About Us

---

HE AND HIS WIFE (BARBARA) CAME TO THE FLINT AREA IN 1971 AFTER FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE USAF.  THAT SAME YEAR HE JOINED CITIZENS BANK AND WORKED THERE UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 2004.  DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH CITIZENS, HE HELD SEVERAL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN A HOST OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DURING HIS 33 YEARS IN BANKING.

IN 1968, HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE (BARBARA) AND IN 1969 WAS JOINED TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE.  HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.

IN 1975, HE RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST AT BETHLEHEM TEMPLE CHURCH OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH, UNDER HIS FORMER PASTOR THE LATE DISTRICT ELDER B.T. SCOTT.  IN 1982 RECEIVED MINISTERIAL LICENSE WITH THE PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE WORLD INC., AND ORDAINED IN 1987 IN DETROIT.

PASTOR DAVIS WAS INSTALLED PASTOR OF GREATER EMMANUEL TEMPLE CHURCH ON JUNE 17, 2006. A NATIVE OF COLUMBUS GA, HE IS ONLY THE THIRD PASTOR IN THE 50 YEAR HISTORY OF THIS CHURCH. HE IS A BELOVED AND COURAGEOUS PASTOR, SERVANT-LEADER, DISTINGUISHED VISIONARY, FAITHFUL FRIEND TO THE CHURCH AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

ELDER DAVIS BROUGHT WITH HIM HIS ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS, WHICH HE ACQUIRED FROM A 33 YEAR BANKING CAREER

PASTOR DAVIS’ ACADEMIC BACKGROUND; AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE; BACHELORS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY; GRADUATE DEGREE IN FINANCE -UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BANKING.  ALSO HOLDS; BACHELORS IN PASTORAL MINISTRY;  PH DEGREE/THEOLOGY; AWARDED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE OF DIVINITY.