Berks County pastor returns to pulpit after miraculous recovery

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) -- A Berks County pastor is about to make a return to the pulpit that many are calling miraculous.

Bryan Koch gets around GT Church in Spring Township these days with the help of a walker - but the fact that he walks at all is incredible.

The pastor was critically injured when an alleged drunk driver hit his motorcycle, pinning him beneath an SUV.
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He broke both hips, his pelvis and even lost a leg.

But now, after 17 surgeries Koch says he's ready to get back and preach.

"My message this week is to encourage anyone that's in a hard place, that's going through tough things in life. And I've told my boys - I've said, 'Hey, you're gonna have a grandpa and a dad that doesn't have a left eye and a left leg but hey I've got a big heart for you and a big heart for God.' I'm gonna be okay," he said.



Koch lost his eye when he was 21 during a baseball accident.

He says he will not be defined by his injuries, but rather by his service to his family and his faith
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