My life in short:
My given name is Angelo Joseph, and a made
up last name, Bennetti. My
relatives that are left say my last name started with a "P". (who knows by now).
I like using my name in Hebrew, Malachi Yosef.
I am 69 this year. (2023) Let me take you
back to my beginning.
I was born in 1954 in Manhattan, New York.
As far as we knew, we were Sicilian and
Italian.
All the time, in my younger days, my family
was taken as Jewish by many people.
In my early years, I studied many years in
a parochial catholic school while living in Williamsburg which is very Hasidic.
Years later, we moved to Bensonhurst
Brooklyn.
In 1972, I went to California where I met a
so-called Lord at a church that was along the non-denominational line, like the
assemblies of God. The two ministers there were Jewish believers in Messiah.
They told me I looked Semitic.
I was ordained there as a minister years
later, spent 16 years in that persuasion.
I studied many religions and their
beginnings.
In 1987, I left that religious persuasion.
I got heavy into business. I was part owner of a clothing manufacturing
corporation with approx. 90 to 100 employees.
In 2001, my mom told me her father,
grandfather, changed his name and made up this Sicilian name like Chiarella,
(Probably spelled wrong) The name my mother
could remember, it was something like Garafalo,
also probably spelled wrong.
All I could find near to this was a Jewish
person.
Also my grandfather, on my father's side,
his last name was changed. All I could get was no one knew why. This was very
strange to me.
Unbeknownst to me, my cousin was tracing
our relatives and names came up that were Spanish like Vita, Cardona and Cantone.
I received a list of names of Sephardic Jews from sephardim.com, click here, of Jews that were cast out of Spain and Sicily and my great grandparent's names were listed. So, at this point, who really knows what we are, J
We can’t really prove anything again.
In 2002 we went everywhere and could not find
a church that kept the 10 Commandments.
After prayer and fasting, we opened a
congregation called "One in Messiah Congregation" in Tennessee where
I am the minister.
One in Messiah Congregation is recognized
by the state of Tennessee as a tax-exempt Congregation.
We had a radio broadcast on WNAH 1360 AM. for almost 3 years.
After I prayed and fasted, the Lord gave us
a place to have studies unto Feb. 2005 when we were asked to leave. ( due mainly to the Sabbath, the
4th Commandment ).
Today we are not Catholic, Protestant or in
Judaism. We are just believers in Messiah and His Word.
We now have a place
to have Sabbath Services again (March 2005), the Lord answered our prayers.
Time to pray again for a location:
The Lord answered our prayers fast. We have
a new location as of Jan. 12, 2008,
Praise the Lord, a new adventure.
Lord Bless, I will
keep you up to date.
The Lord answered our
prayers fast again. We have a new location again as of Feb. 16, 2008 at the
Bethel World Outreach Center, 5670 Granny White Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027
Well, our stay at
Bethel World Outreach Center has come to an end in August 2008. (reasons unclear, no minister there,
ever came to talk to us in 6 months, oh well)
Praise Yehovah, we have our own congregation building now
as of Sept. 2008 - no more asking us Jews to leave. We are located at 6971 Sunnywood drive, Nashville, Tn.
37211 in Lenox Village. All welcome!!
We sold our building located at 6971 Sunnywood drive, Nashville, Tn.
37211 in Lenox Village.
We now moved our congregation to Hohenwald,
Tn. 38462
It is 2023 now.
In December 2023 we are again trying to
move our congregation out of Hohenwald, Tn. due to many reasons.
Please pray again for God to move us…
My father passed away on August 18, 2001
My mother passed away on Jan. 29, 2004. My
mom kept the Sabbath and was learning the feasts of the Lord.
My sister Joanne passed away May 3, 2013 –
died in her bed, sleep – on her way to 63
My sister Susanne passed away May 12, 2022 –
died of sepsis of the liver and heart
Praise Him Daily and Thank Him Daily