PAMELA HORNE

Author on the Rise

Interview by Teresa B. Howell

Elder Pamela Horne was raised and educated in Durham, NC. A woman of God with a compassion for ministering to broken women, she has a heart for seeing men and women delivered, restored and renewed in Christ.

In 1988, she earned a Bachelor’s degree from Western Carolina University in Radio/TV and Journalism. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Education and Biblical Studies in 2011 from the Durham Extension of the United Christian College of Goldsboro, NC.

Elder Horne began her ministry under Pastor Dr. Mae V. Horne of Gateway To Heaven UHCA. She was ordained under Chief Apostle William D. Lee in 2012. In 2015, her vision for Consuming Fire Ministries was birthed. She loves the Lord and continues her ministry work at Gateway To Heaven UHC under the leadership of Pastor Marian Freeman-Weaver. In 2019 she was ordained as an Elder in the UHCA. She retired after over 27 years of service to the Sheriff’s Department. Currently, she serves as the Co- Director and Event Planner of The Women of Triumph Ministries.

She is a true worshipper and loves music & singing and is a three time Best-Selling Author on Amazon. In February of 2021, she released her first solo book entitled, “Daughters of the King Stop Kissing Frogs.” Elder Horne is also a co-author of anthologies “Down For The Count - Bouncing Back From Life’s Blows Volumes II and III” by Felicia Lucas.

As a single woman with no children, One of her favorite scriptures is Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. She strives to live this scripture out in her life that others may see the Christ that lives inside of her.

Teresa B. Howell: Tell us a little bit about yourself?

Pamela Horne: I am Elder Pamela Horne. Born the fourth child of eight in Island County, Washington State, but I was raised and educated in Durham, NC. In 1988 I earned a Bachelor’s degree from Western Carolina University majoring in Radio/TV and minoring in Journalism. In 2011 I graduated Valedictorian from the United Christian College of Goldsboro, NC with a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Education and Biblical Studies.

In 2009, I preached my initial sermon under the late Pastor Dr. Mae V. Horne of Gateway To Heaven UHCA. In 2012, Chief Apostle William D. Lee ordained me leading to my vision for Consuming Fire Ministries to be birthed in 2015. Currently, I am serving under the leadership of Pastor Marian Freeman Weaver at Gateway To Heaven UHCA and I’m an ordained Elder of the UHCA. I am also busy in the Women’s ministry, serving Elder Anna Lyons as an Associate Director and Event Coordinator for the Women Of Triumph Ministries in Durham. I’m retired and currently writing and ministering to women with my new book, “Daughters of the King, Stop Kissing Frogs’’ and Stop Kissing Frogs conferences.

TBH: How long have you been in the writing industry?

PH: I have been writing most of my life. English and Language Arts were always favorite subjects in school. Being a quiet person, writing was always an outlet for me to express myself. However, I didn’t start publishing any of my writings until recently. In 2019 I contributed the chapter They Called Me Sarah, The Painful Struggle to Walk in Healing in the Anthology by Felicia Lucas called Down For the Count, Bouncing back for Life’s Blows Vol II. In 2020, I contributed the chapter, “This is my Exodus” to Vol III of the same series of anthologies. This prepared me to pen my first solo book, “Daughters of the King, Stop Kissing Frogs” in 2021.

What made you decide to be serious about writing a book? After so many words were spoken to me about this book that I was going to write that would minister to many women in their brokenness, I decided to start writing about my life experiences. I started in 2011 but procrastinated and waited to publish it until 2021.

TBH: What was it like starting off your incredible writing journey?

PH: It was awesome and therapeutic for me. Being able to express myself in that way unleashed a new sense of identity for me. It felt like I had finally begun to walk into my destiny and purpose. I was built for this!

TBH: What made you decide to publish your finished works?

PH: I was encouraged to write by Minister Diane Pace, a friend and sister in Christ. She had seen some of my Facebook posts and knew that I had something to say that a lot of people needed to hear. She encouraged me to take the first baby step and take part in the first anthology which she also contributed a chapter.

TBH: Who has the most influence on your writing experience and why?

PH: The Holy Spirit’s guidance in recalling the experiences and being able to make spiritual comparisons and connections on the one hand. On the other hand, many family members like my cousin Joyce, brother Martin, sister in law Daphne who were asking me constantly, “When?” There are so many, but if I had to pick a person, I would have to say my old college professor, the late Professor Alfred Wiggins. He encouraged me and mentored me and believed in me more than I believed in myself. I thought about him as I began to write because he had recently passed in 2017 and never got the chance to see me publish my first book. He was a great man, a father-figure to many and loved by all of his students.

TBH: alk about the biggest failure you’ve had. What did you learn from it?

PH: The biggest failure I’ve had was not following through with my career path because of my lack of independence. Just something as simple as not having a driver’s license held me back and limited me from taking positions that were offered early on in life. I started freelance writing for a local blackowned newspaper after college but I didn’t stick with it. I regret that because I should have been a journalist years ago.

TBH: What advice can you give new authors who want to follow in your footsteps? PH: Whatever you do, just do it. Take the chances and put yourself out there. Don’t procrastinate and doubt yourself like I did.

TBH: In your opinion, what are the benefits of being an independent writer?

PH: The benefits to being independent is that I get to express my own ideas and spiritual insights. I can help other women and men also just by having the freedom to be transparent. Also, it’s as I said earlier, “therapeutic.” I have been able to release some things that happened and take them for what they were, life lessons learned, and see how God has taken what I went through and worked it together for my good.

TBH: Do you plan on writing another book?

PH: Yes, I have several books in my belly so to speak but I’m working on one in particular that I will hopefully be publishing in 2022 so stay tuned for that. I’m definitely blessed to have embraced this calling and I can’t stop now.