Minister Kavetta Freese
Visionary & Founder
FOUNDER.
Kavetta Freese founded Women Hallowed in Prayer (W.H.I.P.) in 2003 with God’s mandate to usher His daughters into bonded relationships that exhibit respect, trust, and compassion towards one another. Kavetta leads the W.H.I.P. movement with a strong commitment to intercession, integrity, initiative, and servitude. She envisions the ministry breaking generational, ethnic, geographic and interfaith boundaries.
Through covenant partnership, prayer, and principled teaching, each W.H.I.P. continues to grow in biblical authority, and in her strength in Christ, to fulfill her God-ordained destiny. The Bible teaches us that your gift will make room for you, and many doors have been opened for her to plant seeds through prayer, teaching, and event planning.
On February 15, 2024, our visionary, Min. Kavetta J. Freese, received her total healing and transitioned to be with our Father in Heaven. In honor of our visionary, the W.H.I.P. membership continues the ministry she began over 20 years ago. Sis. Jackie Ealey carries the torch as the W.H.I.P. Overseer.
FOUNDATION.
A native of Canton, Ohio, Sis. Kavetta accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at the age of nine in Antioch Baptist Church under the Pastorate of Reverend W. C. Henderson. She ascended to leadership early as a member of the young adult choir and as an AWANA Youth Ministry Leader.
FAITH.
Kavetta and her husband, Keith, have faithfully served under the leadership of Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr. (Greater St. Stephens Church, New Orleans, LA), and Bishop Larry D. Trotter (Sweet Holy Spirit Church, Chicago, IL) who in 2004 sanctioned W.H.I.P. as a para ministry. They now serve under Pastor David Blunt (Church on the Rock, St. Louis, MO).
To grow in her faith and leadership, Kavetta obtained a certification in Biblical Studies and ministry development. She completed these studies at the Barak Christian School of Ministry and became a licensed minister in June 2019.
Kavetta is also known as a creative powerhouse that demonstrates her God-given talents without reservation. She enjoys culinary arts and is an accomplished fashion designer, seamstress, and interior decorator. Fashion has always been her passion and her design gifting was the conduit to her calling with women. She began her ministry by assisting women in the redesign of their outer image. She now utilizes W.H.I.P. as a vehicle of encouragement for women as they allow God to redesign their image from the inside out.
FAMILY.
Keith and Kavetta are the proud parents of four beautiful children Lonnie (Pud) and Kavetta (VeVe) Mathis, and Jason and Jamie Freese. They are also grandparents to Deante, Elysea, Dinetra, Quintez, Lee Shawn, Kamyia, Emerson, Eva, and twins McKinley and Jordan.
Sister Jackie Ealey
W.H.I.P Overseer
Jacqueline (Jackie) Ealey is a child of God that loves to read God’s word and walk in the calling He has on her life. She is an active member of the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, where Rev. Dr. A. W. Anthony Mays is her pastor. Jackie has participated in many auxiliaries in her church over the years and is currently working with the Senior Mission Auxiliary and the Women’s Ministry.
As a member of the Women Hallowed In Prayer International Ministry (W.H.I.P.), since 2009, she is an influencer in bringing women into a closer relationship with God through prayer. Jackie currently serves as W.H.I.P. Overseer for the ministry.
Jackie is also a member of Preacher Woman, a ministry which allows her to grow in the areas of spirituality and personal development. Additionally, she is a member of Phenomenal Woman Foundation, based in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she has been a member of the Intercession Team. As someone who has dealt with the loss of a loved one, she has encouraged the PWF Queens through her Grief Coaching sessions.
Jackie’s favorite scripture is Psalm 27:4, “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.”
The History of W.H.I.P.
A VISION IS GIVEN
Sis. Freese received a clear call from the Lord to use prayer as a means to usher women into bonded relationships that exhibit respect, trust and compassion. This vision of Women Hallowed In Prayer (W.H.I.P.) was birthed as a result of Sis. Freese being placed in various leadership positions throughout her life in hospitals, social and political arenas and also in the church where she witnessed just the opposite taking place with women of all cultures, social status and race. God’s burden in her heart revealed that the true mark of a W.H.I.P. is the act of courage so that all women in the Body of Christ can fully embrace and fulfill their Godly mandate.
FROM VISION TO BIRTHING
In October of 2002, after struggling with the vision for months, Sis. Freese finally submitted to the will of the Father and wrote the vision as God directed. The vision began to unfold quickly and Sis. Freese sought counsel, as well as the blessing, from her spiritual covering, Bishop Larry Trotter in May, 2003. His counsel for her was simple and straightforward: “Go Forth!” Prayer lines began to form throughout the U. S. and W.H.I.P. was officially launched in July of 2003.
THE VISION FOR FELLOWSHIP UNFOLDS
On April 18, 2004, W.H.I.P. was sanctioned by Bishop Trotter and recognized as a para-church ministry of Sweet Holy Spirit in Chicago, Illinois. Then in May, the first W.H.I.P. Assembly was held in Frankenmuth, Michigan. At that gathering Sis. Freese testified of the healing hand of the Father after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She also clarified and gave a contrast of a whip in the natural and Women Hollowed In Prayer in her Inaugural Assembly message entitled “Is There a W.H.I.P. in The House?”
EXPANSION: DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS FORMED
In 2005 the Lord revealed the expansion of the ministry to two specific demographics: singles and youth with the S.S.S.H.I.P. for (Strengthening Single Sisters Hallowed in Prayer) and Y.W.H.I.P. for (Young Women Hallowed in Prayer). The ministry leaders observed a need for wives, so in 2006; the ministry of Wives in Warfare (W.I.W.) was birthed.
PRAYING THE WORD
Sis. Freese had a burden for the teaching of scriptures that should be incorporated into prayer that launched the teaching line of “What Does God Say about That?” with a subtitle for 2022 of “Winning Souls, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?”
PRAISING HIM FOR MORE!
In 2009 the W.H.I.P. scholarship was launched. Recipients have been awarded $1,000 and $500 scholarships over the years.
Two books have been published and released, one entitled Seven Facets of Worship and the second entitled Heart Healing Prescriptions from Women Hallowed In Prayer that consisted of prayers written by W.H.I.P. women across the nation.
W.H.I.P. sponsors a yearly outreach event, in the month of February called Operation Bridging the Gap, which is a mother and daughter affair. God had laid it upon our hearts in 2010 to begin bridging the gap in 2011. The affair is fun as well as inspirational for the mothers, daughters, speakers and W.H.I.P. sisters.
In April 2011, W.H.I.P. began contacting W.H.I.P. sisters during their time of bereavement, offering prayer and a resolution.
In July 2013, W.H.I.P. began an international prayer line with sisters in Zimbabwe, Africa.
In February 2014, W.H.I.P. launched its first 24 hour prayer watch where over 500 callers participated.
In June 2014, the leadership team went to St. Thomas and held the first W.H.I.P. assembly abroad at Global Life Church, with the women of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In February 2018, the W.I.W. expanded to include a spouse’s prayer line.
In December 2018, W.H.I.P. leader Sis. Jackie Ealey held the first W.H.I.P. assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe, Africa.
In March of 2019, W.H.I.P. began a prison ministry with incarcerated women and held it’s first visit in May.
On June 9, 2019, Sis. Freese became an ordained minister.
On February 15, 2024, our visionary, Min. Kavetta J. Freese, received her total healing and transitioned to be with our Father in Heaven. In honor of our visionary, the W.H.I.P. membership continues the ministry she began over 20 years ago. Sis. Jackie Ealey carries the torch as the W.H.I.P. Overseer.
On February 16, 2024, the book Early Will We Seek You, a prayer devotional for spouses, was published and released.
In February 2024, W.H.I.P. began hosting the Teaching, S.S.S.H.I.P. and the Wives In Warfare Lines on Zoom.
W.H.I.P. is truly INTERNATIONAL!!! We are NOW in Zimbabwe; Kenya; South Africa; Great Britain; Nassau, Bahamas; on the British Island of Tortola; Poland; the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas; and throughout the U.S.A. GOD DID IT! Praise His Wonderful Faithfulness!
W.H.I.P. currently has over 50 prayer lines connecting over 200 women in prayer.
We are blessed to be a part of God’s plan for His glory.
