Dr. Douglas R. Jackson has been pastor of Community Baptist Church in Saginaw, Michigan for over 28 years. Under his ministry, the church has had considerable growth. In 1981, Dr. Jackson founded the Community Baptist Christian School. Dr. Jackson loves the Lord with his whole heart and has a burning desire to see the cause of Christ furthered. He has an enthusiastic, dynamic style of preachng that God has used to challenge all ages.

Pastor Jackson graduated in the first four-year gradusting class from Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 1972. He serves on several boards and is the president of Michigan Association of Christian Schools (M.A.C.S.) and Chairman of the Board at Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wisconsin. Pastor Jackson and his wife Kathy have been married for 34 years and they have 3 children - twin daughters, Kristina & Katrina and a son, Clint. The twins are each married to Assistant Pastors and are Christian School teachers.