“DOVE” is an acronym for “Declaring Our Victory Emmanuel”, meaning that we celebrate our victory with our God who dwells within us.
We are a non-denominational, small group-based family of churches who want to see God touching lives here, and around the world.
We are so grateful to the Lord for the wise and faithful spiritual advisers the L
“DOVE” is an acronym for “Declaring Our Victory Emmanuel”, meaning that we celebrate our victory with our God who dwells within us.
We are a non-denominational, small group-based family of churches who want to see God touching lives here, and around the world.
We are so grateful to the Lord for the wise and faithful spiritual advisers the Lord has placed in our lives for accountability and for spiritual oversight. We meet together with them as needed at various times throughout the year.
Larry & LaVerne Kreider are Crown Chapel's Apostolic Overseers. Larry and LaVerne Kreider have served together in Christian ministry and leadership for over 50 years. As founders of DOVE International, a worldwide family of churches and ministries, that has successfully used the New Testament “house to house” strategy of building the chur
Larry & LaVerne Kreider are Crown Chapel's Apostolic Overseers. Larry and LaVerne Kreider have served together in Christian ministry and leadership for over 50 years. As founders of DOVE International, a worldwide family of churches and ministries, that has successfully used the New Testament “house to house” strategy of building the church with small groups for over four decades. Larry served fifteen years as senior pastor of DOVE Christian Fellowship in Pennsylvania, growing from a single small group of believers to over 2,300 in ten years. Today, DOVE believers meet in over 1100 local churches and thousands of small groups in 27 nations on five continents. Larry and LaVerne started ministry in 1971, helping to found a youth ministry called “Lost But Found” that targeted the unchurched youth in their community of northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.