Church History
After intensive outreach and evangelism beginning in 1999, Pastors Manny and Victoria Rivera founded Miami Harvest Church in the year 2000. Pastors Manny and Victoria served as staff pastors at New Harvest Church, in Clewiston, Florida, under the leadership of Bishop Tony Miller. Pastors Manny and Victoria have also traveled the country and the world as evangelist taking mission teams to outreaches and crusades. After ten years at New Harvest Church, the Lord commissioned them to plant a church in the greater Miami area.
Miami Harvest Church had their first services at the Howard Johnson Hotel, in North Miami Beach. After intense canvassing, advertisement and promotion the church grew, in its first week, to about 30 people. They remained portable for two and a half years, meeting at the Howard Johnson and the El Palacio Resort. During that season, the church grew to about 120 members, with the average age of the church being 27 years old. The church focused on outreach and discipleship - reaching the unchurched. In the first two years 75% of the church was born again within the church.
In October 2002 they moved to a 10,000 square ft. facility where they doubled in size. The reason for tthe growth was due to the initiation of the Principle of 12 vision. Miami Harvest Church, then Miami Harvest Center is now focused on reaching the community through Life Groups. We are now meeting in life groups throughout Dade and Broward County during the week and celebrating together on Sunday morning.
The Lord has blessed the foundational work of Miami Harvest Church.We are a church with a great vision to see the Dade and Broward county region brought into the Kingdom of God. The church is now meeting at Lake Stevens Middle School, 18484 NW 48 Place, Miami, FL 33055. They use the school's 380 seat auditorium and the school lobby for their celebration service. In these facilities, they have a bookstore, café, display tables for all the ministries, nursery, children’s church and the main sanctuary where hundreds of people from all walks of life worship together. We will remain portable until we are able to purchase property to build a campus that meets the needs of this region.