Meet The Pastor
Rev. Dr. J. C. Chandler, Jr.
Reverend Dr. Joseph C. Chandler, Jr. was born in San Antonio, TX, reared in Denver, Colorado and Pensacola, Florida and raised in the Baptist Church by his parents, Joseph and Altha. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1999, as a highly decorated Master Sergeant. earning a Doctorate Degree. Reverend Chandler currently resides in Hagerstown, MD. He is married to Rev. Dr. Sakima L. Romero-Chandler (Co-Pastor) of New York; whose beautiful blended family consists of three daughters and two adult sons.
January 1999, while still on active duty, Dr. Chandler was called to Washington D.C. to testify before Senator Christopher Cox’s sub-committee on the technology safeguards he implemented in preventing the unauthorized transfer of U.S. technology to the Chinese Government during a joint space launch campaign. Due to his testimony and because of his testimony before the Senate sub-committee, under the Select Committee United States House of Representatives – U.S. National Security & Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China, he is a historical aspect of our congressional history.
Currently, Rev. Chandler is the President/Founder of Argus Eagle, LLC a company designed to assist DOD and Contractor Facilities in matters pertaining to strict National Security regulatory compliance. Additionally, he is Security Specialist with the United States Air Force; providing policy and security oversight to Special Access Programs in support of the Secretary of the AF. He is a strong and active member in his community through his direct involvement as 32nd Degree Master Mason, Shriner, Order of the Eastern Star and Lifetime Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Rev. Chandler is an ordained Intenerate Deacon and pastor of Family Life Ministry AME Church in Hagerstown Maryland; Capital District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, renowned 2nd District; where he serves under the leadership of Reverend Dr., Goodwin Douglas, Presiding Elder.
On his Christian journey, he has learned that true discipleship must take Christ's teaching and implement them into our lives in such a way that we live like Christ did in both word and deed. He is not content with only the retention but the passing on of Christian knowledge, values and tradition. Every day that he awakens, he ask God to have His way and will with him. With patience and servitude to God, there is no limit to what God can and will do in his ministry so that he may faithfully and obediently serve the Lord’s will in this call.
His motto is “Don’t ask me how I got there in my achievements, ask me about the Blessed journey”, and his favorite biblical story is the Book of Ruth.