Dr. Michael Jiles
Lead Minister

Mike is the Lead Minister at the River, providing spritual and organizational leadership, as well as teaching and counseling for the church. Mike and Holly Jiles are not your typical Pastor and Wife combination. Mike and Holly like to live life to the fullest. From paragliding off the mountains in Switzerland to scuba diving off the coast of Belize, the Jiles love to live a life of adventure. They fell in love and were married in 1992 in their hometown of Coffeyville, Kansas. They have two children; Benjamin and Elijah. Mike graduated from Southwest Baptist University in 1987 with his Bachelors and graduated from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with his Masters in 1992. Holly graduated from the Denver School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse in 2008. Their family loves to camp with friends and ride ATV’s and motorcycles in the mountains in the summer and ski and snowboard in the winter.

A Along with a few close friends, Mike & Holly stepped out on faith on August 1st of 2008 to fulfill their passion of starting a church for people who don’t like church. Their dream was to create a church for the un-churched, and that dream is now coming to life at the River. Please take time to meet Mike, Holly and the boys. Their lives are always open to you!