of clergy... [Read]
 
  Ethics & Religion The Best Of Times, The Worst ...
 
Sept. 29, 2001
 
  • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.... [Read]
 
  World Vision The Man in the Collar ...  
2001
 
  • While thousands of New Yorkers ran north, away from the WTC area, Del Rio hopped on his Harley-Davidson Electra Glide and headed downtown, stopping at... [Read]
 
  Christian Times The Open Wound Of America¹s ...
 
Nov. 2001
 
  • Visiting ³Ground Zero,² the shocking mountain of twisted steel and debris that was once the World Trade Center¹s Twin Towers, it was clearly... [Read]
 
  Christianity Today Where I Minister, Grace Abounds ...  
Sept. 24, 2001
 
  • Inside, there was one body in a dark green bag laid off to the side. People were trying to clear out space, so I grabbed a shovel to make a path out front. ... [Read]


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