Bishop Robert T. Douglas, Sr., Ph.D. – Founder

Bishop Robert T. Douglas, Sr., Ph.D. (1952-2024)

Bishop Robert T. Douglas, Sr. was actively involved in the ministry of proclaiming and faithfully spreading the Living Word of God for more than more than 40 years.

Bishop Robert T. Douglas, Sr. was the Founder/CEO/Pastor of Jacob’s Ladder Community Fellowship Church and Ministries since as well as the Executive Director and Founder of the Jacob’s Ladder Institute of Recovery since 1986. He was renowned nationally and internationally as an anointed Teacher, Preacher and Evangelist. His deliverance, prophetic and Bible-based counseling ministry was a blessing to thousands seeking salvation, healing, and deliverance from alcohol and drugs abuse. As a National Evangelist, he traveled from the East to the West preaching "Repentance, the Resurrection, and the Rapture” in an effort to win souls to Christ. He was also the former Pastor of the Radiant Life in Christ Community Church of Baldwin Park, California.

Bishop Douglas, was the loving husband of ONE WIFE who he loved with his life, First Lady Dr. Paulette Douglas; and, he was her HERO. Bishop Douglas was the proud father of four wonderful children, Shakinah, Robert Jr., Sondra Imani, and Danyale. He was also blessed with two granddaughters, Demi and Rob'Ann (“Butterball”) and five grandsons, Xavier, Dylan, Dominick Terrell, and the twins Camden and Cayden. He also had a host of godchildren. He had the love, support, and admiration of his entire family. One of his greatest desires was to be the PROVIDER, PROTECTOR, and PRESERVER of his family. He definitely accomplished that that goal. 

Bishop Robert T. Douglas. Sr. was a graduate of the Aenon Bible College West Cost and the Ministerial Training Institute in Inglewood California. He earned a M.A. in Christian Education, a Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling and a Ph.D. in Theology.

Bishop Douglas also attended Provident Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, Zoe Christian Leadership Training Institute, Antioch University and UCLA counseling certificate program. He held credentials and professional certification in the capacity of Doctoral Addictions Counselor with the National Board of Addiction Examiners.

Bishop Douglas was on the official Board and a Professor for the Ministerial Training Institute, President of the Aemon Bible College West Coast, President of California University of Theology and the Christian Counseling Specialist Professor. He served on the Pentecostal Assembles of the World Aenon Bible College Official Board as the Representative for the West Coast and as a professor for the Living Waters Bible College of Rialto.

As a bi-vocational pastor with almost 40 years in the workforce before retirement, Bishop Douglas served professionally in the City of Inglewood as a Family System Therapist and Director for the Inglewood Outpatient Treatment Program with Behavioral Health Services, Inc., as a Coordinator with the Century City Mental Health Center, and as the Substance Abuse Program Coordinator for the Pasadena Department of Public Health. 

Bishop Douglas was a leader of his community for over 40 years. In 1994, he was IAMA Board of Education Liaison in the City of Inglewood. In 1995, he was elected as the first Vice-President and Chair for the Inglewood Area Ministers Association and eventually served as the President until his passing. He was the Assistant Secretary and charter member of the Apostolic Ministers Alliance. He was also a charter member of the Inglewood Unified School District’s Strategic Planning Committee, and a member of the LAUSD Measure "K" Oversight Committee, which collectively was responsible for monitoring one hundred and thirty-two million dollars allocated by the State of California for facility modernization within the Inglewood Unified School District.

Bishop Douglas was an ordained minister with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. and was elevated to Diocesan Bishop of the Central California District Council (the 66th Episcopal District) on August 8, 2014, and served in that capacity until he passed away. He also served on the board for World Evangelism & International Missions Department. 

On August 5, 2024, Bishop Douglas passed away and transitioned from labor to reward. With all of his many accomplishments, Dr. Robert T. Douglas. Sr. gave quality time to God, intense study of the Word of God, fasting, a consecrated prayer life and love to the Saints of God. Dr. Douglas was certainly a Pastor after God’s own heart, and his ultimate goal is to live forever with Jesus. He definitely accomplished that. To JESUS be the glory for such a wonderful, beautiful, great man of God and a life well-lived.