Warring Woman with Monica Delaurentis

This week we are joined by my friend, Monica DeLaurentis. We cannot be more excited to have Monica with us this year at She Rises! Her passion for the Lord, reaching people with the love of Jesus, and living her one life with intention are inspiring and will spur anyone on in their faith.

If anyone feels discouraged at the world's current reality, if the Lord is at work, or if people who seem opposed to the gospel can be changed, this episode is for you!

After many years of addiction, Pastor Monica found the love of God and was compelled to go to the streets with it. She worked in homeless shelters while attending North Central University. It was here that she began to grasp a vision of how God can meet the needs of hurting people by providing a place of refuge, fellowship, and healing.

Pastor Monica put her vision into action as she started, the ICCM Life Center, in 1993 from her home in the poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhood in the Twin Cities.

Pastor Monica and her husband Pastor Chris have dispatched launch teams to plant churches in Miami, New York, and Seattle and have pioneered inner-city churches in Chicago, St. Paul as well as a Hispanic church.

Pastor Monica has been married for 30 years and has two adult children. Pastor Monica’s passion is to see lives changed through the power of Jesus Christ.

Learn more about ICCM at http://www.changingourcity.org/.

Learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises, at https://www.sherisesmn.org/. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram at Susan Vandenheuvel.