• PastorDoug Davis

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From Virginia to Alabama to Minnesota — Pastor Doug has spread the word of God through his contemporary style and warm, personal approach.

  • My Passion

    To live and work in the margins where communities look toward the church, wondering if they are worthy, will they fit in or deserve the peace we as Christians say we have. To share with them the TLC, the Tangible Love of Christ, and to let them know Jesus came for the lost and weary to give them comfort and rest.

  • My Purpose

    To establish relationships with people who have left the church or do not know Jesus. Not as an ulterior motive to convince them to follow Jesus, but as the ultimate motive. To walk with the Holy Spirit to plant or to water the seed of faith sown into their lives. I am willing to wait for the Holy Spirit moment to share the Good News of Jesus with people and to be part of their story.

  • My Plan

    Simple. To live my life as a forgiven child of God. Accepting my shortfalls and sin, relying on the forgiveness of God and the strength through Jesus Christ. I want to live life unashamed of being a Christ-follower, acknowledging His reign in my life and to help others see their role in sharing the Good News to others in their lives.

Leesburg, Virginia

  • Christ Community
    Lutheran Church

    Landing in Leesburg, Virginia in June 2005, Pastor Doug was charged with developing a new Lutheran Church. His responsibilities were to research the market for ministry opportunities and develop the strategies to reach the community of Leesburg and beyond. Pastor Doug gathered a volunteer launch team for the ministry and within the first 6 months, he chartered and incorporated Christ Community Lutheran Church as a church body of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

  • He led the team to develop the business plan for the future Child Development Center. He conducted weekly worship services and managed the development of the program materials for worship and led the music team in selection. He coordinated a team of volunteers for outreach ministry in Leesburg.
  • Pastor Doug also volunteered as a Fire and Rescue Chaplain for Hamilton, VA volunteer Fire Fighter station 5. His responsibilities were to assist on all emergency medical/accident calls, death notifications with State and Local Police, hospital calls, and counselling fire and EMT staff.
  • Pastor Doug worked with the local community leaders in Leesburg. He also collaborated with other local ministries in outreach to the local community, such as: Leesburg Food and Clothing bank, Leesburg Ministerial Board, Leesburg and Ashburn Hospital and the Loudoun County Chaplain service. Pastor Doug successfully launched the new church and one year later, the Leesburg Open Arms Child Development Center.
  • Leesburg Open Arms serves 286 children with quality Christian Child Development for the Loudon County area. Leesburg Open Arms has been voted the #1 Child Development Center several times over the past 10 years.Christ Community Lutheran Church still continues to serve the Leesburg community.

Prattville, Alabama

  • Messiah Church

    Pastor Doug received the call to plant a church in Prattville, Alabama in June 2009. The call was very open ended with the direction to establish a “Lutheran church with a twang”. He and his wife began their adventure in Prattville by attending several different churches in the area to get a “feel” on how people worshipped in the community. As he describes this process, “I wanted to create a church where everyone felt welcome and comfortable with the worship style.”

  • A launch team was gathered from Lutheran churches from Montgomery and Birmingham. Their first few months was focused on outreach and community service, from helping other organizations in their community events to setting up a balloon tent at other community events handing out balloons and information about Messiah Church. From these beginnings a worshipping community was built and continued to grow.
  • Plans were made to open up a child development center and ministry campus and the search for suitable land was begun. Prior to leaving Prattville, suitable land was secured and Messiah Church began moving forward to build their own worship center and future child development center.