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
God as a Man of War!
God loves His children unconditionally, and constantly displays His love with tender mercies and care…. yet there are times that He displays His love by becoming our defender and protector. Sometimes events happen in life that are totally out of our control,...
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...
God said it, I believe it!
It’s done! God is not a man that He can lie. The enemy is the father of lies! If you feel hopeless, worthless, heavy-hearted, in despair, like nothing good will ever happen for you, and nothing in your chaotic life will ever change, please know your precious...
His Mercies are New Every Morning!
The sun has risen and it’s a new day. A day for a fresh new start. An opportunity to do what you put off doing yesterday. Maybe you have gotten up today and your heart is heavy because you did something that hurt someone, or you made a bad choice; well I have good...
Seeking Gods Will
When searching for the will of God there are times that it’s so crystal clear. Then there’s times that even though you’re seeking God, you’re uncertain about what to do. Through the years I’ve learned in uncertainty to step out with the first step and see if God opens...
10 Things You Will never Regret
Ten Things You Will Never Regret: 1. Showing kindness to an aged person. 2. Destroying a letter written in anger. 3. Offering an apology that will save a friendship. 4. Stopping a scandal that was ruining a reputation. 5. Helping a boy or girl find themselves. 6....
Orphan Spirit by Curt Landry
The orphan spirit is something that many people struggle with, both in the Body of Christ, as well as in the world. When Adam and Eve chose to disobey God in the Garden, sin entered the world. Unfortunately, that disobedience caused a separation between God and man....
The Spirit of Rejection by Curt Landry
The spirit of rejection is an oppressive spirit. It robs you of joy and peace. Oppression is defined as mental pressure or distress. Therefore, if the spirit of rejection is an oppressive spirit, you can think of it as a tactic by the enemy to push or press you down...
God Hears you!
God Hears You! Are you overwhelmed? Feeling like you just can’t keep going because life is too difficult? No matter what you need, if it’s an arm around you, or the strength of Samson, God is faithful to provide, Even when we are unfaithful with our words or...
Jesus Understands
Jesus Understands! There is nothing that you have ever faced that He does not understand! We can no longer say, “No one understands what I’m going through.” What a precious comfort to know that Jesus feels our pain, insecurities, grief, rejection, fear and every...