BIO

Ron and Deria Gadsden have been married for over 49 years. They have three married adult children and five grandchildren. Ron and Deria have been involved with ministry to couples and couples’ ministry for well over 25 years. In their local church, at the time of this writing, they are the Couples’ Ministry leaders. They were formally asked in 2015 to handle all the couples planning to be married by their pastor, who had only been married for a few years. They took that task on believing that the Lord had spoken to them to do so. Since then, they have created a curriculum and a program to be the “coaches” for engaged couples heading to the altar and “coaching” methodologies for couples running into some marital turbulence.

They have seen couples go from being ready for the divorce court to happily staying by each other’s side. These miracles they have seen God perform for their ministry! They love working with couples. It is their assignment and their passion. Ron and Deria Gadsden attend the Community Praise Church of SDA in Alexandria, Va.

They are both retired. Deria retired from denominational work. She worked for many years as a teacher and school board chair. Ron has retired twice: from IBM and federal government service.  They have been very active in ministry at various levels and areas of their local churches and conferences, too.