OUR PASTORS...

Rick And Susan Bennett
After seeing the life changing salvation experience of his older brother, Rick gave his heart to Jesus at the age of twenty. Immediately, he had a hunger for the Word of God and Worship. He has an intense passion to reach this generation for the Kingdom and to see them fully engaged in their purpose and destiny. His ministry focus continues to be that of equipping. The true joy of the ministry for the Bennett family is seeing young ministry gifts released and hitting their target in God. For many years their home has been a place where spiritual sons and daughters have gathered for nurturing, training, fellowship, guidance, prayer, and fun.

Another driving force from deep within Rick is to see God's people realize the importance and joy of pure worship of the Father. He has penned over twenty-five worship songs, written numerous Bible study courses, and developed a six-tier discipleship training/leadership development program. Rick for several years served the congregation of Christ the Rock Metro Church in Memphis, Tennessee as an associate pastor, teacher, and psalmist. For over ten years Rick served Memphis Bible Institute as Vice-President and instructor.

Pursuing the call of God on his life has taken him to minister throughout the United States and around the world. He has been especially effective in ministering to Native Americans, namely of the Navajo and Apache tribes, having led ministry teams to Native Nations for several years. His heart for missions and evangelism has also opened doors for him to minister in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Kenya, Haiti, France, England, Wales, Austria, Latvia, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, and Turkey.

Pastor Rick holds bachelors and masters degrees in Theology from Jacksonville Theological Seminary. Susan is Pastor Rick's wife for over thirty years. She also teaches and is involved with spiritual parenting, leadership development and encouraging Christians in the Marketplace. Their son Ricky and his wife Elizabeth also serve in a teaching and equipping capacity. In addition to Ricky’s corporate career, he and Elizabeth are media/photography entrepreneurs.