Karen Jethroe is Sr. Pastor of Inner Circle Ministries Outreach & Deliverance Church. In 1969, at the age of 16, she committed her life to the Lord Jesus Christ. Since that time she has faithfully submitted to the journey of being led by the Holy Spirit in every aspect of her life.
At age 19 she married her husband Dennis. Together they have 4 adult children and 8 loving, adorable grandchildren, with more on the way.
Pastor Karen is an energetic, articulate speaker with keen wit and a present day insight into the Word of God that makes bible application revelatory to even the youngest Christian believer. Her intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit, along with her indomitable faith in God has enabled her to become a trailblazer in many facets of her life.
She currently has an Associate’s Degree in Business and a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. Her ministry alliance is with Living Word Fellowship Apostolic Network in Springfield, IL.
Her pastoral covering is Pastor Fred Nettles, Living Word Fellowship in Springfield, IL.
Pastor Cora Brooks is co-pastor of Inner Circle Ministries Outreach & Deliverance Church in Belleville, Illinois where she is currently serving in her fourth year. She has been walking in leadership ministry for over 25 years. In the late 1970’s Pastor Cora was called to the teaching ministry. For the next 20 + years she worked along side Pastor Karen Jethroe as co-director of Inner Circle Ministries. As an outreach ministry, Inner Circle met the spiritual, emotional and financial needs of single women, divorced women, wives of men who were incarcerated, and prison inmates. As a ministry working inside the church walls Pastor Cora developed and taught bible study curriculum directed toward building character and integrity in the body of Christ. Pastor Karen and Pastor Cora have taught this curriculum in several churches and a special curriculum has been written for prison ministry teaching. Pastor Cora’s education is in psychology and organizational development. She has worked in management for over 30 years where she gained a plethora of people skills. This knowledge along with the power of the Holy Spirit’s guidance has allowed her to see hundreds achieve the Christian lifestyle.
Last year she founded Get-a-life coach seminars and counseling. Her counseling expertise are in finances, escaping from abuse, relocating, changing careers and more. She is currently married with 2 adult daughters and 3 grandchildren.
Missed a Sunday? Interested in hearing our Pastor speak? Need a Word for you? Below are a list of some of Pator Karen's recent sermons. If you are interested in ordering a CD, please email at her ICMDIR@aol.com for more information.