Joe Daltorio served as Lead Pastor of River of Life Community Church in Hudson, Ohio for twenty-six years until November 2023. He and his wife Janice founded the church in 1997. He is currently engaged as a mentor and coach with leaders locally and around the world.
Joe currently serves as a senior advisor to Messenger Fellowship, an international community dedicated to developing leaders that lead like Jesus and churches that demonstrate The Kingdom of God. Messenger is called to convene leaders for the purpose of exploring The Ways of God, cover leaders by fostering supportive communities of safety and accountability, and co-mission leaders by providing essential theological resources and creating strategic ministry partnerships. He also serves on the Executive Board of HarvestNet Ministries, an expression of the city-wide church in Northeast Ohio.
Joe has spoken at conferences and as a guest speaker in churches. He has also led evangelism and ministry planting teams in Argentina and Chile and participated in leadership training conferences in France, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, and the United States.
His passion in ministry is to see ongoing reformation in the Church and transformation in society. His goal is to equip leaders and help rising new generations to understand their identity in Christ Jesus and their mission to proclaim the truth of the Gospel. He is currently working on a book entitled, Finding You.