Our Story

After 5 years of being the Senior Pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Elkridge where there was tremendous growth numerically, financially and most importantly spiritually, Pastor Alan Postell was obedient  to the voice of God and stepped out on faith to launch Greater Destiny Christian Ministries. With no funds, no members nor even a place of worship, Pastor and his wife and two daughters stood on the Word of God and moved forward. Through the benevolence of a former member who owned Burketh Enterprises in Laurel Maryland, they donated a 900 square foot portion of their warehouse and we launched our initial service on December 22, 2013 and by the grace of God, 58 persons made a commitment to become 'Partners' of Greater Destiny Christian Ministries. 

Acts 2:47 was in full effect as we continued,  "praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved." The end result was after experiencing amazing growth, we out grew our facility in Laurel and we stepped out on faith and on February 1, 2015, we began leasing a 4,500 square foot building in Halethorpe Maryland. It was in that location that we increased out community outreach support with feeding, sheltering and ministering to the homeless while helping partners grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After experiencing another growth spurt and yet wanting to be good stewards over our finances, we made the decision to not renew our lease in 2019 and have entered into a shared space agreement with our Korean brothers and sisters in Christ in Glen Burnie. This arrangement allows us to continue to focus on outreach, but also aggressively save money towards the purchase of our own building. God has really smiled on us as we are pursuing the  purchase of  a church property that has seating for 300+ and sits on 6 acres. In the interim, we are still lifting up the name of Jesus in Glen Burnie, Maryland.