Bill Wilson (pastor)

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Bill Wilson
Born1948 (age 76–77)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation Pastor

Bill Wilson (born 1948) is the founder and senior pastor of Metro World Child. [1]

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Biography

When Bill Wilson was 12 years, his mother abandoned him on a street corner in Pinellas Park, Florida. [2] He later converted to Christianity and worked at a church as a teenager. After his high school graduation, Wilson was encouraged to attend a seminary. He studied at Southeastern University and obtained a degree in theology.

In 1979, Bill Wilson moved to Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York. In 1980, armed with a bull horn, a station wagon and Yogi Bear costumes, Bill created Metro World Child (formerly Metro Ministries). [3] In 1988, he created the idea of a Sidewalk Sunday School, in which he converted trucks to serve as portable stages from whence his team of ministers could share their message. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Founder, Pastor Bill Wilson · Metro World Child". Metro World Child. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ↑ Laurie Davison, Pastor Visits Pinellas Park Street Where He Was Left as a Child, baynews9.com, USA, December 24, 2018
  3. ↑ Shawn A. Akers, Metro Hope for Kids Helps Build Bill Wilson's Dream, charismanews.com, USA, 02 juillet 2012
  4. ↑ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 1404


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