Dr. Williams, in June of 2019, became the first core faculty member of Stark College & Seminary extension in San Antonio, Texas. He is one of our Practitioner Scholars with years of experience in education and pastoral ministry and he also serves as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Lockhart, TX. In July 2021, he became a full-time faculty member, and the first African American full time faculty hire. He has served throughout all programs at SCS teaching Certificate up to the Masters level programs, and has recently been promoted to Director of Ministry Formation. We at SCS are honored to have Dr. Williams at our Institution to educationally equip the students to grow and pursue the call of Christ.
Dr. Williams doctoral work has focused on building the church, the body of Christ, internally and not so much physically. He believes the church has placed more emphasis on facility, and not enough focus upon the foundational elements to create internal change. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, “…Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours in Christian America.” Throughout his pastoral and teaching ministry he has challenged his church and students to celebrate Christ in community through preaching and teaching and having joint worship services to celebrate oneness in Christ. He firmly believes the true church must work to be a living example of the Kingdom of God on earth and the challenge is to reaffirm our faith and be living witnesses of His way.
Dr. Williams has served in full-time ministry in several positions at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio. He also has taught at Guadalupe School of Religion and Wayland Baptist University. “My passion is to share with others as all my mentors and professors shared with me.” Some known theologians and pastors have inspired him like, Dr. Howard Thurman, Dr. E. Thurman Walker, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, James Baldwin, Rev. Earl Jackson Sr, and Esther Thompson, his late grandmother. “We here at SCS are given the opportunity to develop the student practitioner and aid them in exploring the call of God upon their life by helping them define and understand this call is an incredible honor.”
He earned his Bachelor of Science from Angelo State University. He continued on to complete his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and obtained his Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary. “Practical theology that leads to formation is one of the disciplines always tugging at the core of my mind,” he says. “Many of the topics I read, preach and write are centered around Christian formation and maintaining a sense of community.”
Outside of SCS you can find Dr. Williams cheering on the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Cowboys, playing dominos, driving around Texas, and spending time with his wife Tandelyn, their four children, and his grandchildren.
