{"id":26,"date":"2020-10-08T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oakvalleyservants.net\/BrokenTree\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2023-05-14T02:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T08:36:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brokentree.org\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What is Broken Tree Community?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broken Tree Community (BTC) is a faith-based community that works to empower persons with mild to moderate cognitive and physical differences to live to their fullest potential with dignity and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Broken Tree Community | An Introduction\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EP_Yvq2OLqE?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>What&#8217;s Your Dream? <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Meet Steve and Jil<\/strong>l, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em>founders  of Broken Tree <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em>June 5, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oakvalleyservants.net\/BrokenTree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FB_IMG_1610578733373-506x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" width=\"141\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brokentree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FB_IMG_1610578733373-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/brokentree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FB_IMG_1610578733373.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Steve Roloff is the lead pastor\/executive director. Steve holds a BA from William Jewell College with a major in religion. Steve was a construction superintendent for his family homebuilding business, <em>Roloff Development Company <\/em>in St. Louis, Missouri for seventeen years. Steve\u2019s background includes Para Olympian in Equestrian, volunteer for Young Life, Resident Director at William Jewell College, intern at Castle Oaks Covenant Church, Castle Rock, Colorado, and various ministry positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve\u2019s wife Jill, graduated from Florissant Valley Community College with&nbsp; an Associate\u2019s Degree in Early Childhood Education.&nbsp; She worked two summers with children who have special needs, for two years in a inner city mission with children from six months to twelve years old, for five years at Children\u2019s World\u2019s Learning Center, and volunteered with various ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve and Jill got married April 29, 1995. They have two sons, Dylan and Colby.&nbsp; Both Steve and Jill have Cerebral Palsy, and in April of 2020, Steve fell down a flight of&nbsp; steps and received a spinal cord injury. Through all their brokenness, Steve and Jill persevere and prove their faith pure as gold by answering God\u2019s call to move from St. Louis, Missouri to Castle Rock, Colorado in June of 2010 to plant <em>Broken Tree Community Church.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Broken Tree Community?&nbsp; Broken Tree Community (BTC) is a faith-based community that works to empower persons with mild to moderate cognitive and physical differences to live to their fullest potential with dignity and purpose. Meet Steve and Jill, founders of Broken Tree June 5, 2010 Steve Roloff is the lead pastor\/executive director. 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