Jon and Sherry Rivers & KLOVE Radio
What Happened to Jon and Sherry Rivers?
I want to allow listeners and fans of the KLOVE Morning Show to use this blog as a place, not to gossip about what may have happened to Jon and Sherry Rivers, but rather a place to speak words of encouragement and even post prayers for all the parties involved. I do not agree with how this situation is being handled by KLOVE Radio, nor do I agree with the fact that Jon and Sherry have not made a statement yet regarding their ministry future. I believe that Jon and Sherry have an obligation to make a statement to their listeners whether through a third party or themselves personally.
For me, I have reached the place of Burnout in my life, and am taking some time off to reconnect with family. I am so thankful for the support of our partners who are standing beside me in my decision to take a few months to rest, reconnect, and be refreshed by the Holy Spirit. I could only wish that the Body of Christ would be more open and honest regarding their failures.
We have no clue what is happening because the leadership of KLOVE Radio has chosen to be secretive about the issue. I do not believe that this is going to turn out to be a good decision on the part of KLOVE, especially because the listeners are the ones that financially support those in leadership of KLOVE Radio. If the listeners do not like the decisions that the leadership team of KLOVE Radio have made, they can choose to withhold their pledge support until which time the situation is handled correctly. As you can see this can become very problematic for a listener supported radio station.
Again this blog is not to speculate on what has happened to Jon and Sherry Rivers, it is a place to leave words of encouragement, and leave prayers for all those that are involved in this situation. The facts as they stand currently are: Jon and Sherry have been removed from the morning show of KLOVE Radio, and they are asking that their privacy be maintained as they work through a family issue. So for now we all must except this and give words of encouragement and prayer to Jon and Sherry until we are given more information by either KLOVE Radio, Jon and Sherry Rivers, a spokesperson for Jon and Sherry, or all the above. We must pray for them, their family, and the leaders of KLOVE Radio in this time of transition whether we agree with the situation or not.
I highly recommend flooding KLOVE Radio with calls requesting a more accurate statement (minus detailed personal information) of what occurred. Those in leadership and public influence must be held to higher standards than those who are just in the body of Christ. If there has been no sin, and this was just a business decision, then we the listeners who support KLOVE with our financial contributions have the right to know this. If there was sin, we too have the right to know this as well, because Jon and Sherry were in a place of leadership. Our knowing is not for the purpose of gossip about rather so we can pray for the situation and to not allow Satan to have one more minute bringing dissension into the camp.
KLOVE Radio loves asking people to call in to pledge money to support their vision and mission, let us see what happens when those who are supporters call in asking for answers. Remember when you send KLOVE a check, they are responsible to you as a partner to be open and honest in their decision making process.
I have returned from a weekend of rest and relaxation at a local hotel in our area. Wow, was that ever needed. I am thankful for all of you that have agreed with my choice to take three months and rest and reconnect with family and friends. Your love and support means more than you will ever know or even possibly understand. I want to write and give an update on my progress and the future of LightHouse World Evangelism.
A few weeks back I attended a seminar and read a book by Wayne Cordeiro titled “Leading on Empty.” After this conference and reading the book I saw the warning signs very clearly in my own life. Therefore out of precaution and pure desire to continue to have a solid marriage and relationship with my children, family and staff, I chose to cut back my ministry schedule until mid June to reconnect with my family and enjoy life.
One cutback that we will be making is in the area of Media. Though we still have a vision for Christian movies and television, the amount of finances needed to move this vision forward has never occured to a demension needed to be succesful. Therefore, we will be placing our LightHouse Broadcasting Network and Safe Harbor Productions on hold indefinitely, or until such time that the finances are there to move it forward.
Lest the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you. “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth. For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do-to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him- then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves. Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea, shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.
Over the last 18 months I have been under extreme pressure. My wife has suffered for the last 3 years with Rheumatoid Arthritis and I have found myself having to do more to care for her as well as care for our two biological sons. Our family has had to deal with several legal challenges regarding restraining orders against the biological parents of our Adopted children. And to top this off our two adopted sons and myself were shot at and almost killed while driving in our car in December. Finally, there have been the continued challenges in running a non-profit organization and being involved in my Masters Degree Program. Dealing with all the above mentioned issues, brought me to a place where I noticed that I was coming very close to burnout. 
I realized that the path that I have been walking down the last year or so was one made by me and not Jesus. Yes, my public life was still one that portrayed holiness and righteousness, however when it came to my private life, I was not hitting the mark that I should have been as a husband, father, and mentor to many. I repented to my family and close friends for my attitude and behavior over the last 18 months. I have asked each of them to help me over the next several months as I take time off to reflect and heal and to stand with me and my family as we get back on track.
And Jesus, answering them, began to say: ”Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He, and will deceive many. But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. “But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”