Polson Community Church announces new lead pastor
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Gaynor and Bruce Richter
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News from Dave Vail Polson Community Church
POLSON — Polson Community Church is pleased to announce and welcome Bruce Richter as the church’s new Lead Pastor.
Pastor Bruce Richter and his wife Gaynor, have served a variety of churches in their 35 years of ministry together in their native homeland of South Africa and in the U.S. While in South Africa, Bruce served as the lead pastor of three different congregations for over 18 years. During that time, Bruce and Gaynor began traveling internationally to help other pastors and churches start, plant and revitalize congregations.
Bruce and Gaynor emigrated to the United States from South Africa in 2008 and subsequently became U.S. citizens in 2016. Together they have traveled around the U.S. speaking and leading seminars on marriage, church leadership and cross-cultural ministry. They served congregations sharing their unique ministry in Aspen, Colorado and Palm Desert, California prior to accepting the call to come to Polson.
Bruce and Gaynor just celebrated 43 years of marriage. They have three grown daughters and nine grandchildren who reside in South Africa and in the United States.
Bruce and Gaynor are authors of the book, The Bouncer and the Butterfly, which chronicles their individual upbringings and early marriage life in South Africa.
Polson Community Church just celebrated its 30th year of ministry as an independent, non-denominational church located at 1814 1st Street E in Polson. Services are held each Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
