Our Story

In the 1980's our land was purchased and a building built. This expansion resulted in acquiring over $500,000 in debt. Years of pastoral transition left the church struggling financially. When Pastor Lawrence became the Pastor in 1999 the church still had almost all of the debt it had incurred twenty years prior. With Pastor Lawrence's aggressive debt-retirement strategies many families in our community are learning to live debt free lives. Applying these same principles corporately to the church finances, fifteen years of the mortgage debt was paid off in just three years.

The purchase of commercial real estate in 2003 enabled Destiny to restructure debt and create a cash flow opportunity to assist with new debt consolidation. The commercial property referred to as The Business Center is located just east of the Main Building.

This Business Center houses the MidWest Master's Commission Ministry and DestinyLand Children's Ministry. The remaining space is rented to local businesses that generate enough income to make the payment on the entire mortgage.

Pastor Lawrence Neisent is the Pastor of Destiny and has been serving the ministries of the church since1990 when he came as the Principal of the Christian School. Having worked with all areas of ministry, he now serves as the Senior Pastor. He is married to Tracy, this couple brings an unusual approach to church ministry and training. They emphasize a Christ-centered, Biblical approach to everyday life.

Discover Develop & Deploy

God has revealed a 3-D insight based on the truth of the Trinity that applies to all areas of life. First we discover that God has a great plan for our lives. God develops that awesome plan so that we can be deployed into our mission field. Our mission field is our job, our family and our friends. God is involved in this process and has given Destiny Christian Center International's Pastor, Lawrence Neisent, a clear mandate... Help bring God's healing and grace to a generation that is ready to experience God's presence for real life.

Our Mission

Pastor Lawrence has been serving the ministries of our church since 1990. Having served as the Principal of our Christian School, Youth Pastor, Master’s Commission Director and Associate Pastor his passion for all areas of ministry flowing together to make a measurable impact in our world is obvious. The Great Commission is to go and make disciples of Nations. This occurs on levels of community from local to regional to worldwide.

Local Community: Destiny provides community outreach opportunities as an organization in the local Del City community. Serving our community through community awareness projects, gift give-away, annual Easter egg hunt with prizes, Annual fireworks display with games and rides, volunteering service in the community, networking to help reach inner city children with an inner city church, providing a variety of seminar training opportunities to our community, etc…

Regional Community: Destiny sends ministry teams to travel to various parts of our Nation for purposes of sharing the Gospel. Teams go out and partner with other ministries through conferences, street evangelism, orphanage visits, church services, etc… Destiny also hosts a variety of conferences that attract delegates from various parts of our Nation and from other nations.

Worldwide Community: Destiny partners with various ministries around the world as we work to do our part in fulfilling the Great Commission. Mission teams travel to different nations annually to partner with various ministries in those nations. It is a privilege to have international demands on our ministry and our ministry leaders. Pastor Lawrence travels and ministers extensively in England working with a ministry network led by Stuart Bell.

Our Beliefs