Wounded Healers Conference
Church Affiliation:
Restoration Outreach Ministries
325 S. High St. Suite D | Longview, TX 75601
Elder Nakia M. Smith, Sr. Pastor
Wounded Healers Conference 2026 Participants & Bio's
Dr. Ruby Holland
Dr. Ruby Holland is a native Texan, lovingly dedicated to her primary call as the mother of two daughters and loving grandparent. She has served in full-time ministry for more than forty years. She has been privileged to share her ministry gifts with thousands of people on five continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.
Dr. Holland founded Ruby Holland Ministries, Inc. (1999); a global preaching, teaching, and community care outreach ministry.In 2015, Dr. Holland became compelled by the Holy Ghost to become the Founder and Pastor of The Accomplishing Word Ministries (AWM).
Her objective is to touch the world with the transforming power of God’s love, humbly yielding to the impenetrable charge to reach the lost, and to minister life and hope to His people with a prayerful and Christ-centered heart. Dr. Holland is indeed an “elect lady” of the Gospel, a rare jewel, fashioned by the Master’s touch, with an unusual gift to communicate the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Apostle Beverly Thompson
Apostle Beverly Thompson is a highly gifted and anointed woman of God with the calling and desire to serve God to fulfill His purpose. Apostle Thompson is committed to ministering the word so that it will empower you to live a triumphant, Christian life that is filled with righteousness, joy, and peace in the Holy Ghost.
Apostle Thompson has served in ministry for over 20 years in various positions from teaching to Evangelism at Women Conferences and Revivals. She started the ministry of single unwed mothers Daughters of Destiny to help restore and rebuild their relationship with Christ so that they are able to stand on the word and receive the promises God.
She also heads the Intercessory Prayer ministry where we seek God and stand in the gap for total deliverance, tearing down strong holds and breaking bondages that would hinder your walk in Christ.
She is married to Elder Weldon Thompson and together has 6 beautiful and gifted children.
Being the Pastor at Agape Worship Center in Bullard, Texas. She strives to see Gods purpose done in the lives of all she ministers too. It is her desire that all would see the fulfillment of Gods promises in their own lives.
Pastor Andrea Gates
Andrea Gates, "affectionately known as Lynn", is the Founder of God's Daughters, a
501c3 non-profit organization, Andrea Gates Ministries, and The Purpose Church,
located in Birmingham, AL, which she founded along with her late husband, Elder
Anthony Gates. Andrea has a calling on her life to push others into Destiny, therefore
adopting the mantra of "DESTINY PUSHER". It is her passion to see others walk out
their God-ordained purpose in the earth with the intent of dying empty.
Andrea is an author, teacher, revelatory preacher, and Pastor. Her ministry transcended
beyond the states, which led to her creating "Operation Lift Kenya (OLC)". Through
OLC, Andrea, along with her ministry partners, adopted two schools in Kisumu, Kenya:
Ragumo Primary School, and Nanga Baptist Nursery School that served preschoolers
who were HIV positive. Andrea instituted a year-round feeding program that served
these schools for four years.
Andrea holds a BA in Mass Communications from The University of Alabama at Bir-
mingham (UAB), and a Master of Arts, with a concentration in Organizational Leader-
ship from The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (UA). Andrea is the mother of one
adult son, Chris.
Pastor Nakia Smith
Elder Smith is the Sr. Pastor and Founder of Restoration Outreach Ministries of Longview, TX, and CEO of Nakia Smith Ministries.
Elder Smith previously served as an itinerant pastor in the East Texas Region of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church before launching out and establishing R.O.M. After 16 years of pastoral experience, he has worn many hats throughout the life of his ministry, such as serving as the East Texas Region Director of the Board of Evangelism for 10 years, which exemplifies his passion for outreach…which can be seen in the naming of the now present ministry. In addition to the on-the-job training he received during his years of pastorship, Elder Smith also holds a degree in Business from Ashford University of Clinton, Iowa.
Elder Smith has been married to his lovely wife, Lady Regina Smith, for 26 years, and their lives are founded on two things: faith and family. Their faith, of course, lies with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who has brought them through many adverse situations and circumstances. Excluding Jesus, their joy is found within their children, Deyanta, Jordan, and Caleb. Not to be overlooked, in June of 2013, that joy expanded even more when they took responsibility for raising three of their nephews, due to extenuating circumstances in their family: Trevor, Jasyiah, and Drake. It goes without saying; this dynamic duo has not missed a beat and continuously exemplifies what family is and ought to be.
In the words of Elder Smith, if he had to summarize what ministry means to him…he could be quoted using these words: “Ministry is a gift from God that I value to the utmost. It is nothing that can be obtained by reading a book, but it is something that must be experienced. The pure fact of the matter is that ministry is my life, and my life belongs to God; therefore, so does my ministry.”
