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River of Life UPC Las Cruces
A
Pentecostal (UPCI) church in Las Cruces, NM
Leadership
Bartram Dilks
Pastor Dilks, originally from Sedona, Arizona met his wife Deborah, originally from Dexter, Maine while attending Bible College at Christian Life College in Stockton, California. Both of which are now alums, class of 1991.
Upon graduating from Christian Life College, the couple moved to the Maine District where Pastor Dilks pastored successfully for 15 years re-establishing struggling churches, assisting local pastors in the district and devoting himself to the work of God in Rockland, Maine.
In 2006 the Dilks moved to Minnesota where they assisted as Metro Missions assistants in the Greater Minneapolis Area. While in Minnesota, Pastor Dilks served as the Sunday School Director for the Minnesota District of the United Pentecostal Church International.
In Fall of 2010, Pastor Dilks felt the calling of God to the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Armed with 19 years if ministerial experience, his love for God and a passion for revival- he and his loving wife are doing to the work of the Lord they believe they are called to do here in the Mesilla Valley.