Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Outreach Center

Fort Washington, MD

This 29,000-square-foot community center was designed to be a hub of church activity. The church administrative offices are in the building, along with conference rooms, seminar rooms, a 15-station computer lab, a fitness room, an NCAA regulation-sized basketball court, a theater with changing rooms, 200 fixed seats for viewing, and a commercial kitchen designed to feed 500 people in a banquet setting. The building was designed for durability and low maintenance. The signature design feature is a vaulted wood ceiling with wood glulam beams above the multipurpose room.

Greater Morning Star Pentecostal Church

Largo, MD

Designed as Phase I of a multi-phase ministry campus project on 53 acres of land in Prince George’s County, GMSPC is a 1,400-seat, 29,000-square-foot multipurpose building used for worship and ministry. Opened in September 2007, the church also houses administrative offices, classrooms, and a fellowship hall with a catering/prep kitchen.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.

Gospel Tabernacle Outreach Center

Baltimore, MD

This 20,000-square-foot award-winning project was a combination of demolition, addition, and renovation. The project included 20 classrooms, an 80-person dining/community hall, a computer lab, a choir music room, administrative offices, and a two-story entry link that connects the existing building with the addition. In 2006, the project won an award for masonry design and craftsmanship from the Masonry Institute of Maryland.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.

Israel Baptist Church

Baltimore, MD

The Israel Baptist Church is a 36,000-square-foot sanctuary that seats 1,600 people and is Phase I of a two-phase project. In addition to the sanctuary, the church has meeting rooms, a choir practice room, and various offices. Derrick Adams designed this church while employed with FWA, Inc. Its architectural features included a stepped loggia and an over 2,000-square-foot stained glass mural in the main lobby of the church at the rear of the sanctuary.
*Derrick Adams completed this project while employed with FWA.