About Our
Church.
Welcome to Destiny, a non-denominational church filled with hope, acceptance, and freedom! No matter who you are or where you’ve been, you’re family here. Our diverse community in South Gastonia embraces all walks of life. We’re a safe place for healing and restoration, supporting those overcoming addictions and abuse. At Destiny, everyone’s story matters, and together, as part of the Body of Christ, we uplift and encourage each other. Join us on this journey of faith, love, and transformation – together, we’ll find purpose and joy!
In 2007 God sent our visionary, Pastor Tucker, to the Gastonia campus to lead us with an apostolic anointing as Senior Pastor. When he came, there were only 26 attendees. With Pastor Tucker’s faithful pursuit to obey God’s assignment on his life, we now have over 850 registered members, and counting, which represents the hundreds of lives that God is touching and changing for His glory and purpose in this community!
Over the last few years, we have began to see the manifestation and fulfillment of prophetic words that have been spoken in previous years over our church and our Pastor. With the fruits of what God is doing in the lives of His people here, Destiny Church has become the housing of a great Revival. God has broken, and is breaking racial boundaries, and poverty mindsets in our community. Destiny Church is not made up of “religious” people. We are a people hungry for the presence of God. We are living the reality from God’s Word which says “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled!”
OUR
HISTORY.
Destiny Church is a place where there is:
“Forgiveness for your Past, Hope for your Present and No Limits to your Future”
OUR MISSION.
TO REACH THE LOST
TO RESTORE THE BROKEN
TO RENEW THE HOPELESS
TO CROSS RACIAL BOUNDARIES
TO CURSE & REVERSE THE POVERTY MINDSET
TO EXPERIENCETRUE REVIVAL IN OUR REGION
OUR VALUES.
FAMILY
“At Destiny Church, we cherish the importance of family and unity. Our close-knit community is dedicated to nurturing strong, godly relationships. We share laughter, support one another through tears, and walk this journey of life together. Join us in representing the Kingdom of God!”
WORSHIP
“John 4:23 (ESV) says, ‘True worshipers worship the Father in spirit and truth.’ At Destiny Church, we live a worshipful life, praising God through music, dance, giving, and our daily actions (Psalm 149:3, 150, 2 Cor. 9:6-7, Psalm 96:9).”
OUTREACH/MISSIONS
“Pastor Tucker’s vision for Destiny Church reaches beyond our walls. We actively serve, following Christ’s command to spread the Gospel (Mark 16:15). From helping the homeless to evangelizing our community, we’re a church on the move for God’s Kingdom!”
EXCELLENCE
“At Destiny Church, we empower people to reach their full potential and give their best to God. We’re guided by Colossians 3:23, which urges us to work with all our heart, as unto the Lord. Our goal is to bring glory and honor to God in all we do.”
ARTICLES OF FAITH.
1. We believe there is but one living and true God, everlasting, of infinite power, wisdom and goodness; Maker and Preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in the unity of this Godhead, there are three Persons of one substance of eternal being, and equal in holiness, justice, wisdom, power, and dignity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that the Son, who is the Word of the Father, the very and eternal God, of one substance with the Father, took man’s nature in the womb of the blessed virgin; so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and the manhood were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and perfect man, who actually suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile the Father to us, and to make atonement, not only for our actual guilt, but also for original sin.
3. We believe that Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again His body, with all things appertaining to the perfections of man’s nature, and ascended into heaven and there sits until He shall return to judge all men at the last day.
4. We believe the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.
5. We believe in the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, known as the Bible, composed of sixty-six books and divided into two departments, Old and New Testaments. We believe the Bible is the Word of God, the full and complete revelation of the plan and history of redemption.
6. We believe that eternal life with God in heaven is a portion of the reward of the finally righteous; and that everlasting banishment from the presence of the Lord and unending torture in hell are the wages of the persistently wicked (Matthew 25:46; Psalm 9:17; Revelation 21:7, 8).
7. We believe that Jesus Christ shed His blood for the remission of sins that are past, for the regeneration of penitent sinners, and for salvation from sin and from sinning (Romans 3:25; 1 John 3:5-10; Ephesians 2:1-10).
8. We believe, teach and firmly maintain the scriptural doctrine of justification by faith alone (Romans 5:1).
9. We believe that Jesus Christ shed His blood for the complete cleansing of the justified believer from all indwelling sin and from its pollution, subsequent to regeneration (1 John 1:7-9).
10. We believe in sanctification. While sanctification is initiated in regeneration and consummated in glorification, we believe it includes a definite, instantaneous work of grace achieved by faith subsequent to regeneration (Acts 26:18; 1 John 1:9). Sanctification delivers from the power and dominion of sin. It is followed by lifelong growth in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Peter 3:18).
11. We believe that the Pentecostal baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire is obtainable by a definite act of appropriating faith on the part of the fully cleansed believer, and the initial evidence of the reception of this experience is speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Luke 11:13; Acts 1:5; 2:1-4; 8:17; 10:44-46; 19:6).
12. We believe in divine healing as in the atonement (Isaiah 53:4, 5; Matthew 8:16, 17; Mark 16:14-18; James 5:14-16;Exodus 15:26).
13. We believe in the imminent, personal, premillennial second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Matthew 24:29-44), and love and wait for His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8).
14. We believe it is the responsibility of every believer to dedicate his life to carrying out the work of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20; Acts 1:8).