HIM Conference

In the early 1980’s, Jim and Darla Davis, music directors at the Riverdale Assembly of God in Riverdale California, were looking for ways to improve the music ministry. They soon realized after attending several music events that most of the conferences were hosted by mega churches in large metropolitan cities and by other denominations. They felt overwhelmed and out of place.

A dream was born and in 1991 the first Holiness In Music Conference was held using the Riverdale High School Auditorium. Thirty-five people from other churches signed up for the classes. In 1998 the name was changed to Holiness in Ministry Conference and the focus was expanded to include the whole ministry of the church encompassing youth, bus ministry, children’s ministry, puppets, Christian education, Sunday school, etc.

At the last HIM Conference in 2005, nearly two hundred registered and returned to their home churches with a renewed fire in their hearts to accomplish more for the Kingdom. Since then, the church has built a new 900 seat sanctuary and continued in ministry to the local community. The world has changed and the new HIM Conference will attempt to address these changes without losing sight of the fact that the Gospel is still the same!

Riverdale is a small western dairy town of 2500 people. Yet here in the middle of nowhere is a strong Pentecostal church of 450 with a large youth group, a bus ministry that averages over 130 kids and adults each week, a Christian school with 140 students, and a church that is still full on Wednesday nights. The goal of the HIM Conference is to open the local church ministries to you and say….you can do it too!

The highlight of the conference has always been the live recording of the conference choir. The HIM Mass Choir is composed of the Riverdale Sanctuary choir, Ambassador Youth Choir, and registrants from many other churches. The majority of these songs are original and have been recorded by many soloists, groups and choirs including Gold City, Sue Dodge, Lifeway and Prism Choral Club.

Many of the songs have been used and translated into native languages in Taiwan, Russia, Brazil, India, France and the Philippines. We hope to see you this year at the HIM Conference! We are looking forward to a great time of inspiration, fellowship and encouraging each other for the work of the Lord!