Dr. William G. and Rena Henderson, Jr.

 Our utmost "accomplishments" are Will, age 24 and a first year student at Wake Forest Divinity School and Maryanne age 22 and a senior at Furman University!

 

P.O. Box 121 • Ridgecrest North Carolina 28770 • Phone: 828-669-7598 • Cell: 912-399-4446

Email: wmghenderson@gmail.com

summary Ordained Baptist minister with over 20 years of providing shepherding and leadership to every age. Demonstrated strengths include: joyfully positive and Christ centered; missional in nature and ministry orientation; energetic in bringing processes that offer guidance to leaders and improve administration and mission focus. A leader who always has more ideas than can be carried out, but who enjoys helping a congregation see, plan and reach beyond its status quo to its God-given possibilities.

education 2005 Center for Congregational Health • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center,

School of Pastoral Care - Intentional Interim Certificate of Completion

The process involves a self-study by the congregation that examines five

Developmental tasks:

• Coming to Terms with History

• Examining Leadership and Decision-Making Concerns

• Looking at Denominational and Other External Relationships

• Clarifying the Congregation's Identity

• Committing to New Clergy Leadership and the Future

The methods of working with the tasks are unique to each church. The outcomes of this work are a church profile and a pastoral profile that will assist the Pastoral Search Committee in finding a new pastor.

1983 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary • Louisville, KY

Doctor of Ministry • Pastoral Care

1980 Louisville Baptist Hospitals • Louisville, KY

Clinical Pastoral Education • 4 units

1974 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary • Wake Forest, NC

Master of Divinity

1968 Furman University • Greenville, SC

Bachelor of Arts • Sociology


 

 

ministry path June 2005 — Feb. 2007

The Intentional Interim Ministry with Immanuel Baptist Church (Greenville, NC)

A 20 month work in reordering the identity and ministry priorities in a traditional congregation

of 425 members. This is a 92 year old church with pastoral responsibilities including preaching all services, pastoral care, and giving direction to 6 staff. During this time the congregation began a

second service, met the budget, increased attendance and added staff to support growing ministry needs.

“Bill brought a strong dedication to assisting our church in discovering God’s will for us and gently helping us find God’s direction.” Bruce Baker, Transition Team Leader

 

1990-2004 Pastor, First Baptist Church, St. Simons Island, GA

1983-1990 Pastor, First Baptist Church, Sylvania, GA

1983 Interim Director of Missions, Western Association, Newnan, GA

1980-1983 Pastor, Central Baptist Church, Newnan, GA

1974-1978 Minister to Youth, First Baptist Church, Rome, GA

1979 Director, Centrifuge, Ridgecrest, N.C.

1980 Co-Director, (with wife, Rena), Centrifuge, Ridgecrest, N.C.

1973-1974 Associate Director, Youth Corps, NC Baptist Convention

1972-1974 Minister to Youth, First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC

 

 

service through ministry:

 

Awarded Lilly Foundation Grant for Sabbatical 2004

• Local Involvement

— Preaching Interracial Reconciliation Service

_ Initiated Interdenominational Community Holy

Week Services

— Chair, Associational Pastoral Care and

Missions Committee

— Board Member, International Ministry to

Turkish World

— Initiated High School Bridge Builders Award

• Former Trustee

Mercer University, Macon, GA

• Moderator, Southeast Baptist

Middle, and Western Associations

• President, Glynn-Brunswick

Interdenominational Ministerial Association

• Executive Committee, GA Baptist Convention,

Middle Association

• President, Pastors’ Conference,

Middle Association

• Preacher, GBC Summer Youth Music Camp,

Senior Adult Fall Retreat

• Faculty with Wife,

 

 

mission service:

• Mission trip for VBS, Park City, Utah,

2003

• Morningstar Baptist Treatment Services, Glynn County,

ongoing

• Panama, Pastor, Annual Missions Meeting,

1992, 1993, 1995, 1996

• Boston area, Bible Study leader, Centrifuge,

1997

• Rushlikon, CBF Work Trip to International Baptist Seminary,

1994

• Switzerland, Preacher, Centrifuge,

1989

• South Central New York, Preacher, Mission Leader,

1985, 1987

• South Dakota, Preacher, Centrifuge,

1982