Senior Pastors
Reverends Gary and Angela Gideon Senior Pastors
Pastor Gary Gideon served as the Personal Assistant to Bishop Beninate for over 25 years. Through those years, he received a direct impartation of wisdom and prophetic understanding from Bishop Beninate. He also served as the Headmaster of the Abundant Life International School in America and as the Youth Pastor of Christ the King Church for 25 years. Pastor Gideon is known for his passion to strengthen the local church body. He is a man of prayer and carries an anointing to reveal the heart of Jesus with a mature understanding of the Word and Biblical Principles. Pastor Angela Gideon has taught at the Abundant Life International School for thirty-six years and pastored the Children’s Ministry for forty years. Her thorough knowledge of the Word, Biblical History and the relationship she has cultivated with the Lord have enabled her to move by the Spirit to bring dynamic truth to the church. Pastor Angela’s gift of being an encourager is evidenced by the smile which never leaves her face. Pastors Gideon have seven children and three grand-children. They were installed as the Senior Pastors of Christ the King Church in 2020.
Presbytery
Reverend George R Beninate, Ph.D. Bishop
Bishop Beninate was the Founder and General Overseer of Christ the King Church International. Dr. Beninate’s salvation experience from the streets of New York City was recorded in David Wilkerson’s The Cross and the Switchblade. Bishop entered his Great Reward in 2022 leaving a Kingdom-sized vision which lives on in those to whom he ministered. Many churches around the world looked to him as a Father. Known internationally as the “Bishop of Worship,” Dr. Beninate was a dynamic and motivating preacher and a prolific writer. Bishop Beninate’s books include: Thus Saith the Lord, The Age of Glory: The Church in the Third Millennium and The Foundations of Faith.
Reverend Susan S. Beninate, Ph.D. Pastor & General Overseer
Pastor Susan Beninate is the Co-Founder of Christ the King Church International and serves as the General Overseer. Pastor Beninate is also the Founder of Lifeline International, a missionary outreach ministry and the International Director of The Abundant Life International School, with campuses in Pittsburgh, PA and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She has the unique ability to take the deep truths of the Kingdom and present them in a simple way which can be understood by everyone. As the mother of 4 children, Grandmother of 12 and Great-Grandmother of 4, Dr. Beninate is recognized as a specialist in child training and has written the book, Well Behaved Children.
Reverend Joseph R. Mauti Pastor & Director of Music
Pastor Joseph Mauti is known around the world for his sensitivity to the flow of the Holy Spirit and his Mantel of Prophecy. Combined, these gifts are ministered by Pastor Mauti to bring the Body of Christ into a Prophetic realm of worship. His gentle spirit and heart for people have made him a true Father in the Kingdom. He and his wife, Pastor Marianne Mauti, have three children and four grand-children.
Reverend Marianne M. Mauti Pastor & Director of Adult Education
Pastor Marianne Mauti has a profound understanding of the Victorious Church in its Glory as the Bride of Christ. She has the rare ability of being able to teach and convey Present-Day Truth and the Power of Prophetic Worship. She and her husband, Pastor Joseph Mauti, have received songs from the Lord which have become anthems of the Kingdom of God, including Holy Before You Lord and Here Comes the King.