Worship International originally began as River of Life Ministries in the summer of 1997.  It was birthed from a vision and came into fruition as a home fellowship with 4 people coming together to pray, worship and study the word of God, which today we call  Streams Home Fellowships.  As the group started multiplying, they would transition from home to home.

During that time, the name River of Life was given by inspiration of the Spirit of God by a vision given of flowing waters coming forth from the throne of God to God’s people, and from them those waters would touch the world to refresh the thirsty of souls.  During the span of one year River of Life went from Home fellowships to a building because of the rapid growth.  The pastors of River of Life, Manuel & Rosalyn Acevedo were directed by the Lord to meet with Pastor William Hinn of Resurrection Life International now in Texas and from that meeting our hearts were knitted together and came under Apostolic accountability of Ark of the Covenant Network.

River of Life finally came to the point where home gathering could not accommodate the numbers coming in and the Lord led them to a specific area and region to gather and establish a greater sphere of Kingdom influence in in the Northwest side of Chicago, but not limited as suburban outreach was going forth. After 11 years they moved to larger facility in Albany Park Area to accommodate the growing ministry