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In ministry since age 17, Pastor Chris Williams has been called of God to speak life into the body of Christ. Born in San Bernardino, California, he hales from a line of Pastors. His grandfather, the late Bishop M.L. Williams and his father the late Pastor M.J. Williams, former Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church of Oakland, California, provided Pastor Chris Williams an atmosphere conducive to him being able to heed the call of God for his life.
He has been afforded the privilege of receiving formal theological training at several institutions to include California Baptist College of Riverside, University of LaVerne, Patten University of Oakland and in fall 2004 received a Masters of Theology Degree from Faith Seminary.
One of the high points of his life came at age 19, when he was called to pastor his first church, United Community Baptist Church in Ontario, California; Bestowing upon him the honor of being the youngest Pastor in the state of California. Formerly serving in southern California afforded him the opportunity to be under the dynamic leadership and tutelage of Dr. Kenneth Ulmer, Author and Senior Pastor of Faithful Central Bible Church an 15,000 member congregation in Inglewood, California.
During his 30 years of ministry with 17 of those years dedicated to Pastoral Ministry he has been blessed with the privilege of ministering both nationally and internationally to churches throughout the country to include Africa and the Middle East. Pastor Chris has also served as the City Director of City Team Ministries a national organization that serves over 500,000 people yearly; providing homeless shelter, daily meals, drug recovery, medical care, career coaching educational advancement and various other community outreach programs. Pastor Chris has also served on numerous community Boards and community organizations.
In January 2015 Pastor Williams was led to plant The Church at Antioch one of the fastest growing churches in the Bay Area and has served as its Pastor since that time. He and his lovely wife, Emery along with their children Merkell and Evan reside in Antioch, California.
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Larry is a husband, father, pastor, author and leadership consultant. He has a passion for helping Christian leaders in both the secular and church world succeed and bring glory to God.
Since 1980, he has served as one of the senior pastors at North Coast Church in Vista, CA. During that time, North Coast has grown from a fledging group of 128 meeting in a rented high school cafeteria to a multi-site church ministering to over 11,000 in weekend attendance.
Larry has a passion for leadership, spiritual formation and discipleship. As a nationally recognized trainer of leaders and pastors, and church planters, he travels extensively, speaking at conferences and mentoring events.
His books include: Thriving In Babylon, Mission Creep, Accidental Pharisees, 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe, Spirituality for The Rest of Us, Sticky Teams, Sticky Church, Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret, and The Unity Factor.
Larry holds both a Master of Divinity and Doctorate degree from Talbot Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Oceanside, CA. They have three married children and an increasing number of grandchildren.
