Pastors Doug and Karis Rowse

Doug and Karis Rowse moved to South Windsor to plant a church in January, 1997.  They met Tom and Lisa Walsh who were also new church planters and within few months these two ministry couples were to merge their fledgling churches and formed "New River Church", funded by an independent Baptist church.  God blessed New River and used the church as a catalyst for bringing greater unity to the Church in this region.  Throughout the past 24 years, they have launched three other churches, helped to build a hospital in Congo, and built a school in Nicaragua. God is so good!