WHO IS PASTOR DANA?
Dana D. Berry is a nationally recognized spiritual leader, visionary, and community builder with over 30 years of ministry experience. Marked by divine assignment and intentional impact, she carries the rare ability to bridge prophetic depth with practical excellence, equipping people to walk fully in their God-ordained purpose.
A woman of many mantles, Pastor Dana serves as a wife, mother of eight, Nana, midwife of purpose, certified empowerment coach, author, entrepreneur, intercessor, and trusted voice across faith-based and professional platforms.
As CEO and Founder of Dana Berry Ministries, she leads with prophetic insight and apostolic precision, helping individuals, ministries, and organizations birth their God-given assignments through prayer, teaching, transformational mentorship, and strategic equipping. She is known for curating atmospheres where heaven touches earth, and her ministry carries a distinctive mark of authenticity, authority, and activating grace.
Pastor Dana is the host and creator of The Birthing Room, a nationwide movement and annual conference that ignites believers to manifest what they have been carrying spiritually. What began as a sacred gathering has grown into a powerful platform for spiritual activation, sisterhood, and breakthrough.
A sought-after speaker and media voice, Pastor Dana has been featured on The Word Network, TCT, 910AM Superstation, and numerous national media outlets. She is also the creator of Releasing Heaven Live, a global intercessory gathering and a powerful collection of live worship and prayer recordings that connect people from every walk of life to the heart of God through fervent, faith-filled intercession. All of her music is available on major digital platforms.
Her passion for strengthening and developing intercessors is further expressed through The Pour, an equipping community created to pour back into those who consistently pour into others. Through teaching, prayer, conversation, and practical development, Pastor Dana remains committed to cultivating intercessors who are spiritually healthy, whole, equipped, and sustainable.
In Summer 2026, Pastor Dana expanded this commitment as the curator of the Built to Carry Virtual Masterclass Summer Series, a three-part equipping experience designed to develop healthy, whole, spiritually mature, and sustainable intercessors and leaders who are prepared to carry Kingdom assignments well.
Alongside her husband, Craig Mizell, affectionately known as Pastor Craig, they co-lead impactful prayer initiatives and jointly oversee Mizell Consulting Agency, where they serve churches, businesses, and individuals in project management, administration, music, and organizational development.
An ordained minister, Pastor Dana serves as Associate Pastor at New Life Covenant Southeast Church in Chicago under the visionary leadership of Pastor John F. Hannah. There, she leads Intercessors in Training, a thriving division of the Intercessory Prayer Ministry (IPM). She also holds the distinguished role of State Director of Intercessory Prayer for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International in Michigan, serving under State Bishop DeVay Myatt, Sr., where she equips churches across the region to build and sustain vibrant houses of prayer.
Pastor Dana holds a degree in Business Management and brings over two decades of experience in the educational sector, with extensive expertise in project planning, training, administration, and leadership development. Her work seamlessly integrates spiritual wisdom with marketplace strategy, helping others steward both their calling and their character with excellence.
She is the author of the prayer journal Commanding Your Morning and the prayer manual Lord, Teach Us to Pray. In July 2026, she expanded her literary work with the release of two new books, Intentional Seek: Pursuing God on Purpose and Midwives Arise!, further advancing her message of intentional pursuit, prayer, purpose, and helping others birth what God has placed within them.
Above all, Pastor Dana is a woman of prayer. Everything she builds, leads, teaches, writes, and releases flows from a place of intimacy with God and a relentless commitment to see His Kingdom manifested in the earth. Pastor Dana makes her home alongside her husband, Craig, and together they are the proud parents of a beautiful blended family of eight. She is also the proud Nana of five—two granddaughters and three grandsons. Their family is a living testimony of redemption, legacy, and new beginnings.
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