Pastor Adam Valenzuela - Assistant Pastor

Adam Valenzuela is a native of Southern California. He accepted Christ at the age of fifteen. Although he attended church regularly from a very young age, Adam realized it was not anything he could do for God to earn his way to heaven but only what Jesus Christ had done for him. 

Adam graduated from Ambassador Baptist College of Lattimore, North Carolina in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical and Pastoral Studies. In college, Adam met his wife Jamie, and they were married in the winter of 2007. 

After graduation, the Lord led the Valenzuelas to Chatham, Illinois, where the Lord blessed their family with two sweet girls. While there, Adam worked as a sales & service representative and served as an Assistant & Youth Pastor.

In 2014, the Lord brought them back to North Carolina, and they reunited with Emmanuel Baptist Church, where they especially love working with the youth and children’s ministries.  In 2021, Adam became Assistant Pastor with his primary focus on children and youth.  Adam and Jamie are excited for what the future holds in the ministry here.