Pastor Debra Garner, MDiv
Pastor/Pastoral Coach
Pastor Debra Garner was called to shepherd A Closer Walk Christian Ministries in 2007 and for 12 years led the ministry with an emphasis on developing a close relationship with God through Jesus. As the Lord began to reveal more about the gospel of the kingdom, Pastor Garner understood that she was being called to move the ministry into the direction of understanding that Jesus restored the dominion and authority we were born to have, but that was lost in the Garden of Eden. The message Jesus preached, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” was his priority in getting makind to live the purpose God originally intended, Therefore, in September 2019, the Lord led Pastor Garner to launch Purpose Destination Ministries, with a vision to guide God’s people into kingdom purpose, while helping them to overcome the emotional barriers built by trauma and the spirit of religion. Pastor Garner is a native of Washington D.C., and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from the University of Bridgeport, a Master of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Maple Springs Baptist College and Seminary. She is a prophetic poet who has authored 4 books of poetry and produced 3 spoken word CDs. She spent five years teaching inmates at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women how to express their emotions and life experiences through the written and spoken word. She has a passion for helping wounded lives to heal, and for guiding God’s people to tear down the generational strongholds that have kept many families in emotional bondage.
She is on assignment to help God’s children take their rightful positions as rulers of the earth, as they identify the specific areas they were born to influence. Pastor Garner is happily married to Deacon David Garner and together they have 2 adult children, a son-in-law, and 2 grand children.
Colossians 1:13-NLT . For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son
Apostle Melinda L.Gibson
Certified Kingdom Life Coach
Prophetess Melinda L. Gibson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended several schools throughout the Philadelphia area. She enlisted into the U.S. Army where she served for ten years and was medically retired from the military. Prophetess Gibson has ministered to several men and women in rehabs, correctional facilities, and transitional homes in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and Maryland. She resides in District Heights, Maryland and works for Nuvasive Clinical Services in Columbia, Maryland.
She walks in the office of Prophet, and is an intercessor, teacher and Kingdom Life Coach at Purpose Destination Ministries (formerly A Closer Walk Christian Ministries) in Temple Hills, Maryland, where Debra Garner, is Pastor. Prophetess Gibson ministers in capacities that provide trainings/teachings, and deliverance that is based on biblical understanding revealed by the Holy Spirit of what a true disciple of Christ looks like, and what it means to walk in your true purpose according to God’s kingdom plan and perspective. She teaches and speaks the word of God without compromise, but with a heart for God and His plan for man. Her greatest passion and ministry is the Bible’s definition of true freedom that leads to true purpose. Prophetess Gibson’s teachings emphasize how to become free from the inside out through the internal work of the Holy Spirit and how to properly address the “root” to silent bondage that forms over time producing vicious cycles throughout our lives. Her desire is that all who believe in the finished work of Christ on the cross, would come into the revelation knowledge of what it means that “it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 5:1).