Donna Gaines is a devoted student of God’s Word and has written and
taught Bible Studies for the past 20 years. She has an intense desire to
see women not only study God’s Word, but also be changed by it.
Donna is married to Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church
in Memphis, Tennessee. There, she leads Bible studies through Women’s
Ministry and also leads a weekly discipleship group of ladies in her
home. Understanding the unique needs that ministers’ wives have, she
serves as chairman of the board for the Pastors Wives’ Session of the
Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference. This annual meeting
brings encouragement and rejuvenation to ministers’ wives across the
country. In 2009 she was appointed by the Southern Baptist Convention to
serve on the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. At Bellevue, she
also leads the Staff Wives’ Ministry. Her fervent desire to share the
Gospel has taken her on mission trips to Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador,
Romania, India and Tanzania.
Donna’s first book, “There’s Gotta be More,” was published by B&H
Publishing Group and released in 2008. Donna recently served as the
editor of the “One Year Women’s Devotional,” which was released in 2012. Her
Bible study, “Seated: Experiencing Life in the Spirit,” was
released by NavPress in 2011.
Steve and Donna have four children. Their son Grant is the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee,
where he and his wife Melisa live with their daughter Alivia and son Weston. Lindsey is married to minister and musician Ryan Wingo, and they have two daughters, Ivey and Ruthie. Allison is married to Gentry Hill, who is studying to become a pastor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Their youngest daughter Bethany is a sophomore at Union University studying Elementary Education.