WHO WE ARE
Bishop Augusto “Chito” Sanchez, Jr.
& Pastor Rachel Sanchez
Founders of Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation, Inc., an orphanage for street children and children at risk which they established in 1998. Soon after the establishment of the Children’s Home, street families started to come for food/feeding and the need to feed them spiritually was very evident. With hearts to serve the poor and the destitute in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, they founded the first River of God Church in Pinagbuhatan.
To date, the orphanage has transitioned to a community-based Foundation that sponsors education of destitute children through the Riversprings School, provides feeding, medical, dental and calamity assistance to the poor. The River of God Church - Pinagbuhatan and the Riversprings School are all located in the biggest slum area in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City, Philippines.
Because of the desire to reach out to people of various ages and strata, they started the River of God - Galleria in 2002 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Robinson’s Galleria, Ortigas Center while the church’s office is located in the Robinson’s Mall, Galleria in Quezon City, Philippines.
The church is a “Drinking Well” for those who are weary, hungry and thirsty for God and to experience the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit. To date, Bishop Chito and Pastor Rachel oversee 363 River of God Churches and Affiliates all over the Philippines including churches in Beijing, China, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and London, UK.
Bishop Chito and Pastor Rachel are itinerant ministers. They minister together continually in the areas of unity, revival, prayer, worship, discipleship and the apostolic and prophetic ministries all over the Philippines, Asia, United States of America, Australia and Europe and are organizing various revival conferences, seminars on discipleship, prophetic, Biblical financial stewardship and prayer gatherings nationally and internationally.
Bishop Augusto “Chito” Sanchez Jr.
Bishop Chito is the Commission Head of the Transformation and Revival Ministry focusing on prayer for the Nation, a commission of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC). He is also one of the Bishops of PCEC. In addition, he is appointed as the Regional Apostolic Coordinator of the Harvest International Ministry in the Philippines.
He is a revivalist by heart and is passionate about being intimately in love with Jesus Christ and the lost through evangelism and discipleship.
He spearheads the Transformation and Revival Commission of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and conducts a series of free conferences and monthly revival meetings called Soaking in the River that has been running for more than ten years already. He is the bishop and overseer of more than three hundred River of God churches and affiliates here and abroad and also heads a network of apostolic and prophetic churches in the Philippines under Harvest International Ministry. His message is clear, the genuine love that we have for Jesus will spark the great flame of transformation and revival from within ourselves, then it will spread to the entire nation of the Philippines and the rest of the world.
He is a revivalist by heart and is passionate about being intimately in love with Jesus Christ and the lost through evangelism and discipleship.
He spearheads the Transformation and Revival Commission of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and conducts a series of free conferences and monthly revival meetings called Soaking in the River that has been running for more than ten years already. He is the bishop and overseer of more than three hundred River of God churches and affiliates here and abroad and also heads a network of apostolic and prophetic churches in the Philippines under Harvest International Ministry. His message is clear, the genuine love that we have for Jesus will spark the great flame of transformation and revival from within ourselves, then it will spread to the entire nation of the Philippines and the rest of the world.
Pastor Rachel Sanchez
Is a teacher by heart and loves to impart her knowledge and personal encounter with the Holy Spirit that radically changed her life. She is the senior pastor of River of God Ortigas and heads ROG Supernatural Ministry that regularly conducts trainings and workshops which is open for the Body of Christ. Her passion is to see the saints activated in their spiritual gifts and operate in the supernatural realm through signs, wonders, miracles and healing all for the purpose of expanding God's Kingdom.
Her love for children lead her to open an orphanage twenty years ago and is now converted into a school which offers free quality Christian education to qualified students regardless of race and religion and economic status. She started a movement called Women Arise that aims to encourage the women to rise up for Christ and be bold to proclaim the gospel to the world by walking in partnership with men.
Bishop Chito and Pastor Rachel have 6 children and 5 grandchildren. They reside in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Her love for children lead her to open an orphanage twenty years ago and is now converted into a school which offers free quality Christian education to qualified students regardless of race and religion and economic status. She started a movement called Women Arise that aims to encourage the women to rise up for Christ and be bold to proclaim the gospel to the world by walking in partnership with men.
Bishop Chito and Pastor Rachel have 6 children and 5 grandchildren. They reside in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
