Ben & Jacky Kroeske

Pastors Ben and Jacky Kroeske are the founding leaders of River Church Amsterdam (https://riverchurch.nl/en), a rapidly growing, Spirit-filled church in the Netherlands. After both serving for years at The River in Tampa, Florida, they felt God’s call to start a church in the Netherlands and moved there in 2013 with a vision for revival in the nation and across Europe.

What began as a small pioneering work has developed into a vibrant, multi-service, multi-location church family, now known as The River, with churches in the Amsterdam area and Amersfoort, two more launching in 2026, and “Ablaze Revival Meetings” in cities across the Netherlands and other nations. From this local church, Ben and Jacky have also launched a full-time and part-time Bible school and the River Ministerial Association to ordain and license leaders, all flowing from one vision: to see the Netherlands and Europe saturated with the knowledge of the glory of God by reaching the lost, reviving believers, and raising up leaders for the harvest. (http://riverministries.nl/)

Together with their two children, Ben, a native of the Netherlands, and Jacky, originally from Puerto Rico, continue to give day-to-day leadership to River Church Nederland, equipping people to live a life of faith in the Holy Spirit and bold evangelism in one of Europe’s most influential cities.