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- ↑ Ammanford chapel in S4C programme - South Wales Guardian 2 December 2009
- 1 2 Professor Stephen Williams - Oxford Centre for Mission Studies database
- 1 2 Stephen Nantlais Williams - Brief Biography on the Faraday Institute website
- 1 2 Profile for Stephen Nantlais Williams - The Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation database
- ↑ List of Fellows (2018) - Learned Society of Wales
- ↑ Stephen Nantlais Williams - The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity database