Dr. Benny Beckum, beloved Evangelist, is the founder and President of The Intercessor Ministries, Inc. When his dear wife, Diane, was diagnosed with cancer, he realized his prayer life was lacking. He rediscovered the “prayer closet,” locked himself in and began to do serious business with the Lord. Mrs. Diane Beckum died on July 11, 2001. In the heartache of that loss, Dr. Beckum embraced the grace of God and the comfort of the Holy Ghost that he found in his prayer closet. After long hours, locked away with the Lord in his closet of prayer, the Lord spoke to his heart and helped him understand the absolute necessity of prayer and how woefully lacking most Christians are in this important spiritual discipline. God ignited his heart with a passion for prayer and forged there a vision for revival – calling God’s people back to their prayer closets. This was the birth of The Intercessor Ministries.  National and regional prayer conferences, The Intercessor Magazine, “Prayer for Revival” a textbook for Bible colleges on the subject of prayer, and forty-eight week long prayer revivals every year are a few of the ways Dr. Beckum is being used of God to call us back into our prayer closets so that we would gain a deeper understanding and awareness of God in every aspect of our lives.

In 2015 Dr. Beckum was married to Jeannette. He and Jeannette travel together to the prayer revivals all over the country. He also continues to preach on many college campuses and is continuing to write books in hopes that fellow Christians would gain a deeper understanding and awareness of God in every aspect of their lives.