Meet Pastor Douglas J. Walls
Pastor James Douglas Walls is a native of Washington, D.C. He attended Washington Bible College and - as a means of continuing education - has taken many courses and has attended and participated in numerous ministerial clinics, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc. He served as Associate Minister of the Third Street Church of God, Washington, D.C., from 1954 - 1962. He was ordained June 12, 1960. After moving to Columbus, Ohio, in 1962, he served as Minister of Youth at the Wayne Ave. Church of God for six years. In 1968, he accepted the pastorate of the Church of God in Xenia, Ohio, where he is presently serving. Pastor Walls has been the recipient of numerous citations and awards: Who's Who in Religion Award, Third Edition, October, 1985; the Key of Distinguished Leadership Award for Extraordinary Christian Leadership and Service, awarded by the American Biographical Institute, in November, 1986; Who's Who in American Christian Leadership, November, 1989; Who's Who in Religion Award, Fourth Edition, 1992/1993. In addition, he also received the Raymond S. Jackson Distinguished Christian Service Award in Ministry, August, 2000, and Who's Who in the World, in 2001.
Saturday, May 12, 1990, he was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from the Faith Evangelistic Christian Schools, Detroit Extension. Sunday, June 2, 1991, he was the recipient of a second honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Southern California School of Ministry, Los Angeles, CA. Sunday, November 24,1991, he was the recipient of a third honorary degree: Doctor of Humanities, from Faith Evangelistic Christian Schools, Theological Seminary Division, Anderson, S.C.
Besides being a busy pastor, he is very active in his area. He has served as a member of the Urban Christian Leadership Association, Columbus, Ohio. He has also served as advisor for the Columbus District of the Church of God, spiritual advisor for the Ohio State Ushers, and served as board member of W.A.I.T (Working Against Illness Thru Treatment) and as Chairman of the Advisory Board for four (4) years. This is a drug rehabilitation program. He currently serves as a member of the Ohio State COG Board of Missions.
Pastor Walls has served the National Association of the Church of God as a member of the Program and Planning Committee and the Nominating Committee, 1983 - 1989; Mass Communications Board, 1987 - 1991, and as a member of the Church Relations and Conflict Management Board. He had served as Coordinator for the Annual Preachers' Clinic for 15 years, from 1985 through 2000. He currently serves as a member of the Xenia Area Ministerial Association and the African American Ministerial Alliance and as Chief Operations Officer of the National Association of the Church of God.
He is the former editor of a 48-page periodical "Words of Truth" and the 100-page church periodical, the "Xenia Herald".
He is also in great demand as evangelist, workshop leader, and convention, camp meeting, and special occasion speaker.
Pastor Walls is married to the former Donna Marie Payne, of Columbus: a former school teacher and retired social worker. They are the parents of: Quentin Douglas Walls, PC/LAN Manager with Bank One Services Corporation and Janice Marie (Walls) Hill, M.D., a Family Practice Physician and Assistant Professor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pastor and Sis. Walls also have six (6) grandsons and one granddaughter.
Pastor Walls E-Mail address : JDouglasWalls@gmail.com
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Saturday, May 12, 1990, he was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from the Faith Evangelistic Christian Schools, Detroit Extension. Sunday, June 2, 1991, he was the recipient of a second honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Southern California School of Ministry, Los Angeles, CA. Sunday, November 24,1991, he was the recipient of a third honorary degree: Doctor of Humanities, from Faith Evangelistic Christian Schools, Theological Seminary Division, Anderson, S.C.
Besides being a busy pastor, he is very active in his area. He has served as a member of the Urban Christian Leadership Association, Columbus, Ohio. He has also served as advisor for the Columbus District of the Church of God, spiritual advisor for the Ohio State Ushers, and served as board member of W.A.I.T (Working Against Illness Thru Treatment) and as Chairman of the Advisory Board for four (4) years. This is a drug rehabilitation program. He currently serves as a member of the Ohio State COG Board of Missions.
Pastor Walls has served the National Association of the Church of God as a member of the Program and Planning Committee and the Nominating Committee, 1983 - 1989; Mass Communications Board, 1987 - 1991, and as a member of the Church Relations and Conflict Management Board. He had served as Coordinator for the Annual Preachers' Clinic for 15 years, from 1985 through 2000. He currently serves as a member of the Xenia Area Ministerial Association and the African American Ministerial Alliance and as Chief Operations Officer of the National Association of the Church of God.
He is the former editor of a 48-page periodical "Words of Truth" and the 100-page church periodical, the "Xenia Herald".
He is also in great demand as evangelist, workshop leader, and convention, camp meeting, and special occasion speaker.
Pastor Walls is married to the former Donna Marie Payne, of Columbus: a former school teacher and retired social worker. They are the parents of: Quentin Douglas Walls, PC/LAN Manager with Bank One Services Corporation and Janice Marie (Walls) Hill, M.D., a Family Practice Physician and Assistant Professor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pastor and Sis. Walls also have six (6) grandsons and one granddaughter.
Pastor Walls E-Mail address : JDouglasWalls@gmail.com
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First Lady Donna Marie Walls
Sister Donna Marie Walls, our First Lady, is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and is a product of the Columbus Public Schools where she excelled as an honor student. After graduating from high school, she attended the Ohio State University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and minored in Social Work.
After college, Sis.Walls taught public school for two years before going into social work at the Franklin Country Department of Human Services. She retired after 25 years of service.
In 1962, she married our pastor whom she met while he was serving as evangelist, in revival at the Wayne Ave. Church of God in Columbus, OH. Since 1968, when he accepted the pastorate of the Church of God in Xenia, she has served faithfully as First Lady of the East Second Street Church of God.
Being active in church most of her life has enabled her to serve with dignity and distinction as the First Lady of our church.
In addition to being First Lady of our church, Sis.Donna - as she is affectionately called - served as one of the church's pianists, as a member of the Spiritual Choir, and as personal secretary to the pastor.
Prior to coming to the Xenia COG, she served as a Sunday School teacher, a choir member, choir director, and taught a grammar class at the Wayne Ave. COG in Columbus, OH.
Sis. Walls is not only a devoted wife, but is also a loving, caring mother and grandmother. She is a committed Christian and an exemplary role model as a pastor's wife.
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After college, Sis.Walls taught public school for two years before going into social work at the Franklin Country Department of Human Services. She retired after 25 years of service.
In 1962, she married our pastor whom she met while he was serving as evangelist, in revival at the Wayne Ave. Church of God in Columbus, OH. Since 1968, when he accepted the pastorate of the Church of God in Xenia, she has served faithfully as First Lady of the East Second Street Church of God.
Being active in church most of her life has enabled her to serve with dignity and distinction as the First Lady of our church.
In addition to being First Lady of our church, Sis.Donna - as she is affectionately called - served as one of the church's pianists, as a member of the Spiritual Choir, and as personal secretary to the pastor.
Prior to coming to the Xenia COG, she served as a Sunday School teacher, a choir member, choir director, and taught a grammar class at the Wayne Ave. COG in Columbus, OH.
Sis. Walls is not only a devoted wife, but is also a loving, caring mother and grandmother. She is a committed Christian and an exemplary role model as a pastor's wife.
Copyright © 2011 East Second Street Church of God. All rights reserved.