Elder Gregory Adams,
Sr. - Pastor
In 1996,
Minister Gregory Adams, Sr. was led by God to Carrollton, Georgia
to start a ministry at the Carrollton Community Center on White
Street. While at the Community Center, Pastor Adams began a radio
broadcast on WLBB 1100AM that covered parts of Villa Rica and
Alabama. Deacon and Mother Joe Harper of Douglasville, Georgia
would visit Minister Adams and express their interest in the
gospel of Christ being brought to their city. After presenting
this request to Bishop B. J. Lawson in 1998, the members that were
in Carrollton united with the people in Douglasville to become the
Douglasville True Church of God in Christ.
The
Douglasville True Church initially worshipped in a building on
Malone Street, but Pastor Adams and Minister Isiah Boyd, Sr. found
a facility on Forrest Avenue that was already occupied by Elder
Clinton Smith, Sr. of the Bible Way Movement. Elder Smith was
renting his church with the option to buy, so he and Pastor Adams
deliberated on a way for the two churches to share the building.
Elder Smith’s church was called Deliverance Temple Bible Way. As
Elder Smith sat and listened to the gospel, he saw that Elder
Adams and the True Church movement was preaching the true gospel
and decided to unite with the True Church movement. He received
the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and Pastor Adams taught
him and his family the doctrine which was spoken by the Apostles.
As the
years progressed, Elder Smith took ill and without notice the
owners of the church building decided to rent their building to
another group of people meaning 2 churches were worshiping in the
same building. There were times when Douglasville Church would
have service and a group of people started showing up looking
confused. Pastor Adams decided to ask the group, which was of the
Arabian race, what was going on. They responded that they had
bought the church. The owners failed to inform us. Once again,
the Douglasville True Church had to find another location of
worship. In December 2001, Elder Adams then sought the help of
Brother Shedrick Pullin. He found a location on Wendell Court in
Atlanta off Fulton Industrial Boulevard.
Because of
the relocation to Atlanta, the church had to be renamed.
Therefore, Elder Adams spoke with Bishop Lawson. Out of respect
for Elder Clinton Smith’s request, who died in 2001, Bishop agreed
to the name Deliverance Temple True Church of God in Christ, Inc.
Elder
Adams trusted and depended on the Lord, constantly looking for a
more suitable place to worship. There were times when he would
get out of church and ride around trying to find a larger place
because he felt like more people were coming to worship. Brother
Shedrick was still on the job. For two General Assemblies Pastor
told the congregation that he wanted to have a place by next
fiscal year. In July 2005 Elder Adams persistently conveyed to
Brother Pullin that he would like for him to find Deliverance
Temple a larger building. July 2005 Brother Shedrick pulled up a
church on the internet that was on the market for 1 year and was
under contract twice but failed through. He presented it to Elder
Adams. Pastor Adams was interested and decided to involve Bishop
Lawson and Elder Jeffries for approval. Bishop told Elder Adams that he
wanted him to obtain the church on 1970 Alabama Rd. September 28,
2005 Deliverance Temple bought the property and is presently
praising and thanking God for his blessings. Many visitors come to
worship and many is to come. Elder Willie Mann is the
assistant pastor and Ministers Isiah Boyd and Gregory
Adams, Jr are assisting at Deliverance Temple.
Elder Gregory Adams, along with the
True Church movement, under the present leadership of Bishop Oprie
Jeffries
are going forward with the continued effort of saving souls in
these last and evil days.
