Bishop Stephen L. Williams

Bishop Stephen L. Williams is an anointed leader, psalmist, writer, teacher and counselor who have been serving the Kingdom of God for more than 25 years. He is currently the pastor of two churches, Goodwill Baptist Church, Inc. (2011) located in Clemmons N.C. and Mt. Zion Outreach Center also known as "The Haven" (2004) located in Thomasville, N.C. He believes and works to build these churches to be multiracial, multicultural and a fully functional five-fold operational ministry.  His ministerial desire is for everyone to know "who they are and whose they are in God."

 

In 2012, Bishop Williams was elected as the Presiding Prelate of The Faith Connection Assemblies, an organization that believes in "planting, equipping, and empowerment with leadership, fellowship and unity."  He presently preside over 6 churches and the strength of the organization is to provide spiritual wisdom and guidance to the local pastor and strength to the church. 

 

Beyond the pulpit, Bishop Williams is the founder and CEO of Stephen L. Williams Ministries and IMALLIN LLC., which is comprised of SASEO Music Group, Jordico Publishing and NewVoice, Inc. (a motivational speaking company).  He has a true gift to sing and has been blessed to release his latest CD titled "City Upon a Hill."  He has a musical gift that has afforded him to sing nationally and internationally, write songs for other gospel artists and be involved as a lead singer and writer on several recordings. 

 

Hope M. Williams is his wife and supporter and is the proud father of a son Jordan Chandler and a daughter MaKensie Alexandra. 

 

Bishop Stephen L. Williams has a passion and a purpose to spread the fame of Jesus Christ through preaching the word, ministering in song, and leading by example with a God centered lifestyle. He compels hearers to become doers and promotes that there is no power stronger than the power of God.  He walks in an anointing that promotes change.  He operates under the command of the Holy Spirit with a strong emphasis on a person's total life change and deliverance.


Goodwill Baptist Church Ministries and Leaders


 

Bishop Stephen L. Williams


 

Senior Pastor/Overseer


 


 

Angela Lindsay


 


 

Administrator 


 


 

Minister Bonita Hoover


 


 

Christian Arts Ministry


 

Dr. Reginald Coleman


 


 

Christian Education

 


 

Sister Harris Williamson


 

Decorating Ministry

 


 

Sister Tracey Carroll


 

GBC 4 Fitness


 

Sister Connie Coleman


 

Hospitality Ministry


 


 

Sister Louise Hill


 

Intercessory Prayer Team


 


 

Deacon Rufus Cuthrell, Sr.


 


 

Media Ministry


 


 

Sister Yvonne Thompson


 


 

Membership Services


 


 

Brother Ronald Carroll Sr.


 

Men�s Ministry


 


 

Sister Johnnie Mae Hanes


 


 

Missionary Ministry


 


 

Brother Kedrick Sprinkle


 


 

Music Ministry


 

Sister Felicia Morgan


 

Nurse�s Ministry
 


 

Sister Irene Coleman


 

Supersonic Senior�s Ministry

 


 

Deacon Rufus Cuthrell, Sr.


 

Transportation Ministry

 


 

Brother Don Reid


 

Usher�s Ministry

 


 

Lady Hope Williams


 

Women�s Ministry

 Address:
541 Goodwill Road 
Clemmons, NC 27012 or
P.O. Box 787
Winston-Salem, NC 27117

Phone Number:
336.764.3930

E-mail:
Bishop Stephen L. Williams - Pastor, Chief Worship Leaderbishopwilliams@gwbcc.net

Deach Rufus Cuthrell, Sr. - Chairman of Deacons
deaconrcuthrell@gwbcc.net

Deacon Kelly Leak - Chairman of Trustee Board
deaconkleak@gwbcc.net

Angela Lindsay - Church Administrator
angelalindsay@gwbcc.net

Tracey Carroll and Ronald Carroll - Website Ministries
thecarrolls@gwbcc.net

Yvonne Thompson - Membership Services
yvonnethompson@gwbcc.net

 Website Privacy Policies of Goodwill Baptist Church

 

Goodwill Baptist Church recognizes that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the privacy and data collection practices for the site: http://www.goodwillbaptistchurch.org.  The Site is operated by Goodwill Baptist Church.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our webmaster at webmaster@goodwillbaptistchurch.org or by postal mail to:

  • Goodwill Baptist Church

  • 541 Goodwill Road

  • Clemmons, NC 27012

Identifying Information. In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order, offer services that require registration, assist you with technical support issues or to follow up with you. Generally, Goodwill Baptist Church requests identifying information when you: 

  • Register on anything of our web sites.

  • Place an order for products.

  • Provide feedback to an online information or tell us about an idea or suggestion.

  • Request prayer or contact.


In these instances, Goodwill Baptist Church will ask for your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other appropriate information needed to provide you with a response. In all instances, if you receive a newsletter or other mailing from us, you will always be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.

What Goodwill Baptist Church Will Do With Your Information. If you choose to give us personal information for any of the purposes above, this information is retained by Goodwill Baptist Church and will only be used by Goodwill Baptist Church to support your relationship with us. We will not add you to a mailing list without your request. We will only contact you if further information is required from you to complete your request.

What Others May Do With Your Information. Goodwill Baptist Church does not share, rent, or sell any personally identifying information provided through our Site (such as your name or email address) to any outside organization for use in its marketing or solicitations. From time to time Goodwill Baptist Church may use agents or contractors who will have access to your personal information to perform services for Goodwill Baptist Church (such as DATABASE MAINTENANCE, SITE STATISTICS, etc.), however, they are required by us to keep the information confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services for Goodwill Baptist Church. In addition, Goodwill Baptist Church may also share aggregate information about its web site visitors to advertisers, business partners, and other third parties. For example, we might share that our users are x percent PCs users and y percent Macintosh users. None of this information, however, will contain personal, identifying information about our users. 

Goodwill Baptist Church On-line Store. Goodwill Baptist Church On-line Store is designed to give you options concerning the privacy of your identifying information. If you choose, you can set up an account. This will allow you to have a customized order page for express ordering and to view your purchasing history. To protect your privacy, we have designed the Sites to include certain steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections in an account. You will always have access to this account information and can view it, update it or correct it at any time. To access your information, you will need to use a password. 

When purchasing products through the our web site, the order form will also ask you to provide a daytime telephone number. However, the telephone number is only used to quickly resolve questions relative to an order, such as to clarify customer email addresses that are inactive, or entered incorrectly.

 

Third Party Links

www.goodwillbaptistchurch.org does provide links to other sites. Other Internet sites and services have separate privacy and data collection practices. Once you leave www.goodwillbaptistchurch.org, Goodwill Baptist Church cannot control, and has no responsibility for, the privacy policies or data collection activities at another site. 

 

Cookies 

At times, we will use a feature on your web browser to send your computer a "cookie". We do not use cookies to retrieve any personal information from your computer. We only use cookies to learn ways to enhance our Sites, and to give you better, more personalized service while in our web site. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, some functions of the Sites will not function if you refuse cookies. These areas of our web site will have information posted about cookies, and when a cookie will be uploaded to your computer.

 

Children's Privacy Protection

Goodwill Baptist Church is sensitive to the heightened need to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. The vast majority of the material on our web site is not intended for children and is not targeted to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children and, if we learn that we have received personal data from a child, we will remove this information from our database. 

 

Changes to this Policy

Goodwill Baptist Church may from time to time revise its privacy policy. You should therefore periodically visit this page, so you are aware of any such revisions. We will not, however, use your existing information in a manner not previously disclosed. You will be advised and have the opportunity to opt out of any new use of your information. 
Contacting Us. If you have any questions about our privacy policy and/or the practices of our web site, you can write to:

  • Goodwill Baptist Church

  • 541 Goodwill Road

  • Clemmons, NC 27012

 

Credit Card Security

We know customers are concerned about credit card security. We use one of the worlds largest funds transfer agencies - PayPal.
If you choose to use a PayPal account, your personal credit card information will not be given to Goodwill Baptist Church.

 Worship Opportunities

  • Christian Education - Sunday 9:30 am

  • Intercessory Prayer - Tuesday Noon

  • Bible Study (Adult & Youth) - Wednesday 7:00 pm

  • Sunday Worship - 10:45

    • 1st Sunday - Official & Communion Sunday

    • 3rd Sunday - Youth Day

    • 5th Sunday - Men's Day


Feel free to join us in worship and fellowship anytime you are in the Piedmont Triad area. Goodwill Baptist Church is a place where you can worship The King of Kings, gain knowledge and understanding and experience the awesome presence of the Most High God. 

 Grace and Peace to You!

 We are delighted that you've taken time from your busy schedule to visit Goodwill Baptist Church on the web. We are grateful for the opportunity to welcome you to the ministry where the presence of the Lord and His people are the priority. We are Goodwill Baptist Church and this house desires to be full of His love and the Spirit of God. It is a place that allows you to discover your purpose and know that it is in Him you can move, live and prosper.

We are totally convinced that Goodwill Baptist Church is designed for you to feel safe, recover from the attack of the enemy, discover the wonders of God's power, embrace your future, find your destiny, reach your potential, know your gift, praise Him without restriction, learn the Word and walk in total healing and prosperity. Feel free to join us anytime you are in the Piedmont Triad area. Goodwill Baptist Church is a place where you can worship The King of Kings, gain knowledge and understanding and experience the awesome presence of the Most High God.

It is our sincere hope that your web experience is enjoyable, encouraging, and spiritually enlightening. Please make use of our online Christian Study Tools - Online Bible Search, Daily Bible Verse, Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Quiz, Daily Christian Quote, Daily Bible Story, Audio Bible and Social Media Fellowship. Again, thanks for visiting and we look forward to the opportunity to fellowship with you and your family.

Sincerely,
 

 Bishop Stephen L. Williams & The Goodwill Baptist Church Family

 

Welcome to Goodwill Baptist Church on the web. Our mission at Goodwill Baptist is to be: "The place where His Presence and His People are the Priority". Thanks for visiting.


Our vision is to be a multiracial and multicultural people who are totally worship oriented in every aspect of everyday living; balanced and consistent in prayer, worship and praise; disciples of Christ and full of faith and power in our homes, cities, church, jobs, nation, and world; wealthy in the Word with evidence; for everyone to be anointed, healthy, wealthy (with money), increased and empowered :and a people expressive of true LOVE.


For those that aspire to be leaders at Goodwill Baptist Church, Our Leadership Statement is:

"If you are not willing to be challenged; you are not ready to change."


Leadership

The Goodwill Baptist Church (GBC) was organized in 1881 in the Arcadia Township of Clemmons NC Reverend David Hairston served as the founding pastor. He served for twenty-three years. The next pastor was Reverend Hue Cheeks and he served for five years. Pastors who followed were Reverend William Neal who served for 15 years; Reverend W.B. Stratford who served until his health declined; Reverend Mackie who served for one year, the Reverend W.W. Williams; Reverend Dennis D. Mason who served from 1947 to 1948; Rev. Ralph Q. Allen who served forty-one years from 1948 to 1989 and Reverend Philemon .A. Samuels who served from February 1990 to May 2008. In October 2008, Dr. James Rudd served as our Interim Pastor until the first Sunday in December 2011 after which Bishop Stephen L. Williams became the pastor.


Historical Perspective

The first deacon board consisted of only three members: King Hanes, Noah Staplefoot and Lloyd Ader. The first 21 years were spent in a log cabin until 1902 when Reverend Hairston and members built a frame church which is now the old parking lot. Despite the completion of the frame church, there were still several challenges to overcome so the members could conduct worship services. Prior to services which were held only on the 2nd and 4th Sundays some of the men had to walk to (then) the old Salisbury Road (now Highway 150) to gather buckets of drinking water from a nearby family's home. There were outside toilets' for men and women. Graves were hand dug with picks and shovels. Homemade brooms made from dogwood trees were used to sweep the yard.  A potbelly stove that burned wood and coal was the source of heat. A well was finally dug at the lower end of the property. That well was the final landmark from the old frame church which was removed to make way for the new edifice. The second church edifice at 548 Goodwill Road was built under the leadership of Reverend R.Q. Allen. To complete this endeavor, the church formed its' first trustee board. Those fiscal pioneers were: Roy Hairston - chairman, Robert Transou-secretary, Early Imes- treasurer, Dorce Hamilton, Oscar Leak, Charlie Thompson, Matthew Ader and Spencer Ledbetter. They put their ideas together and with God in the midst they started the new building. Construction began in 1952 and was completed by 1954. The last payment of the $15,000.00 mortgage was made in 1958. Services continued to be held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays only. Under Rev. Allen the our service times went to every Sunday. The church anniversary was traditionally held on the 3rd Sunday in July. Homecoming was held on the 4th Sunday in September with a week long revival. Prior to homecoming, there would be a clean up day, where the women would clean everything on the inside and the men would clean the outside. After the Sunday morning service each family would bring a picnic basket and members would fellowship on the long, tall, and wide homemade tables that always stayed outside. After the basement was completed with painted cement floors and cabinets built by the late Deacon Claude Cuthrell Sr. gatherings would be held inside and outside, where some ate lunch on the hoods and trunks of their cars.

In February 1990 under the leadership of Pastor Philemon A. Samuels, GBC transformed with the addition of several ministries.  The church was incorporated and the ministry thrived in membership, financially and spiritually. During this time the ministry expanded by purchasing 25 acres of the nearby property for a new church. On May 18, 2008 Pastor Samuels resigned his pastoral position from GBC. In that same month in May 2008, the ministry decided, with much prayer and careful fiscal management, to forge ahead and start construction of the GBC Family Life Center. The first service in the Family Life Center was held on March 21, 2009. This beautiful facility serves as a testament to the hard work of the saints and foundation others have laid.

In December 2011, God sent GBC, an anointed man of God to lead this flock. Bishop Stephen L. Williams became the pastor of Goodwill Baptist Church and under his leadership the church has continued to grow and flourish. Bishop Williams continues to walk and minister in word and song with the anointing that God has placed in him.