Bro. Donis accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, at the age of nineteen while in his mom's Sunday school class at Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church, Kingsland, Arkansas (Bro. Tony Atkins, Pastor). He accepted God's call to the ministry during revival services at Macedonia Baptist (Bro. Russell Rhodes, pastor) in Magnolia, Arkansas where he and his wife, Michelene Joy (Corder) Smead of Thornton, AR, were members while attending school at Southern Arkansas University. Bro. Donis completed is undergraduate degree at SAU in Mathematics Education in 1989, his master's degree in educational leadership at Arkansas State University in 1993, and a Master's of Divinity and Master of Theology from Central Arkansas Baptist Bible Institute (CABBI), Brother Donis has had the privilege of pastoring several of the Lord's Churches in Arkansas including New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Kingsland and Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Bonnerdale. Bro. Donis and Sister Missy have 4 children, Cathrine, Kreg ,Katelyn, and Curt. "I want everyone to know that God has graciously led me to Mt. Zion in 2008 where I continually and prayerfully look forward to leading, learning, following, teaching, ministering, worshipping, developing new and lasting relationships with people in the Malvern area, and fellowshipping with the Lord's church and her members at Mt. Zion."