Bishop Steve E C Williams (Senior Pastor)
Bishop Steve E C Williams hails from from Trinidad (West Indies) In the 1970’s he gained an Engineering scholarship and relocated on his own to London to pursue a career in Structural Engineering earning membership of the Engineers registration board and Associate Member of the Institute of Structural Engineers in 1981.
In 1978 he became a Christian and attended a Pentecostal Church in East London where he served in many capacities and soon became an Associate Minister. In 1994 he and his family moved from London to Nantwich, Cheshire where he attended Regents Theological College (Elim) full time for three years and graduated with a BA Hons degree in Theology and Christian Ministry (accredited by Manchester University).
As a Licensed Credentialed Minister for the Elim Pentecostal Movement he was appointed as an Associate Minister at Silverdale Elim Pentecostal church. He and his family later moved to the local New Testament Church of God (NTCG) in Crewe under the leadership of Pastor G. Latty and later became members of the Crewe congregation. After relocating to the West Midlands he transferred his membership to the NTCG Harvest Temple under the leadership of Bishop Winston L. Willis as a Licenced Exhorter and then as an Ordained Minister serving as Assistant Pastor. In February 2016 he was Consecrated to the sacred rank of Ordained Bishop within NTCG part of the Church of God, Cleveland TN.
Steve is a gifted preacher and teacher of the Word. He has preached at many seminars, conventions and has delivered many School of Ministry lectures around the United Kingdom. Since December 2003 along with his wife, he has served as the Senior Pastor of the Family Worship Centre (NTCG) Chuckey, Walsall on the Bilston District. Additionally, he is a Volunteer Chaplain with the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and with the Prison Service. He also lecturers part time on Theology and Christian Ministry and is a regular contributory writer to the Living Faith Articles in the Walsall Advertiser Newspaper.
Steve is a devoted family man and has been married to Sonia for over 40 years and together they have two adult children, Christopher and Deborah and two granddaughters.