Donald Mayes Ministries
Donald Mayes Ministries exists to teach followers of Christ how to love people through practical biblical living.
For more than 40 years, Pastor Donald Mayes has served people through ministry, community leadership, mentoring, missions, teaching, and pastoral care.
A graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Pastor Mayes has served in numerous ministry and community leadership roles, including pastor, chaplain, missionary, Bible teacher, mentor, board member, and community advocate.
Through every role, one principle has remained at the center of his ministry:
Love God by loving people.
His personal motto—and the heartbeat of Donald Mayes Ministries—is:
Loving Everyone Always.
A selection of pastoral, chaplaincy, mentoring, missions, board, and community service roles Pastor Mayes has held throughout more than four decades of service.
What we do
Donald Mayes Ministries exists to teach followers of Christ how to love people through practical biblical living.
Love people through practical biblical living.
What that work hopes to accomplish
To cross denominational, racial, and theological lines with God's love through the power of reconciliation and restoration.
F. C. L.
Faithful. Committed. Loyal.
We seek to honor God and remain faithful to His Word in everything we do.
We believe love should be demonstrated through action, compassion, and service.
We seek unity within the Body of Christ while loving people across denominational, racial, cultural, and theological differences.
Who We Serve
Donald Mayes Ministries is for people who want their faith to shape the way they treat others.
Whether you are a pastor, ministry leader, church member, community leader, organization, or someone simply trying to live out your faith, Pastor Mayes teaches practical biblical principles for loving and serving people well.
Real Stories
Lives changed through faith, friendship, discipleship, prayer, and the decision to keep moving forward.
Featured Story
Reconciliation
Ed
After 22 years in prison and a past connected to the Aryan Nation, Ed entered a new season of life as a Christian. Through personal Bible study and discipleship with Donald, he began confronting anger, temptation, self-doubt, and what it meant to trust God when his old patterns pulled in another direction.
Today, right now, I feel recharged and refreshed.
Reconciliation
Tim MooreExecutive Director, Springfield Right to Life
Tim Moore's faith has carried him through grief, doubt, marriage, family, and decades of service. His friendship with Donald began when Donald served as chaplain for Springfield Right to Life. Though they came from different church traditions, they built a lasting friendship around faith, encouragement, and service.
Transformation
Yolanda Bryant
Yolanda Bryant traces a major turning point in her faith to December 2000, when she felt called to take her relationship with God seriously and immediately began serving others. She later met Donald at a back-to-school outreach, where his way of caring for people stood out to her. Donald eventually became one of her spiritual mentors.
Transformation
Herbert "Herbie" Huyler
A Different Life Became Possible
Restoration
Charles Reiffit
Returning to What Was Planted Early
Transformation
Pastor Jessie Herring
The Prayer Meeting Changed Her First
Transformation
John James "JJ"
The Second Time, He Answered for Himself
Pastor Mayes brings more than four decades of ministry and community leadership experience to churches, conferences, ministries, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations.
His messages center around biblical love, reconciliation, restoration, servant leadership, and practical Christian living.
You don't have to walk through life's challenges alone.
Donald Mayes Ministries would be honored to pray with you and for you.
Connect
The most direct ways to connect right now are to invite Pastor Mayes to speak or to share a prayer request.
