Dr. Ron Burgio is an alumnus of Elim Bible Institute and a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York. He is ordained through Elim Fellowship and has a Doctorate of Ministry from the School of Bible Theology in San Jacinto, California. He has been in full time ministry since 1978 and is the senior pastor of Love Joy Gospel Church in Lancaster, New York.

As a pastor, he believes that Loved Joy Gospel Church is all about "Changing lives to follow Christ." His mission is to raise up leaders and workers to do the work of the ministry. Dr. Burgio leads the church with the help of a council of elders. He and his pastoral staff supervise a team of lay leaders who in turn direct the ministries of the church. Under Dr. Burgio's leadership the church has grown from a weekly attendance of 25 to over 600.

He is the Vice President of Elim Fellowship, a fellowship of over 1,000 ministers. He also serves as Elim's Buffalo Area Representative and as an Elder. His regional influence is not limited to Elim though. His apostolic vision for the region is to "work together to win Buffalo for Christ." This vision can only be fulfilled by working together with other churches and leaders, and it encompasses Buffalo as well as the suburbs in the Western New York area. Dr. Burgio has been used of God as a catalyst to bring revival to the region and is a key influencer in bringing racial and interdenominational unity to the pastors of the Church at Buffalo.

Dr. Burgio believes that the local church needs to be missions oriented. He and his congregation support missionaries around the world, both in prayer and in finances, and he often travels to minister to missionaries, pastors, leaders and churches. Besides ministering in various cities in the United Stater and Canada, he has traveled to eleven countries in Asia, Central America, Africa and the Middle East.