In 1968 they founded Christian Renewal Association Inc. Bennett, a well-known Charismatic Episcopal Priest, and they began a wonderful marriage of service to the Lord. This work equipped her well for her calling to heal the broken in heart and soul. Rita gained a Bachelor of Arts in Education at the University of Florida in 1958, and went on to work in the Florida State Department of Education in child welfare. The family moved to Tampa Florida in 1936 where she spent her childhood and teenage years. William Standish Reed and Robert Reed, DDS, now deceased, and her surviving sister Georgia Reed Danahy. Box 576, Edmonds, WA 98020.Rita (Reed) Bennett was born in Lake Huron, Michigan in 1934 and was the third child of William and Loretta Reed. in Edmonds, Washington, or to send your personal tributes and donations in lieu of flowers, go to Rita's website at or contact CRA at 42 or P.O. If you would like to register to attend Rita's Celebration of Life Service to be held on June 4 at 10:30 a.m. Rita and Dennis's spiritual legacy will live on through these people and through the ongoing work of their ministry of Christian Renewal Association Inc. Tens of thousands of people's lives have been transformed through her ministry.Īlthough Rita did not have any natural-born children, she leaves behind two stepsons, Steve and Conrad Bennett, numerous nieces and nephews, thousands of spiritual children, and friends and co-workers in the Vineyard. Rita was in frequent demand as a speaker, TBN television host for 11 years, an Edmonds Beacon worship columnist for six years, and a teacher and Bible study leader for retreats and seminars, in many different denominations in the U.S. Rita was pleased to also receive an Honorary Doctoral degree for Dennis posthumously that day. Oral Roberts University conferred a Honorary Doctoral degree, which recognized with distinction Rita's extensive work in emotional and spiritual healing, saying, "We thank God for what He has accomplished through you, and we want to honor you as a person, for what you have done in His name." She specialized in Counselling with Compassion and Spiritual Wisdom to many in leadership, as well as individual care to families. In 2008 Rita earned her master's of arts degree in Applied Behavioral Science, with an emphasis in Family and Marriage Therapy, from Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington. Rita also served as a television show host for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) for ten years.
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She co-founded, with Shade O'Driscoll, the Emotionally Free Inner Healing Ministry, which is now international.
Rita has gone on to write numerous other books including You Can Be Emotionally Free, The Lord's Prayer Heals, To Heaven and Back, Heaven Tours-Astonishing Journeys, and A New Look at the News which is a 6-year collection of worship column articles written for the Edmonds Beacon. Dennis passed away in 1991, leaving Rita to carry the torch on her own. Rita made her mark as a writer when she co-authored with Dennis their classic book, "The Holy Spirit and You" (1971).
(CRA) to minster worldwide and across denominations in Evangelization, Healing and Church Renewal. Rita gained a bachelor of arts in education at the University of Florida in 1958, and went on to work in the Florida State Department of Education in child welfare. The family moved to Tampa, Florida, in 1936, where she spent her childhood and teenage years. William Standish Reed and Robert Reed, DDS, now deceased, and her surviving sister, Georgia Reed Danahy. Rita (Reed) Bennett was born in Lake Huron, Michigan, in 1934, and was the third child of William and Loretta Reed.
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