Our Church Elim Life Church (ELC) is an inter-denominational Full Gospel Church located in Lima, New York. Families and individuals from all around the Rochester area attend our church, some coming from over 30 miles away. Over 800 people attend each Sunday, including a significant number of faculty and students from the nearby Elim Bible Institute. Our Heritage Elim Gospel Church was established in 1988 by Pastor Mike Cavanaugh as a community church with a vision to reach Livingston, Monroe and Ontario counties with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The birth of Elim Gospel Church is genetically related to the birth and vision of Elim Bible Institute and Elim Fellowship (a support organization for over 800 pastors and missionaries). A hunger for revival and a desire to impact and relate to the whole Church and whole world are deeply ingrained in the fabric of what we call Elim.