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PASTOR
INFORMATION
Rev. John D.
Williams, Sr., is the son ofthe late Bro. John Willie Williams
and Sis. Sweetie Louise Williams. He was born September 4,
1956, in the sunshine state of Florida
in the beautiful city of Sanford.
At an early age, he united with Allen Chapel African Methodist
Episcopal Church under the pastoral leadership of Rev. M. C.
Ross. He was educated in the Seminole County Florida Public
School System and graduated in 1974 from Seminole High
School.
Soon after high
school, he joined the United States Army in pursuit of a
military career. After eight and a half years with the
military, he decided to terminate his military career and
pursue life in the civilian arena.
Rev. Williams worked
at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Savannah,
Georgia
building business jets for four years before returning home to Sanford
where he began working in the Seminole County Public School
System. After reuniting with his home church, Allen Chapel
Sanford, under the pastoral leadership of the late Rev. John H.
Woodard and afterwards under the pastoral leadership of Rev.
Orestes A. Cobb, Sr., he accepted his call to ministry under
Rev. Orestes A. Cobb, Sr. Rev. Williams entered the Orlando
Annual Conference in 1997.
Rev. Williams was
ordained an Itinerant Elder in 2006. A graduate from Seminole Community
College December 12,2003 with his Associates
of Arts Degree and later matriculated from the University
of Phoenix,
with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Management on March
31,2006.
Rev. Williams will
officially matriculate from Asbury Theological Seminary after
pursuing a Masters of Arts Degree in Counseling on May 7, 2011.
He has pastored New Bethel AME Church in Geneva, FL. 600
Cochran Road; Allen Temple AME Church in Brooksville, FL. and
is currently the pastor of Ward Chapel AME Church in Winter
Park, FL.
He volunteered as an
outreach Chaplain at Hernando Correctional Facility in Hernando County
and currently serves as a Chaplain at Lucerne
Hospital in Orlando, Florida where he is
currently enrolled in the Clinical Pastoral Education Program.
He is married to
Sis. Deborah J. Williams and is the father ofthree children:
Jennifer, Dana, and John, Jr. He is the grandfather of two
boys, Carnren and Josiah Williams. His gift is teaching and his
office is pastor.
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