Our Staff
Jerry Davisson
District Pastor
Jerry Davisson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He was blessed with wonderful parents and was the second of four boys. He felt his call to pastoral ministry during his senior year in high school.
He graduated from Warner Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, earned a Master of Divinity degree from Anderson School of Theology, and recently completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Jerry has planted churches and developed existing churches throughout his ministry career. He also served as the Regional Pastor of Churches of God of Central California before taking the District Pastor role of Church of God Northwest. Jerry began serving the Rockwood Church of God in October of 2021.
Jerry and his wife, Kris, have enjoyed 37 years of marriage. Their family includes daughters Alexandra and her husband Kyle Thomas and Kelsey and her husband Josh Breese. Kris and Jerry are also proud grandparents of 4 beautiful grandchildren and another on the way in June of 2024.
Jerry enjoys spending time with his family, reading, playing golf, and running. Jerry became an elite Ironman athlete in 2014 when he completed the Ironman Coeur d’Alene in Idaho.
Paula Wilson
Administrative Assistant
Paula Wilson was born into a pastors family and moved from Kansas to Oregon at the ripe old age of 1. Her parents, Dwite and Bertha Brown, taught her to love God and His Church early on. Her dad pastored the Rockwood church in the early 50’s and became the State Evangelist in 1957. He helped over 100 churches with their buildings which gave Paula opportunity to travel to many of those church homes while growing up.
Paula attended Warner Pacific until she and her husband were married and became youth pastors at the Aloha Church of God. They served as ordained pastors in several churches in Oregon, California and Washington. They also had the opportunity to serve as SAM’s (Short Term Missionaries) in Australia.
Paula has two children. Her daughter Teresa, married to Brandon Hellstrom, lives in Oregon and her son Chris Wilson lives in California. She has 4 granddaughters and thoroughly enjoys time with family. Paula serves on the HOA board where she lives in Newberg, is involved in leadership in her home church, and enjoys being creative and sharing her home with others.
Fred Douglas
Associate District Pastor
Pastor Fred has served in ministry for 50 years as a Pastor, youth pastor, and in family ministry. He’s a graduate of Warner Pacific College and an ordained minister with the Church of God Anderson for 40 years.
For 40 years he served in the work of Youth for Christ as a Club Director, Area Director, Ministry Coordinator, and Executive Director. Pastor Fred also spent nine years as a member of YFC National Board.
Pastor Fred currently serves as the Associate District Pastor for the Churches of God (Anderson) of Church of God Northwest mentoring and coaching pastors.
Pastor Fred is married to Denise (also a pastor) his wife of 30 years and has two adult sons.
Michael Guzman
Media & Resource Pastor
Michael lives in Bandon, Oregon. He, his wife Kimberly, and his daughters Emily and Hannah represent the Kingdom on the Southern Oregon Coast as business-owning missionaries, serving as a family on mission to local pet families.
Michael has served Churches of God at the local and regional levels for the last nineteen years. He loves coaching pastors and leaders, calling out and developing their God-given skills. Preaching the Word of God, developing Kingdom strategies, and creating content rank among his favorite things in ministry.
Since 2010, Michael has been a part of 3D Movements. As a 3DM coach, consultant, and communicator, he has worked with numerous pastors and churches across the US and Canada from a variety of denominations through coaching huddles, weekend workshops, and immersive learning communities.
As a part of the Church of God Northwest team, Michael produces resources and provides strategic input and technology support.
He loves life on the Oregon Coast and all it entails: crabbing, fishing, hunting, mushroom foraging, and homesteading.