Who We Are
Meet The Williams Family
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
Vince, Jennifer, Jason, David, Sarah, Benjamin, Joshua, & Adam!
Bro. Williams is a NY native Born in Norwich, NY, 30 miles below Utica, NY.
He attended High School in Florida. His wife Jennifer is from LA.
She attended Christian School in Jennings, LA. Jason was born in Jacksonville, FL,
David in Gulfport, MS, Sarah in Ocean Springs, MS, Benjamin in Earlville, NY, Joshua in Watertown,
NY, Adam in Watertown, and finally our newest, Jack was adopted out of Canada when he was 6 weeks old.
We love the ministry, and we love helping people. Just like every one in the ministry ought to be, we are
people persons.
Bro. Vince Williams
VINCE'S TESTIMONY
From 1962 to 1974 I grew up on a farm in upstate New York. Most of those years were spent on a dairy farm just outside of Sherburne, New York. For a few years I was a
Bus Kid that was a ministry of Bible Baptist Church, an independent work in Norwich, NY. As a result of this witness I received the Lord Jesus Christ as my
personal Saviour on July 22, 1970.
Due to a drop in dairy prices my parents sold the farm and bought a fish camp in Earleton, FL (just East of Gainesville). By this time our parents had stopped sending
us to church, and not even one person invited me to their church while I lived in Earleton.
At the age of 18 I joined the U.S. Air Force and ended up at Keesler AFB for the training in my electronics career field (6 months). It was this year that I finally realized
relationship was not enough and started to seek fellowship with my Heavenly Father. After the training was completed I received orders to Torrejon Air Base
(now closed) just outside of Madrid, Spain. It was at Torrejon, due to a faithful witness from Torrejon Baptist Church, that my spiritual growth really blossomed.
I was called into full-time service while in Spain. During this time I was still a very shy country boy. I knew I needed to be a soul-winner, but I just could not bring myself
to talk to people about my Heavenly Father. Realizing how important this was, I got down on my knees and begged God to give me the strength to witness for Him. Two weeks later
God answered my prayer in the way of new orders which cut my tour 6 months short to go back to Keesler AFB to become a Technical Training Instructor. I had to go through teaching
school and God delivered me from the shyness!
The next four years was a time of tremendous spiritual growth as I learned to be a soul-winner, Sunday School Teacher, Children's Church Preacher, Nursing Home Preacher, Bus Captain,
Bus Director & a very strong believer in the work of and under the Local New Testament Independent Baptist Church. It was during this time (1983-1987) that God burdened my heart for
the military ministry at Keesler (Luke 22:32, But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.)
After my USAF enlistment was up I enrolled in a Independent Baptist College in Florida. It was there that I met and married the wonderful Jennifer Abshire. Jennifer grew up at
Calvary Baptist Church in Jennings, LA, under then Pastor Dr. Bob Sensat. During this time I also handled the Children's Church, Teen class, and worked on a bus route of
Freedom Baptist Church in Keystone Heights, FL. I graduated in '92 and to make a long story short, we are now in New York full-time in the Church Planting and Military Ministry.
My wife and I have been personally allowed to be used of God to lead an average of 100 folks to our Lord during the last 15 years (92-2007). We have worked in the fair ministry
and have been used of God to draw many more times that in the net for other workers to deal with (I am not shy anymore!). During the last 15 years we have seen 16 military men
(that we are aware of) called to the ministry out of the ministry God has given us at Keesler AFB, and we praise the Lord for that. That ministry was first out of Tri-City Baptist
Church in Biloxi, MS, then Grace Independent Baptist Church in Ocean Springs, MS. In 2002 God burdened the heats of the Kevin Knight family to come and reach the People of Keesler AFB.
God burdened our heart for the West Point/Newburgh area and made the call clear through some trials in Mississippi. We were planning on starting a new work, and while looking over the
area we located a small church North of Newburgh that needed a pastor. They also expressed their desire to move to Newburgh so we met with the Folks in July and God sent us to pastor
Berean Baptist Church in Plattekill, NY, August 2002. So in August we packed up and move 1400 miles to the parsonage in Plattekill. At the time of the call the church had 4 families
in its membership and was averaging around 30 in its attendance (including the children from the van ministry). In January it became obvious that the people of that BC and my philosophy
of ministry were different. The changes the four families expected from me were not something that we could agree to so we were voted out of that pastorate by them. I believe in public prayer,
I believe in church discipline and I believe holy living by the church members. I believe the whole Bible is available to preach from during any service, I believe Jesus will not build
His church if we are not conduits of that process. These values were at that time opposed by them. God opened the doors to go help at Maranatha Bible Baptist Church, a new church plant in
Watertown, NY, to assist Pastor Mark Roper, while we find an area to plant a new church near Fort Drum for the specific purpose of emphasising on the military. Pastor Roper resigned from
the pastorate and we filled in as Interim pastor for 3 months.
We are now in Calcium, NY, with the goal of reaching the Military of Fort Drum and planting LOCAL INDEPENDENT, KJV, BAPTIST CHURCHES in the nearby areas.
Our First Church Plant started on Mothers Day, May 13th, 2007.
Serving Our Saviour, Vince & Jennifer Williams & family
