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Weeks after Sandy, churches continue to help lead relief effort
Nov. 2012
- In the days after Sandy slammed New York,
two pastors serving Manhattan’s Lower East Side
– near where a transformer exploded at a ConEd plant,
turning the area dark for days – sprung into action… [Read]
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. …
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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. …
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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. …
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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. …
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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
From Richard
Sept. 2001
- Last Friday, I visited “Ground
Zero” with my friend Pastor Ricky del Rio.
He pastors Abounding Grace Ministries …
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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…
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NYCRC
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]
CNSNEWS
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]
ReformatorischDagblad
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. …
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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]
ChristianityToday
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]
RestoringHope
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]
WorldVision 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]
USSenate ‹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 America’s …
Nov. 2001
- Visiting Ground Zero,
the shocking mountain of twisted steel and debris
that was once the World Trade Center’s 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]