Pastor Eddie Douglas Anderson
Elder Eddie Douglas Anderson, affectionately called Brother Doug, is the senior pastor of Tabernacle of Jesus Church located in the city of Newark, New Jersey.
Pastor has served as a missionary/evangelist to the body of Christ, and has traveled to the foreign field to preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ. His ministry began in the old Essex County Youth House, and from there to various prisons, the Adult Diagnostic Treatment Center, various nursing homes, and street evangelism.
Pastor Douglas believes the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the answer for this generation, and desires to teach and equip the body of Christ. Presently he serves as co-chairperson of the Harvestime International Ministry to Ghana West Africa, as well as Kenya. He lived in Asyut, Egypt as a missionary to the Lillian Trasher Orphanage where he saw many Egyptians saved and filled with the Blessed Holy Ghost.
Pastor Anderson was ordained bishop/pastor in 1997 by the late Bishop Willie L. Smith, overseer of Christian Pentecostal Church of Christ. He is celebrating 44 years of marriage to his wife Carolyn, and is the father of one daughter, Dana Marie.
He is proud of his many spiritual sons and daughters in the gospel. His vision for the future is “souls for Jesus”. Pastor has been affirmed as an apostle in the Lord’s church since August, 2007.