Pastor Dave was born and raised in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area in Washington State. During his senior year of high school, he enlisted in the United States Army. After spending two years of duty in Germany, he was transferred to Fort Bragg, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was there he came to know Christ as his Savior. Upon completing four years of enlistment, God’s will led Dave to attend a Christian college.  While there, he was active in ministry and served in various leadership positions. He met his wife, Tina, while he was attending college. The Douglass’s were married in 1984 and have three married children and nine grandchildren.

Dave has served in the following ministries since 1987: 23 years as the principal of a Christian school for inner-city Chicago children and teens;  7 years as an assistant pastor where he served as the Ministry Personnel Director, developed the curriculum and program for a discipleship series which now has worldwide distribution, started a Bible Institute, and served as a counseling Pastor. Pastor Dave later served as the president of a Bible college for three and a half years. In September of 2020, Pastor Dave was called to start a independent counseling ministry–Grace to Change Ministries, which been used to help hurting hearts and marriages, and those with addictions. In June of 2021, God led Dave to plant Grace Bible Church NWI in Schererville, Indiana. 

Pastor Dave received his counseling certification in 2010 from L.E.A.D. Ministries in Greenville, South Carolina.  Additionally, he has attended hundreds of counseling seminar hours in training centers all over the United States. He has counseled thousands of people during his years of ministry.