Just to give you some background of how God has used David & Shonda since PMI started.

Praise Ministries Int’l Inc. was birthed by a call of God in 1986. We traveled as full time Missionary Evangelists' for nearly 6 years across the entire United States and some parts of Mexico. During such time, I was also privileged to travel and sing baritone with the TempleAires Quartet for 2 years. The group opened on stage for the Cathedrals, the Weatherfords, the Arnolds, and many more. I also attended and graduated with diploma from Rhema Bible Training Center, aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries from 1992-1994.

In the summer of 1993, our family joined with Pastors Dale and Cris Drain, Pastors of Calvary Temple in Edmond Oklahoma where we became their Associate and Student Pastors. That first year we commuted from Edmond to Broken Arrow OK, usually 4 times a week so that we could finish Rhema while continuing to serve as full-time pastors. Our family served at Calvary Temple for nearly 10 years from 1993-2002. Over such time, we developed a real heart to do missions trips and had the privilege to lead other groups on missions as well. That led to the opportunity to travel to 21 different countries in Central America, Asia and Africa doing missions work for the edification of the Church and God’s kingdom. After 9 ½ years at Calvary Temple, our hearts were leading us to venture into a transition of ministry. At the first of 2003, we became full-time Missionary Evangelists’. Our purpose was to evangelize while in America while raising funds for our missions out of the country. Our travels in 2005 took us to Guatemala, Mexico, the Philippines and to East Central Africa which all have a very special place in our hearts to this day.

In January of 2005, another change took place when God’s Spirit led us into the temporary office of becoming Lead Pastors of Mending Hearts Church, a year and a half after the passing of our friend and mentor, MHMC’s founding pastor, Mike Lincoln. From 2005-2015, my wife and I, along with our family, served in ministry teaching and training leaders within the local church, helping to restore broken hearts, and working with Christ as He builds Himself into the church and community. There is no question that Mending Hearts Church played a significant role in its rural area and also in the continuous building of our lives and experiences. Also within our years at MHC, we had added the Mission of Hope in Haiti to our works and travels.

It had been decades since Shonda and I first sensed that God was calling us to spread the gospel to the unreached and so in February 2015, we felt we were prepared to pass the mantle of the pastoral office at MHC and devote even more of our time and efforts to winning the lost around the world. Since 2015, Shonda and I have revisited the works and missions we have been connected to in the nations. But we have found common ground with spreading the gospel to the unreached people of the earth with our mission based in Uganda. Each year builds off of the last, as we continue to Train, Equip and Send ministers into the ripe fields of harvest! Through the inspiration of God's Word and the fire of His Spirit, we are always willing and devoted to delivering a message of hope and encouragement to all the nations.   -David Tompkins

David and Shonda are used frequently in the prophetic gifts as the Spirit leads and it has been said that they are modern day revivalists and even Prophets to Africa. David feels one of his strongest points of ministry is to lead the lost to Jesus Christ and to encourage spiritual growth in the body of Christ. Shonda has been transformed by the Spirit of God and now is used to encourage and bring freedom, hope and a warrior spirit to other women that they can be beautiful and powerful from the inside out!

US Office:

10/40 MTI
P.O. Box 1190 | Edmond, OK | 73083-1190

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Africa Office:

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P.O. Box 233 | Busia, Uganda

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