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 About Donna Sallee’, D. Div.

Ordained Minister | Conference & Retreat Speaker | Published Author | Ministry Mentor

Donna Sallee’, D. Div., is an Ordained Minister, published author, and seasoned conference and retreat speaker with a heart for inner healing and restoration. Having personally experienced God’s faithfulness through life’s challenges, she passionately ministers on pushing from pain to purpose, trusting in a faithful Heavenly Father to guide every step of the journey.

With a strong prophetic gift in prayer, Donna intercedes for those seeking healing and restoration—whether from past wounds, the pain of abuse, or the consequences of difficult life choices. She boldly shares her own testimonies of God’s miraculous victories, inspiring others to embrace hope, freedom, and transformation through Christ.

As the host of “Fresh Hope,” a television program that aired for several years on local WYKE and national networks such as SkyAngel and CTN, Donna has reached countless lives with messages of redemption and restoration. She is also a Certified Women’s Peer & Prayer Counselor and a Certified Domestic Violence Hotline Counselor, equipping others to minister to the broken through Hope Counselor Training, Peer Counselor Training, and the Setting Captives Free Altar Counselor Certification Courses.

Published Author

Donna is the author of the Morning UpLift devotional series, designed to encourage and strengthen believers in their daily walk with Christ. Her writings reflect her deep faith and passion for helping others experience God’s presence, healing, and restoration. She is also a past contributing writer for CALLED magazine, a publication dedicated to ministering to women in ministry.

Ministry Leadership & Initiatives

In 2012, Donna received her Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Kingsbury College, Lakeland, Florida. She is a visionary leader in women’s ministry, founding numerous impactful initiatives:
The Car Gals – Donating 31 vehicles to deserving, qualified women
The Ruth Fund Giving Initiative – Providing financial assistance to struggling women
The Fresh Hope Women’s Hub – A sanctuary for support and transformation

She is also a former executive member of the Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Task Force (Circuit 7, covering Flagler, Volusia, Putnam, and St. John’s counties, Florida) and the Founder & Director of The Ruth Home, a safe haven for human trafficking survivors.

A Lasting Legacy: The Grace House Ministries

In 2024, Donna transitioned Fresh Hope Ministries, renaming it The Grace House Ministries, ensuring its lasting legacy under the leadership of Chelsea Bryant, Founder & Director of The Grace House Women’s Residential Program. Donna continues to serve as Overseer and Mentor for The Grace House Ministries, offering wisdom, guidance, and spiritual oversight as the ministry flourishes in its mission to restore and empower women in need.

Faith & Family

Donna is married to the love of her life, Rev. Paul Sallee’. Together, they have been blessed with three children—Zahn, Tara, and Kallai—and nine wonderful grandchildren. After many years of pastoral leadership in Central Florida, they now reside in Newport, TN, continuing their mission to bring hope, healing, and restoration to individuals and communities in need.

A Passion for Healing & Equipping Others

Donna’s greatest passion is to see broken and hurting people healed and set free by the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. She believes in equipping others to extend that same miracle-working power to those in need, fulfilling the call in 1 Corinthians 1:4:

“He comforts, consoles, and encourages us in every trouble, so that we may also be able to comfort those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

Through her ministry and mentorship, Donna Sallee’ remains a steadfast voice of hope, dedicated to empowering others to walk in freedom and share God’s love with a hurting world.

 

MORNING UPLIFT DEVOTIONAL SERIES

Human Trafficking Terms

Trafficking Terms The following list of key terms used in sex trafficking is published in Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith. Automatic — A term denoting the victim’s “automatic” routine when her pimp is out of town, in jail, or...

God Will Take Care Of You

"Gratitude fills my heart as I reflect on your compassionate and empathetic spirit. Despite the wounds you've endured—betrayal, false accusations, abandonment—you continue to extend care to others. Your resilience is remarkable. I want you to understand that your act...

Wait!

WAIT! I confess I do not like to wait. Yet it always has such a great outcome when I surrender my will to Gods. The worse thing than waiting is: Wishing We Had Waited! When we rush ahead and do it our way, the outcome is not good. Stand still! Wait! and see what God...

Power Verses

if you Read, Think on and embrace these life changing scriptures, you will become encouraged, motivated and unmovable!  “..stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence...

It’s a Distraction

Does it seem that it’s getting darker all around you, and there’s not even a ray of hope?  At the moment right before the breaking of dawn, it is very dark so that even a tiny flicker of light dispels the darkness! Right before your breakthrough it may get really dark...

Forgive Yourself After Abortion

Forgive Yourself After Abortion Many of those who have participated in abortion eventually feel the need to be forgiven. However, we repeatedly hear from those who find it easy enough to accept God’s forgiveness, yet are still unable to forgive themselves. If you have...

Sex Trafficking

Sex Trafficking It is estimated that up to 300,000 adolescents are trafficked in the U.S. each year. (The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking by Shared Hope International 2009) One in three teens on the street will be lured toward prostitution within 48...

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You May Not Understand

You May Not Understand

You may not understand the ways of God; The Whys of His actions; I dare not say that I comprehend them, BUT  When we accept Him as our Savior, we give up the “Say So” to our lives if we want His will.  Has He scared you with His midnight hour answers?  I’m sure, but...

Storms Come

Storms Come

When life brings a storm and the things that have been safe, steady, and secure have suddenly become unsteady, fall apart, or even removed from you, REMEMBER God has not become unsteady, unmoved, unfaithful, or unloving!!  He will always be there, night or day, He is...

Open Doors

Open Doors

When God opens doors for you, no man can shut them! But we must remember, there will more than likely be adversaries to oppose the open doors. So don’t be discouraged if everything doesn’t seem like you think it should. Adversaries come in all forms:  fear, weariness,...