Pastor Gregory K. Riggen was born in 1960 to (at that time) non-Christian parents, He began attending an Apostolic Pentecostal Church at the age of 11. The following year, He received the Holy Ghost and was baptized in Jesus' name. He subsequently led his entire family to the Lord. He felt a call into the ministry that summer, and preached his first message on a Wednesday night at the age of 13.Pastor Riggen received his Th.B. from Texas Bible College in Houston. With a 4.0 average, he was valedictorian of his graduating class. He entered into full-time ministry immediately upon graduation. At the age of 24, he accepted his first pastorate. He has pastored in Texas, Colorado, Mississippi, and Kansas.In 1988, Pastor Riggen published his first book, "The Madness and Method of Modern Music." He has written numerous articles, as well as several lessons for Word Aflame Publications. He has also written and published two Home Bible Studies.In 2013, Pastor Riggen was invited to Zimbabwe to address a number of Trinitarian Pentecostal pastors. That meeting resulted in more than 50 pastors and wives being baptized in Jesus' name. As a result, he founded A2Z Missions, which has since gone into the countries of Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia. Literally hundreds of pastors have received the revelation of the Mighty God in Christ and have been baptized in the name of Jesus because of the teaching they received at his conferences. Pastor Riggen has pastored the Truth Church in Olathe, Kansas for almost 30 years. During this time, he has been instrumental in the planting of three "daughter works.". His vision is to plant many more churches throughout the greater Kansas City metropolitan area while continuing to oversee the work in Olathe.He and his wife, Rhonda (Yates) Riggen, have been married 45 years. They have three children and ten grandchildren.
