| BISHOP ROBERT WILLIAMS |
BISHOP ROBERT WILLIAMS, BORN JUNE
16, 1952 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE
GRADUATED FROM MAX S. HAYES
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
LATER JOINED THE U.S ARMY IN
AUGUST OF 1972, COMPLETING BASIC
COMBAT TRAINING AT FORT POLK, L.A,
GRADUATED IN 1973 FROM THE U. S
ARMY SIGNAL SCHOOL AT FORT
GORDON, GA. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED
TO LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY AS A
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. WHILE
THERE HE COMPLETED A GRADUATES
COURSE IN COMMUNICATIONS AT THE
SEVENTH CORP U.S ARMY SIGNAL
SCHOOL. HIS OTHER UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES INCLUDE
16, 1952 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE
GRADUATED FROM MAX S. HAYES
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
LATER JOINED THE U.S ARMY IN
AUGUST OF 1972, COMPLETING BASIC
COMBAT TRAINING AT FORT POLK, L.A,
GRADUATED IN 1973 FROM THE U. S
ARMY SIGNAL SCHOOL AT FORT
GORDON, GA. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED
TO LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY AS A
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. WHILE
THERE HE COMPLETED A GRADUATES
COURSE IN COMMUNICATIONS AT THE
SEVENTH CORP U.S ARMY SIGNAL
SCHOOL. HIS OTHER UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES INCLUDE
PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, AND
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WITH MID-LANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA, SC, AND
PASTORAL MINISTRY, AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL BIBLE COLLEGE ALSO IN
COLUMBIA. BISHOP WILLIAMS IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE U.S ARMY QUARTERMASTER
ADVANCE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S ACADEMY AT FORT LEE, VA. IN ADDITION, THE
CONTRACTING OFFICER COURSE AT THE U.S ARMY LOGISTIC COLLEGE, FORT LEE, VA.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS CALLED INTO THE MINISTRY IN SEPTEMBER 1976; HE LEFT THE
MILITARY IN ANSWER TO THAT CALL IN JULY 1977. HE RETURNED TO CLEVELAND WHERE
PASTOR A.C ZORN OF GOSPEL HALL BAPTIST CHURCH LATER LICENSED HIM IN OCTOBER
1977 INTO THE MINISTRY. BISHOP WILLIAMS BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST
MINISTER'S CONFERENCE AND TRAINED UNDER THE MINISTERS OF THE SAME
CONFERENCE. IN SEPTEMBER 1978, BISHOP WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE MILITARY,
MOVING HIS FAMILY TO FORT JACKSON,
SC WHERE HE UNITED WITH ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, UNTIL THE
RETIREMENT OF THE PASTOR IN 1980, WHEN HE THEN UNITED WITH REHOBOTH UNITED
APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP C.L. LORICK. IN
MAY OF 1981, BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS DEPLOYED TO SOUTH, KOREA WHERE HE BEGAN HIS
FIRST OUTREACH MINISTRY UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE IN MAY OF 1982. RETURNING TO THE
UNITED STATES, HE MOVED TO KILLEEN, TX WHERE HE UNITED WITH ZION TEMPLE
(C.O.G.I.C) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERINTENDENT E.R. BILLIE. BISHOP WILLIAMS
LATER FOUNDED AND OPENED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN 1983.
IN MAY OF 1985, BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS DEPLOYED TO GERMANY WHERE HE ESTABLISHED
TWO (2) SEPARATE MINISTRIES. ONE IN THE TOWN MENDEN AND THE OTHER IN WERL. HE
ALSO SERVED AS THE RELIGIOUS COORDINATOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY, UNTIL HE DEPARTED
IN JUNE 1988. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO FORT STEWART, GA WHERE HE STARTED THE
REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES AND A LOCAL GOSPEL RADIO BROADCAST
AND CONTINUED IN THIS MINISTRY UNTIL HE WAS DEPLOYED TO PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
THERE HE SERVED AS PASTOR OF HOWARD/KOBBE GOSPEL SERVICE AT HOWARD, AFB
FROM JANUARY 1990 TO DECEMBER OF 1992.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO ABERDEEN, MD WHERE HE SERVED AS
ASSOCIATE ELDER TO BISHOP C.J BARNES OF HIGHWAY HOLINESS APOSTOLIC CHURCH,
UNTIL HE RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY IN 1994. BISHOP WILLIAMS LATER TRAVELED TO
CAPE HAITIAN, HAITI ON FOREIGN MISSION. BISHOP WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE UNITED
STATES IN 1995 TO ATTEND COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE, WHERE HE STUDIED, PASTORAL
MINISTRY. AFTER SCHOOL, HE TRAVELED TO KAPOSVAR, HUNGARY AS AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S ARMY. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES IN 1996, HE UNITED
WITH ZION TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH IN MIDWAY, GA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELDER
NATHANIEL WALTHOUR. IN 1998, BISHOP WILLIAMS RELOCATED FROM GEORGIA TO
CLEVELAND AND STARTED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES.
IN 1999, HE BECAME THE INTERIM PASTOR OF LITTLE START MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,
UNTIL ONE WAS FOUND. HE THEN BEGIN TO WORK WITH BISHOP C.G JOHNSON, PASTOR OF
CHRIST TEMPLE APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN YOUNGSTOWN, OH AND CONTINUED WITH THE
OPERATION OF REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES HELPING OTHER CHURCHES
THROUGHOUT THE CLEVELAND AREA UNTIL UNITING WITH TRINITY OUTREACH
MINISTRIES. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR ANDREW D. CLARK SR. HE SERVED AS
FIRST ASSOCIATE PASTOR.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS ORDAINED TO ELDER AT FIRST UNITED APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST, BALTIMORE, MD IN JUNE 1983, BY BISHOP MONROE R. SANDERS, AND
ORDAINED TO BISHOP AT THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST RESURRECTION CHURCH, IN
NASHVILLE, TN BY BISHOP JIMMY L. HORTON.
BISHOP WILLIAMS IS MARRIED TO EVANGELIST EDNA D. WILLIAMS, WITH FOUR CHILDREN
BORN TO THIS UNION. TERRENCE, ROBERT, AVI AND ANGELICA. ALONG WITH 8
GRANDCHILDREN
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WITH MID-LANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA, SC, AND
PASTORAL MINISTRY, AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL BIBLE COLLEGE ALSO IN
COLUMBIA. BISHOP WILLIAMS IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE U.S ARMY QUARTERMASTER
ADVANCE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S ACADEMY AT FORT LEE, VA. IN ADDITION, THE
CONTRACTING OFFICER COURSE AT THE U.S ARMY LOGISTIC COLLEGE, FORT LEE, VA.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS CALLED INTO THE MINISTRY IN SEPTEMBER 1976; HE LEFT THE
MILITARY IN ANSWER TO THAT CALL IN JULY 1977. HE RETURNED TO CLEVELAND WHERE
PASTOR A.C ZORN OF GOSPEL HALL BAPTIST CHURCH LATER LICENSED HIM IN OCTOBER
1977 INTO THE MINISTRY. BISHOP WILLIAMS BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST
MINISTER'S CONFERENCE AND TRAINED UNDER THE MINISTERS OF THE SAME
CONFERENCE. IN SEPTEMBER 1978, BISHOP WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE MILITARY,
MOVING HIS FAMILY TO FORT JACKSON,
SC WHERE HE UNITED WITH ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, UNTIL THE
RETIREMENT OF THE PASTOR IN 1980, WHEN HE THEN UNITED WITH REHOBOTH UNITED
APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP C.L. LORICK. IN
MAY OF 1981, BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS DEPLOYED TO SOUTH, KOREA WHERE HE BEGAN HIS
FIRST OUTREACH MINISTRY UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE IN MAY OF 1982. RETURNING TO THE
UNITED STATES, HE MOVED TO KILLEEN, TX WHERE HE UNITED WITH ZION TEMPLE
(C.O.G.I.C) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERINTENDENT E.R. BILLIE. BISHOP WILLIAMS
LATER FOUNDED AND OPENED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN 1983.
IN MAY OF 1985, BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS DEPLOYED TO GERMANY WHERE HE ESTABLISHED
TWO (2) SEPARATE MINISTRIES. ONE IN THE TOWN MENDEN AND THE OTHER IN WERL. HE
ALSO SERVED AS THE RELIGIOUS COORDINATOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY, UNTIL HE DEPARTED
IN JUNE 1988. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO FORT STEWART, GA WHERE HE STARTED THE
REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES AND A LOCAL GOSPEL RADIO BROADCAST
AND CONTINUED IN THIS MINISTRY UNTIL HE WAS DEPLOYED TO PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
THERE HE SERVED AS PASTOR OF HOWARD/KOBBE GOSPEL SERVICE AT HOWARD, AFB
FROM JANUARY 1990 TO DECEMBER OF 1992.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO ABERDEEN, MD WHERE HE SERVED AS
ASSOCIATE ELDER TO BISHOP C.J BARNES OF HIGHWAY HOLINESS APOSTOLIC CHURCH,
UNTIL HE RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY IN 1994. BISHOP WILLIAMS LATER TRAVELED TO
CAPE HAITIAN, HAITI ON FOREIGN MISSION. BISHOP WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE UNITED
STATES IN 1995 TO ATTEND COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE, WHERE HE STUDIED, PASTORAL
MINISTRY. AFTER SCHOOL, HE TRAVELED TO KAPOSVAR, HUNGARY AS AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S ARMY. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES IN 1996, HE UNITED
WITH ZION TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH IN MIDWAY, GA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELDER
NATHANIEL WALTHOUR. IN 1998, BISHOP WILLIAMS RELOCATED FROM GEORGIA TO
CLEVELAND AND STARTED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES.
IN 1999, HE BECAME THE INTERIM PASTOR OF LITTLE START MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,
UNTIL ONE WAS FOUND. HE THEN BEGIN TO WORK WITH BISHOP C.G JOHNSON, PASTOR OF
CHRIST TEMPLE APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN YOUNGSTOWN, OH AND CONTINUED WITH THE
OPERATION OF REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES HELPING OTHER CHURCHES
THROUGHOUT THE CLEVELAND AREA UNTIL UNITING WITH TRINITY OUTREACH
MINISTRIES. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR ANDREW D. CLARK SR. HE SERVED AS
FIRST ASSOCIATE PASTOR.
BISHOP WILLIAMS WAS ORDAINED TO ELDER AT FIRST UNITED APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST, BALTIMORE, MD IN JUNE 1983, BY BISHOP MONROE R. SANDERS, AND
ORDAINED TO BISHOP AT THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST RESURRECTION CHURCH, IN
NASHVILLE, TN BY BISHOP JIMMY L. HORTON.
BISHOP WILLIAMS IS MARRIED TO EVANGELIST EDNA D. WILLIAMS, WITH FOUR CHILDREN
BORN TO THIS UNION. TERRENCE, ROBERT, AVI AND ANGELICA. ALONG WITH 8
GRANDCHILDREN
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