PASTOR DERK ADAMS, BORN IN 1968, IS A CHARLOTTE NATIVE, RAISED IN CHURCH BY A LOVING GRANDMOTHER. GRADUATING EAST MECKLENBURG HIGH IN 1987 AS A TOWERING BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL ATHLETE THAT SPENT HIS SPARE TIME ON THE BLACKTOPS IN THE CHERRY COMMUNITY, HE WOULD GO ON TO OBTAIN HIS COLLEGIATE CREDENTIALS AT LEE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, AND NEW LIFE TEMPLE BIBLE COLLEGE. HE MET HIS WIFE, RECHENA, IN BAMA DAYCARE WHERE SHE WORKED, HAVING THEIR FIRST DATE CRUISING INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD IN HIS NISSAN MAXIMA AS THE WINANS PROVIDED THE AMBIENCE. THROUGH TESTS AND TRIALS, AFTER 30 YEARS THEY REMAIN INSEPARABLE. JUGGLING LIFE AS A FATHER, GRANDFATHER, NEW PASTOR, AND SHIPPING MANAGER, HE ENJOYS PLAYING GOLF IN HIS SPARE TIME, AND WILL NEVER TURN DOWN A DECENT STEAK. WHEN PASTOR ADAMS DOESN'T HAVE HIS NOSE IN A BIBLE STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD, YOU WILL FIND HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND PASSIONATELY WATCHING SPORTS. HIS LARGE FAMILY INCLUDES HIS SIX CHILDREN; TAMESHA, JONATHAN, ALICIA, STEPHEN, STEPHANIE AND MARIAN. HE HAS JUST AS MANY GRANDCHILDREN; JEREMIAH, JAQUEZ, JAMARI, KARTER, CAMERON AND GRACIE. HE DEDICATES HIS TIME TO SERVING THE CHURCH FAITHFULLY AND HAS GREAT VISION FOR CHARLOTTE, THIS NATION, AND THE WORLD.