Our Church

Elim Gospel Church (EGC) is an inter-denominational Full Gospel church located in Lima, New York. Families and individuals from all around the Rochester area attend our church, some coming from over 30 miles away. Over 700 people attend each Sunday, including a significant number of faculty and students from the nearby Elim Bible Institute.

Our Heritage

Elim Gospel Church was established in 1988 as a community church with a vision to reach Livingston, Monroe and Ontario counties with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At that time, senior pastor Mike Cavanaugh was called to lead the church into God's purposes as we set our sights on the needs of the 21st century.

The birth of Elim Gospel Church is genetically related to the birth and vision of Elim Bible Institute and Elim Fellowship (a support organization for over 700 pastors and missionaries). A hunger for revival and a desire to effect and relate to the whole Church and the whole world are deeply ingrained in the fabric of what we call Elim.

Our relationship with Elim Fellowship and Elim Bible Institute gives us the opportunity to influence Christian leaders of the present and future. Part of our unique destiny is our calling to be an example and model that Elim-related churches everywhere can look to and Elim students can learn from. Because of this, we diligently work to be on the cutting edge of God's Word to local churches so that we can be the example that God has called us to be.

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