Our Pastor

 

Pastor Blanks is a true man of God who fears the Lord and teaches others to do likewise.  His compassion for God’s people is evident as he seeks God for a Word that will deliver, heal, set free, and restore.

Elder Donald R. Blanks, Sr. was born in Thomasville, AL, to Johnny and Ealma Blanks.  He is the seventh child of twelve children.  Elder Blanks is married to Tracey L. Blanks and has four children, Chandra, Donald Jr., Jeriah and Jeramey Blanks.

Elder Blanks was called by God to go out and preach the Gospel in July of 1999.  He graduated the New Life Ministry Institute and became a licensed Minister in September 2001 under the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Bishop C. E. Anderson of the North Carolina Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction ordained Minister Blanks as Elder in May, 2002.

In May 2003, while living in Germany, Elder Blanks was elevated to Pastor of Refreshing Fountain COGIC.  There he became the District IV Assistant Superintendent and Jurisdictional Sunday School Superintendent under the leadership of Bishop Carl L. Moody.

The Lord returned Elder Blanks and Family to Maryland in May 2005 where they became active members of Deliverance Tabernacle COGIC.  In March 2006, God called Elder Blanks to start Restoration COGIC out of his home.  Shortly after heeding the call, God provided a dwelling place, where Restoration COGIC became an active church of the Washington DC Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction under the leadership of Bishop Neavelle Coles.  Recently, Pastor Blanks was appointed as Sunday School Superintendent for this Jurisdiction.