Spanish River Church

In 1967, Dr. David and Nori Nicholas and a small group of people met in an empty storefront near Palmetto Park Road to start a new way to celebrate faith. A joyful and inclusive way that would welcome all ages. The church they would build would be more than a church. It would be a community of love, friendship and faith. 

Today, Spanish River church sits on a 20-acre campus hosting a 1,500-seat worship center, a 400-seat chapel, a bustling preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school, a full-service counseling center with state-licensed therapists, and 400-seat youth center complete with a game room and gym.

Over the 42 years that Dr. Nicholas pastored Spanish River Church, we planted 200+ churches in the United States and around the globe, helping orphans and families in third-world countries have a better future through medical clinics, life skills training, orphanages and orphan villages, small businesses, and hope through Jesus Christ.  Many of those 200 churches have planted their own churches around the world. 

In 2009, Dr. Tommy Kiedis became the new Senior Pastor of Spanish River Church.  He is married to Shannan, and together they have brought up five sons and one daughter.  Today they are also the proud grandparents of a grandson and a granddaughter.