How it all started...
Dear Reader,
My ministry began in 1977 shortly after returning from a weekend attending, a three-day outdoor concert and evangelistic crusade known as “Jesus 77”. It was there that I turned my heart over to the Lord and experienced the saving power of God.
After returning home I had an overwhelming desire to share my experience with others. Along with six others, we became involved with a coffeehouse ministry that was an evangelical outreach of Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle. The outreach flourished and grew rapidly.
Sensing a need to be better equipped and to more effectively share the Gospel, God led me to leave that ministry and pursue an education in Bible study. My wife Colleen and I attended Central Bible College in Springfield Missouri. After three years I received a B.A. degree in Biblical Studies. During my education I was the associate pastor of a small country church just outside of Springfield.
In 1982 along with my wife and baby daughter we returned to New York to help establish a new Church on the East end of Long Island. With friend and associate, Len Maglione and wife Anita, Church of the Harvest began in a small house as an outreach in Riverhead.
Over the years the church has grown as did my family. My wife and I have ten children: Michel, Michael, Vincent, Christina, Matthew, Jesse, Jonathan, David, Joshua, and Noah. We are blessed with a rich life, one to be shared and devoted to the encouragement of people to trust and experience the everlasting love of God.
Yours truly,
Pastor Mike Troiano
My ministry began in 1977 shortly after returning from a weekend attending, a three-day outdoor concert and evangelistic crusade known as “Jesus 77”. It was there that I turned my heart over to the Lord and experienced the saving power of God.
After returning home I had an overwhelming desire to share my experience with others. Along with six others, we became involved with a coffeehouse ministry that was an evangelical outreach of Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle. The outreach flourished and grew rapidly.
Sensing a need to be better equipped and to more effectively share the Gospel, God led me to leave that ministry and pursue an education in Bible study. My wife Colleen and I attended Central Bible College in Springfield Missouri. After three years I received a B.A. degree in Biblical Studies. During my education I was the associate pastor of a small country church just outside of Springfield.
In 1982 along with my wife and baby daughter we returned to New York to help establish a new Church on the East end of Long Island. With friend and associate, Len Maglione and wife Anita, Church of the Harvest began in a small house as an outreach in Riverhead.
Over the years the church has grown as did my family. My wife and I have ten children: Michel, Michael, Vincent, Christina, Matthew, Jesse, Jonathan, David, Joshua, and Noah. We are blessed with a rich life, one to be shared and devoted to the encouragement of people to trust and experience the everlasting love of God.
Yours truly,
Pastor Mike Troiano
