Featured in the April 2004 issue of Charisma
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Not Your Grandmother's Pastor
Charisma Magazine April 2004
With his tattoos and earring, New York City preacher Rick Del Rio has
redefined what it means to be Pentecostal.
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. At 51, he sports a gold earring, goatee, black leather vest, and
tattoos on each arm and doesn't apologize for any of them. The tattoos
are a living sermon, proclaiming "Jesus Christ Is Lord" and
“The Lion of Judah Has Conquered."
"We deal with people nobody wants, so we kind
of look like them," Del Rio says. "Like Paul, I am all things
to all men so that by all means I might save some." [read
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Biography
 Rev.
Richard Del Rio founded Abounding Grace Ministries
in 1982 and Abounding Grace Church in 1992, where
he is senior pastor and based as an evangelist.
On September 11, 2001, Rev. Del Rio was one of the
first clergy responders ...
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20th
Anniversary Tribute
 For
over 20 years now Abounding Grace has been helping
the community and loving the lost in New York City.
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Jesus
Loves You New York
 Join
Pastor Rick & Abounding Grace July 2004 for
an evangelical extravaganza! The best thing about
being a Christian is leading the lost and hopeless
to everlasting life through the mercy of Jesus Christ.
Come help us save souls.
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Breakfast
with NYC Mayor Bloomberg
 Pastor
Rick Del Rio meets with Mayor Bloomberg
as liasion of the faith based community.
Sometimes it isn't only the poor
who need prayer. Spiritually those
at the very top can be just as needy.
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