I am Pastor Donovan and I would like to tell you all a little about myself. I grew up in a Baptist church (I hope some of you will forgive me for that) and was saved at the age of 7. I had a lot of head knowledge of God, but not a lot of heart knowledge of Him. My dad joined the Army in 2005 and we joined him in Texas at what is now Fort Cavazos in 2007. My mom found the Nazarene church when my dad was deployed in 2009-2010 and we were there until 2012. We moved to Fort Polk, LA and this is where I had prodigal son years between 2012-2016 when I was living for myself and only reaped destruction in my life. We moved back in 2014-2015 and I was still living for myself. By the grace and mercy of God, He plucked me out of the situation I placed myself in. My wife, Danni, was starting to get into church and we began as church friends, trying to get our life on track. After a few services at the church she was attending I invited her to the Killeen Church of the Nazarene and we were there until being called here. We got married on April 15th 2017. We both sensed a call into ministry and I was given the opportunity to go to school for it and volunteer/help lead a children’s department in Killeen. She is currently in classes now for ministry and has not only been an amazing support for me, but an invaluable resource when it came to anything that was related to children. In 2021-22 we were given the opportunity to be the full time ministers to the children. We accepted it and have been faithfully following God in all things.

Danni and I have two amazing children Emersyn who is 7, and Ezekiel who is 4. We also foster a baby boy named Kai who is 1. We also have 3 dogs named Yoda, who is a chihuahua and thinks he’s something big. Kyber who is a Texas heeler and sweet as can be with energy to match. Then there is our rescue dog Stella who is a mix of what we think is greyhound and heeler of some sort, who is also super sweet. She thinks she is a small dog and wants to be in your lap.

We are extremely excited for what God has in store for the church. I am beyond blessed that God will allow me to see the way He moves through this time of renewal, growth, and comissional work in the church and in the surrounding community. God has great things in store for us! I encourage you to be faithful and obedient to His will and there will be nothing that is impossible with God.

– Pastor Donovan