Pastor Jim Duran, Lead Pastor
Cell Phone: 805-302-7711
Office Phone: (805) 648-7955
Email: JDuran@TheRiverCommunity.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jim.duran.39
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jduran1013
 
Jim Duran is known as a man with a deep love for people and compassion for those that are suffering.  If you are looking for a speaker that can effectively share the meaning of love, grace & compassion, Jim would be that guy. 
 
Jim struggled with an addiction to pain medication for about seven years while serving on his church council and teaching adult Bible study on Sunday morning.  Jim was taking about sixty pain pills a day just to feel normal and not go through withdrawals.  Jim was living a double life and was dieing in the process. 
 
Until October 13, 2002 when Jim fell on his knees and begged God to close the doors where he was purchasing the drugs and open the doors so he could get help.  Within two days, Jim found himself at Calvary Ranch in San Diego where he was miraculously healed and given a new start.  Jim’s detail account of his amazing journey will keep you on the edge of your seat and reveal to you the awesome power of God!  His story will bring hope to those that have lost it and are struggling with their walk with God.

 

Pastor Jim Duran
PO Box 3622
Ventura, CA 93006