About Andrea

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 in 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 successfully served these schools for four years.

In the professional arena, Andrea serves as a PR & Marketing Director, a real estate agent, and businesswoman. She holds a BA in Mass Communications from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a Master of Arts, with a concentration in Organizational Leadership from The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (UA), and she is presently pursuing a PhD in Global Leadership from Troy University.

Andrea is the mother of one adult son Chris, an honors graduate of Howard University (BA) and Georgetown University (MA).​ In her spare time she can be found traveling the world, spending time with her family, reading, fulfilling ministry engagements, and laughing as hard as she can.