Elder Douglas M. Garland has been a faithful member of The Believers Worship Center for the past 16 years. In 2007, he was ordained as an Elder by Bishop Larry H. Jordan, Sr., Senior Pastor, of The Believers Worship Center. After serving for several years as the Director of TBWC’s Disciples School of Ministry, he was appointed by Bishop Jordan as the President of the Believers Bible Institute. Elder Garland has over 30 years of experience focusing on adult Christian education as an ordained minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is a double graduate of Howard University. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Master of Divinity degree, cum laude, from Howard University Divinity School.