…Restoring a generation of lovesick warriors.

Children & Youth Ministry

Vision

"Here I am and the children
whom the Lord has given me!
We are for Signs and Wonders.."

Training, Equipping & Mobilizing a Forerunner Generation

Our vision is to see a generation, joined together, and released to fully devote their lives to Christ. We desire that each person develop a deep relationship with Jesus and pursue Him, while cultivating the gifts that He has given them. We desire to see the hearts of the fathers turned back to the children and the hearts of the children turned back to the fathers. We believe that young and old are to be joined together in worship and intercession.

ATM* Classes for Children & Teens (*Activation, Training, and Mobilization)

Young people at the ATM classes will be taught to understand that the Holy Spirit is orchestrating a global worship and prayer movement in these last days and they are a part of it! We focus on the truth we are loved by God and we are lovers of God. Teachings are centered around worship, intercession, the Bridal paradigm, intimacy with Jesus, and understanding the heart of God. We desire that each person develop a deep relationship with Jesus and pursue Him, while cultivating the gifts that He has given them.

Youth Ministry

Ben & Jodie Brown

Ben and his wife Jodie are the Youth Leaders for the IHOP-Knoxville Ministry Base. Their vision is to equip teens to grow into a maturity that leads to their being conformed to the image of Christ. They enjoy developing relationships with young people in order to disciple them and encourage the joining of the generations for the kingdom of God.

Ben’s and Jodie’s desire is to see those in the younger generation living in the heartbeat of God, walking in love and intimacy with Him, and prepared to discover and enter in to the fullness of their callings. Ben leads the Tuesday evening “ATM” Equipping Classes for teens ages 13-18. He and Jodie have one son, Caleb

Children's Ministry

Children Engaging God’s Presence and Letting His Glory Flow

Sunday Morning Children’s Classes

Children in the Sunday morning classes will be challenged to find out who God is and how to develop an intimate relationship with Him. They will be guided to discover how they were created in the image of God and that their purpose is to walk in His image (Romans 8:28-29). They will be encouraged to engage His presence in prayer, worship and obedience, and to let the glory of God flow through them. Teachings are centered on the Lord Jesus, learning who He is, letting Him become their best friend, and keeping their focus on Jesus so we can become like Him.

Our vision is to build a passion and fire for the Lord in the children, to teach them who they are in Christ, and to develop a deep, intimate relationship with Jesus and let glory of the Lord flow out of them. Our desire is to teach the children to develop an unshakeable trust in God for everything and to walk in the supernatural power of the Spirit.

Joseph Clouse

Joseph serves as an elder for the International House of Prayer,-Knoxville Ministry Base. He is a member of the Healing Rooms of Blount County where he is dedicated to seeing the healing ministry of Jesus recovered. Joseph, along with his wife Patti, is a Pastoral Care Deacon for Lionheart Fellowship as well as being the Sunday Morning Children’s Ministry leader. He is retired from the U. S. Air Force and in his free time he loves to fish and enjoy God’s creation in the mountains of Tennessee. Joseph loves to minister to children and the “young at heart” as Gimmick the Fisher Clown.

Patti Clouse

Patti assists her husband of twenty-three years as an elder, Pastoral Care Deacon and Sunday Morning Children’s Ministry leader. Both Patti and Joseph have over 20 years experience in children’s ministry. Patti has served on the Healing Rooms of Blount County ministry team since it began. Her desire is for those who come in for healing ministry to leave having experienced God’s presence. Patti works at Knox Area Rescue Ministries, a ministry to the homeless and poor in Knoxville and the surrounding area. Patti loves spending her free time with Joseph fishing and exploring the mountains of Tennessee. They love driving on “new roads” and experiencing God in new ways, both in the natural and in the spiritual.

Patti and Joseph have two children; Debbie, who along with her husband John, serve in Sunday Morning Children's Ministry at Lionheart Fellowship, and Shawn, who lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

Location:
1802 Airbase Road
Louisville, TN 37777
865-984-0302
15 minutes from downtown Knoxville
10 minutes from West Knoxville
2 minutes from McGhee Tyson (Knoxville) Airport