Jerry Solis

(Spiritual Growth Pastor)

Biography

Pastor Jerry was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area.  He is 43 years old and came from a family of seven children.  He got saved in the early eighties. Shortly afterwards he went to YWAM for discipleship and served with them for approximately seven years. Having led discipleship training schools and assisted in leading schools, he had outreach to the former Soviet Union, Mexico, Central America and throughout the United States.

Approximately 20 years ago, while in Arkansas, he met his wife Susie who was from the Marcellus area and a member of Riverside Church.  Several years later they married.  And after approximately seven years on staff with YWAM received an offer to come and work at Riverside Church (which was then the Three Rivers Christian Fellowship) and served as youth pastors for three years. He then went into the law enforcement field where he served as a code enforcement officer and police officer for six years. Most recently, back in August of 2004 Jerry came on staff as Spiritual Growth Pastor with Pastor Paul Booko.

He is married to Susie and has 8 beautiful children, 6 boys and 2 girls.  The girls will live a life of being respected and  protected with all the male figures watching over them. Their children are Josiah, Gabriel, Jessie, Timothy, Serena, Lily, Michael, and Rudy.

General

E-Mail: jerry@riverside-church.com

Joined Riverside Staff: 2005

Position: Assistant Pastor, Pastor of Spiritual

Brief description of what you do: Oversee Growth Group Ministry, Celebrate Recovery, Prayer Partner development, Freedom Ministry, and Alms

Saved: About 25 years ago in San Fransisco Bay Area from an addiction to cocaine.

Favorite

Books: Victory over Darkness

Food: Mexican

Musical Artists: Kari Jobe, Hillsong

Time of day: Morning

Season: Spring

Place in the world: Next to my beautiful wife Susie

Scripture: John 11:25-26

Part about working at Riverside:  Seeing lived changed as people connect to Jesus

Random

Three People I’d like to meet: Kari Jobe, The child we miss carried, Angel Michael and Gabriel

My heroes: My brothers, Lou, Art, Armando, and Mike

One of my greatest experiences with God: My deliverance at salvation when Jesus spoke Acts 26: 16-18 to me. The birth of my 8 children, jail baptisms.

Most people don’t know this about me: I don’t like bugs on me.

Anything else you feel people should know: I love, love, love my wife Susie