Called into the ministry in 1948 on December 14th, Apostle Richard D. Henton has become one of the most prolific speakers of our day. He has been in the ministry over fifty-eight (58) years and has been a pastor for over forty-three (43) of those years. With an approximate membership of close to five thousand (5,000), Dr. Henton is also the founder of the R.D. Henton Breakthrough Ministries and is the executive producer of the Breakthrough Telecast. This weekly program has aired on Sunday mornings for over 27 years on different network and satellite systems throughout the world such as The Word Network, Total Living Network and more recently daily on WJYS/TV 62.

The R.D. Henton Breakthrough ministry has an extensive media library of well over 5,500 audio, video and DVD’s which are a vast extension of his outreach ministry that reaches the world. Even though Dr. Henton is a faithful pastor, he is known to many as their “TV Evangelist” and has ministered at various conferences, convocation, conventions and mass meetings for many decades in several major cities throughout America. He has been the keynote speaker for many ministies: “The Promise Keepers, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Azusa with Bishop Carlton Pearson, Morris Cerrullo, Bishop O.T. Jones, Sr., Rev. R.W. Shambach, The late Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson, Bishop Charles Blake, Moore House and many others to name a few.

Dr. Henton has held special services in the city where he was born and raised and still lives (Chicago) with turn-away crowds after 10,000 seats were filled at the U.I.C. Pavilion. Dr. Henton has three Doctorate of Divinity degrees and has been the recipient of numerous certificates of merit, letters from presidents, given key to many cities by their mayors, and honored by congressman and dignitaries alike. More recently Dr. Henton was the recipient of two very special awards in Chicago. (N’Digo Founation Recipient of N’Faith Award 2007) and ( Mayor Richard M. Daley presented the 2007 Luminary Senior Citizen Hall of Faith Award).

Monument of Faith Breakthrough World Ministries is in the second phase of building a five-thousand (5,000) seating facility on close to 14 acres of land that the ministry was blessed to purchased in the city of Chicago. Dr. Richard D. Henton is a family man and is the father of four children that are working faithfully with him in the ministry. Although he is abundantly blessed, he remains a most humble servant of the Lord, a true servant for this generation.