Don Crossland

   At a young age, Don became a believer in Christ Jesus. As he walked through his family’s farm in West Texas, he began to have encounters with Jesus and His heavenly host, the angels. Though no one could explain to him what was happening at this time, he knew that what he was experiencing was real.
Following the leading of the Holy Spirit, Don became a pastor at age nineteen in a small, rural Texas church. He went on to pastor various other churches which flourished and experienced great manifestations of God’s grace and restoration.

   Emerging from a difficult time in his life including the death of a son and subsequent personal struggles, Don went on to develop a national program for behavior addiction recovery which was implemented in a Christian psychiatric hospital based in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also served as an advisor for several Christian psychiatrists, professional counselors, therapists, and other Christian leaders. Along with this, Don authored two books on the restoration process: Journey Toward Wholeness and Refocusing Your Passions.

Don had a heart to see the lives of college students transformed. Consequently, he became involved with Christian universities, teaching classes and preaching at various universities including Lee and Asbury. He also served as adjunct professor at Regent University and taught for the Christian Life School of Theology.

   During the many years of Don’s ministry, he had the privilege of personally knowing many influential leaders in the body of Christ including Jamie Buckingham, Jack Taylor, Bill Gothard, David Yonggi Cho, and holocaust survivor/international speaker Corrie Ten Boom, who left a deep impact on his life.
 One of Don’s stronger giftings is revelatory teachings from the Scriptures, which helps each believer to experience maturity and completeness in Christ based on Colossians 1:27-28, “…Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ.” He mentors several leaders in this process, raising them up to know and serve the living God, “not of the letter, but of the Spirit ” (2 Corinthians 3:6).

   Now, with over 60 years in ministry, Don continues his ministry at Melchizedek Christian Church in Nashville, TN. He has a national and international ministry to the Body of Christ through seminars, conferences, counseling, and discipling individuals.
Don is training a group of individuals to grow up in the voice and ways of God as Samuel did with his “school of the prophets” in Ramah (I Samuel 19:18 -24). Many of Don’s major teachings come from the book of Revelation in which he emphasizes how we must hear for ourselves “the word of this prophecy” and live out the scroll that God has prepared for us personally. Having experienced various manifestations of angels throughout his life, Don teaches those around him how to perceive and engage in what God is working in the supernatural realm through the discernment of the Holy Spirit.

   Don’s vision is to see the people of the Body of Christ restored and serving God in their rightful position as kings and priests, friends of the Most High God. He desires to see the Body of Christ enter into the reality of the full Kingdom of God.