SistahPat RoundtreeRivers currently serves as
Co-Pastor at For His Glory Church with her husband, Ben Rivers, Jr., they have
been married 45 years. As Co-Pastor she servers as Prayer Ministry
Director, Women’s ministry leader, Wives Coffee Chat Bible Study teacher,
Preparing to be a Wife Bible Study teacher, Overseer of The Lord’s Kitchen and Clothes
Closet, Sistah Pat has received two
resolutions one from the California State Assembly for Black History Month 2014
and from the Sacramento City Council , Women Awareness Month 2014, both
recognizing her continued community volunteer work for safer, healthy and
better community. Sistah Pat Volunteers with several
organizations: National Day of Prayer as the Spiritual Advisor; Sacramento City
Wide Pastors Fellowship; Helping Hands Feeding Ministry of Sacramento as
Spiritual Advisor; Team Leader/speaker
for The Invitation to Healing A Woman’s Heart Conference, serves the
California Southern Baptist Convention as the volunteer Women's Evangelism
Specialist, training women across
California to share their faith with courage and confidence. Key Clergy Leader
for Sacramento Area Congregations Together(ACT) and PICO(People Improving
Congregations through Organizing) where she works with 52 faith based groups to
help resolve some of our city and states social justice issues, this organization called her to the White
house Jan 2014 to discuss reducing gun violence in our nation, She was also
called to Florida Attorney General’s office to discuss mass incarceration of
blacks in Florida. Locally she works with the Cops & Clergy in strategizing
to reduce gun/gang violence, Works with the Summer Lights program to help keep
teens off the street during the summer. She is tireless in her work to reach
out to the lost and the saved just the same knowing that all are in the need of
God’s love and forgiveness. She is a
much sought after preacher, conference speaker/teacher, mentor and best known
for keeping it real.
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