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Woodrow Williams
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Pastor Williams was born and raised in the Evans County Community located in S.E. Georgia. He is a man of humble beginnings. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife until all of the children were older, then she worked as a nursing assistant. |
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Pastor Williams is a 1968 graduate of Evans County High School, 1972 graduate of Savannah State College with a BS in Mathematics and Physics; and a 1987 graduate of the Morehouse School of Religion at I. T .C. (Interdenominational Theological Center) with a concentration in Pastoral Care and Counseling. |
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Pastor Williams is married to the former Ms. Lorena Jordan and the father of three children, Sonja, Jorell and Jahmeel. Pastor Williams served eleven years as an Engineer with Georgia Power Company, the first black to hold such a position in the Macon Division. He then became a Staff Chaplin at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia where he was the first black to serve in this position, paving the way for other black men and women to follow. |
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Pastor Williams began his local church ministry at Kelley Chapel United Methodist Church of Decatur, Georgia as the Minister of Youth in 1989 and was appointed as Senior Pastor October 1, 1989, again a first. He served in this appointment for eight years. He received more than 300 members into the Body of Christ. His ministry has carried him to Central America in 1993 and to the Holy Land in 1994 and 1996.
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Pastor Williams has formerly served on several boards and committees: Chair of the Committee on Churches in Changing Communities of ADOX District.; Chair of the District Pastors of ADOX District; Conference Committee of Church and Society; Conference Urban Action, Inc.; Griffin District Board of Ordained Ministry; Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Wesley Foundation at Clayton College and State University; Dean of the Board of Managers for Pastor's School; and the McDonough Elementary School Big Brother Program.
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On January 1, 1998, Pastor Williams was appointed to the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in McDonough, Georgia as the Senior Pastor.
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In 1992 Pastor Williams led the Wesley family in a 2.13 million dollar Building Project that yielded 27,000 square feet. This structure was dedicated in February 2003. The men and women have answered their call to Ministry (with 8 assisting currently and 3 were sent forth to pastor other Churches ). The membership grew by leaps and bounds since 1998 with an increase of 424 as of April 2006
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On June 15, 2007, Pastor Williams was appointed the senior Pastor of Hoosier Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Pastor Williams says, "I strive to serve where God leads me and to do all that is asked of me.
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