Dr. Douglas F. Adams, Jr. a native of East Orange, N.J., Dr. Adams, as a young adult, felt the inspiration to serve in church leadership. He entered the  ministry through field evangelism, traveling extensively in the U.S.. When he would accept a Junior Pastorship of the headquarter churches of Evangelistic Centers, Inc. in Brooklyn (NY) and Newark (NJ), he continued in this capacity until he took a sabbatical from full-time ministry to respond to the draft to serve an active tour with the military.
After sabbatical, Dr. Adams shortly received Ecclesiastical Ordination in 1970 and relocated to central New Jersey to serve as Pastor of the congregants of Plainfield Evangelistic Center, Inc. He concurrently served in the role of dual pastorship as he served the congregational needs of Community Missions Alliance Church in the neighboring town of Metuchen, N.J.. He founded and became national chartered president of 501©3 non profit charity, an inter-denominational organization of helping ministries, Evangelic Tabernacle, Inc., for which he is pastor-emeritus.
Dr. Adams' seminary training was further augmented with ministerial undergraduate education as he studied at the Northeastern Bible College (a.k.a. The King's College-Columbia, NY), and thereafter, at Bloomfield College where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Quantitative Methods/Operations Research, Personnel and Marketing. With earned Honors of the Graduation Class Scholastic Honor Key Recipient, he scholarly pursued graduate education on a  MBA track at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Graduate School-NJ.,  and in subsequent years was bestowed the Doctorate of Divinity from Masters Graduate School of Divinity. As the graduate of several military leadership academies, including US Army Sergeants Major Academy, Texas, he has received numerous awards include: Meritorious Service Medal-Oak Leaf Cluster, Anny Commendation-Two Oak Leaf Cluster(s) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Dr. Adams managerially worked for
Corporate America before retiring to Virginia. He is trained "Classroom Facilitator" by the Intl. Atlantic Group, presented the Xerox Corporation Leadership Award, "The Black Achiever of Business Award" for Corporate and Community Mentorship in suburban high schools by PSEG Corporation. As a civic leader, he serves as the President of Surry County VA Chapter of the NAACP.
Dr. Adams is married to the former Vergena Rose Carter, his wife of 37 years. They have two adult children; Douglas, III and DeAnna Lynette.
During his residence in Virginia, until 2006, Dr. Adams was Associate Minister of the Lebanon Baptist Church in Surry, Virginia. He was later called to pastor the Jerusalem Baptist Church of Carsley, Virginia. While serving as pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist Church, he was elected as the 2nd Vice-Moderator of the Lebanon Virginia Baptist Association and Allied Bodies. He retired in December 2012.

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