Don DeVries

God used the persistent witness of his mother and two crusades, one live (Nicky Cruz) and one he watched on TV (Billy Graham), to bring Don to faith in Christ at age 14. “And for the last 35 years,” he recounts, “I have been held and carried and nurtured and sustained by the amazing grace of God.”

Don sensed a call to serve God’s people in the summer of 1974 when he was 16 years old. He says, “I remember sitting alone one evening on the beach in North Carolina, telling the Lord that I wanted to give away my life for the Kingdom of God.” That evening began a process of prayer and pursuit that culminated in June 1998 with Don’s acceptance into the Sovereign Grace Ministries Pastors College.

The DeVries family had come to Covenant Life in 1994. They were drawn in by C.J. Mahaney’s humility and his passionate proclamation of God’s Word. After a few Sundays, they began attending the New Member’s Class (now Starting Point) where the Lord confirmed in their hearts that they’d found a church home.

His year at Pastors College completed, Don stepped into pastoral ministry at Covenant Life in July of 1999. In December of the same year, he accepted an assignment as Senior Pastor to plant a Sovereign Grace church in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He and his family faithfully served the Cleveland church for 7 ½ years and then received a call in April 2007 to return to Gaithersburg to be a part of Covenant Life’s Family Life team. He and his family relocated in August 2007.

Don’s role at Covenant life involves overseeing care groups, discipleship training and leadership development, pre-marital training, counseling and leading a Starting Point discussion group. He shares: “I love caring for people. I enjoy teaching and discipleship. And I love to see how God’s word changes hearts and lives.”

Don holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a minor in Mathematics from Oral Roberts University. His hobbies include reading, playing guitar, riding bikes and spending time talking with Trisha, his wife.

Don, Trisha, their oldest son David and his wife Hannah, and their youngest son, Ben, reside in the Gaithersburg area.