{"id":42,"date":"2018-08-23T15:34:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:26:09","slug":"pastors-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/pastors-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor&#8217;s Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cc6fc3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70cc6fc3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6455c612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6455c612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_51\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM-640x854.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM.jpeg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spenst family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortleegospel.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-08-23-at-1.10.05-PM.jpeg\"><\/a>Rev. Rick Spenst has been the pastor of Fort Lee Gospel Church since 1991. He was raised near Vancouver Canada before coming to New York City in the late 1980s. He earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Canadian Theological Seminary in 1990 and completed a Doctor of Ministry program in 2016. In addition to leading Fort Lee Gospel Church, Pastor Rick served the community in various capacities, including chaplaincy with the police department, fire department and VFW. Recently Pastor Rick has been involved with Marketplace Chaplaincy serving as a chaplain to a few different work sites. 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