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Dr.
John Williams became the sixth senior pastor for the Longview Community
Church in the Fall of 2003. Dr. Williams came to us
from the Congregational Presbyterian Church in Lewiston, Idaho,
where he served as senior pastor for sixteen years. He
graduated from Whitworth College in 1974 with a major in psychology, and earned his
Doctor of Ministry degree from the San Francisco Theological Seminary, where
he wrote a thesis paper on "spiritual formation in the local
church.” His Master of Divinity was awarded in 1979 from Princeton
Theological Seminary, where he majored in pastoral care and counseling.
Dr. Williams was ordained by the Santa Barbara Presbytery in 1979.
Dr.
Williams’s wife, Denise, has served as a Bible
study leader, youth ministry volunteer and has been active with the elderly
as an integral part of their ministry. Their two daughters, Meghan
and Marissa, attended Whitworth College.
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