Pastor Tim and Christy Mears are the founding pastors of River Church Delmarva, planted in response to God’s call to bring the Gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit to the Delmarva Peninsula. Pastor Tim graduated from River Bible Institute in Tampa, Florida (2017) and was ordained through Revival Ministries International Ministerial Association in 2020 under Drs. Rodney and Adonica Howard-Browne.
Together, Tim and Christy are passionate about seeing lives transformed, families strengthened, and people empowered to live for Christ. They have been married 27 years, have one daughter, and are deeply connected to their rural community, where Pastor Tim has served as a Food Animal Veterinarian for over 30 years and their family raises beef cattle.