High school sweethearts Minister Claude and Debbie Bennett, who say they have been successfully and happily married for over 25 years, were both graduates from University City High School in the early eighties. Now having a family,
including three children, Brittany, Claude III, and Solomon, God has called on their lives for a ministry of intercessory prayer and equipping entrepreneurs to serve the community in a Godly kingdom.
They call their ministry, “Heaven on Earth Ministries.” According to the Bennetts, Heaven on Earth Ministries is made up of many disciples of Jesus the King, who believe God has made His people to be kings and priests through Christ (Revelations 5:9-10). They proclaim that they have been called to specific regions and to stand in the gap as intercessors for the region (Roman 5:17 and Ezekiel 22:29-30).
They introduced their ministry to the public last fall during the Heaven on Earth Ministries conference. Their ministry is not geared to a particular denomination or race of people, but to those who are called to be intercessors in the bi-state areas of St. Louis and East St. Louis.
“Take a drug dealer for example, a person who may not know the full knowledge of Christ. The bible teaches us that we were all sinners until we have come into the knowledge of Christ and a person without Christ is dead,” Minister Bennett said.
“But when those who are dead can receive the life of God, which is the Word of God and this is where life comes from.”
The second phase of their ministry, which is currently underway, is equipping the community on how to pray.
Minister Bennett is a 2010 graduate of Living Word Christian Center’s School of Ministry and a Licensed Minister through Faith Ministries Alliance, whose Founder is Dr. Bill Winston, the pastor and founder of Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Illinois.
Minister Bennett is also a licensed real estate broker, an accomplished entrepreneur, who gives back in a segment of his ministry to build those in entrepreneurship.
Co-Visionary Debbie Bennett, who holds a B.S. in Psychology from Washington University. She is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, Certified Asthma Educator, and a current graduate student in University of Missouri’s-St. Louis Clinical Mental Health Program.
“We train people and strengthen them in their prayer life,” she says, “to help people to pray effectively and to unify believers, whether you are Baptist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian or non denomination, we all are following Jesus Christ. We need to be fitly joined together to promote the Kingdom of God.”
The Intercessory Prayer Training Classes offer by the Heaven on Earth
Ministries are free and open to the public To register, contact the ministry at heavenonearthstl@gmail.com or 314-581-2747. For more information, visit www.heavenonearthministries-stl.org.
Fish Fry at the Rock
St. Alphonsus “Rock” at Grand and Cook, one block south of Page and Grand, is having a Lenten Fish Fry every Friday through March 22, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 22 is Soul Food Friday, (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day only), when the church will have greens and mac ‘n’ cheese for purchase as additional side orders.
You can eat there or carry out. You can phone in your order (314-533-0304) or fax it in (314-533-4260) but it must be by Wednesday of each week for advance orders. Otherwise, just order when you get there and wait. There is no delivery service.
Empowerment Conference
Howard and Vickie Denson are hosting The Transformational Agenda Empowerment Conference March 1-3, at Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School, 701 N. Spring Ave. The Empowerment Conference’s principal day is Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. It is free.
Howard explains that the conference is an opportunity for the community to come together, to gain positive energy from each other, to gain information and inspiration, to grow in empowerment.
For more information, call 314-531-7300, Extension 211 or visit www.TheTransformationalAgenda.org.
