Pastor Donald Meade Jr.

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I was born at Aultman Hospital in Canton Ohio on June 11, 1970. I got baptized at 5 years old and got the Holy Ghost at 8 years old at the first church that my father pastored in Princeton WV.  I started playing the drums in church at 8 years old, took private lessons at Lake Charles Music, and took a Percussion course at McNeese College in Lake Charles, LA.

I graduated High School at Sulphur High in 1988 and went to Akron University 3 1/2 years for Business Management. I married my high school sweetheart Amanda K Daigle (Meade)12-28-1991. We lived in Sulphur, LA from 1994 to 2001, and attended The First Pentecostal Church of Sulphur with Rev. Jonathan Alvear as our pastor. My wife Amanda was the Piano player, and I was a Sunday School Teacher, the youth leader, the drummer, and anything else Rev. Alvear asked me to do. During this time God blessed us with 3 children, Brittany Meade in 1996, Andrew Meade in 1998, and Austin Meade 2000, and just shortly after Austin was born, God begin dealing with me to move back home to Akron, Ohio to help my father at Apostolic Temple of Akron, so in April of 2001, I packed up my family and made the 1230 mile move back to Akron, Ohio.

Not long after we arrived at Apostolic Temple, I was ordained to be a preacher by my father, and pastor Rev. Donald Meade Sr., and my late grandfather Elder Joseph Meade on December 31, 2001. From 2001 to 2011 I was the youth leader and taught the teen class in Sunday School. From 2001 to present I Emcee church services, play drums, sing, lead song services, preach, and do anything else that I am asked to do. In 2008 very humbly and gratefully I accepted the position of Assistant Pastor of Apostolic Temple, and It is my desire to do everything, and anything that I can to be a help to the Kingdom of God. I love this church with all my heart, and it is my desire to lead people to Jesus and have a great revival in Akron, Ohio before the rapture of the church.