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BIOGRAPHY OF ELDER EDNA D. WILLIAMS

ELDER EDNA D. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN SAVED SINCE AUGUST 1979. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP C.L. LORICK, Sr. PASTOR OF REHOBOTH UNITED APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, COLUMBIA S.C. TWO YEARS LATER, THE LORD CALLED HER INTO THE MINISTRY.

SHE IS A LICENSED ELDER SHE WAS LICENSED UNDER THE FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, APOSTOLIC, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP MONROE R. SAUNDERS, Sr. LOCATED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ELDER WILLIAMS WAS STATION IN COLUMBIA S.C WITH HER FAMILY DURING THIS TIME. THROUGH HER HUSBAND'S MILITARY CAREER, SHE HAS SHARED THE GOOD NEWS FROM COAST TO COAST. SHE WAS THEN DEPLOYED TO KILLEEN, TX. WITH HER FAMILY WHERE THEY UNITED WITH ZION TEMPLE (C.O.G.I.C) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERINTENDENT E.R BILLIE.

 

 

THERE THEY FOUNDED AND OPENED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN 1983, ELDER WILLIAMS CONTINUED TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF THE MINISTRY IN HER HUSBANDS ABSENCE.

 

IN MAY OF 1985 ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER FAMILY WAS DEPLOYED TO GERMANY WHERE BISHOP AND ELDER WILLIAMS ESTABLISHED TWO (2) SEPARATE MINISTRIES, ONE IN THE TOWN OF MENDEN AND THE OTHER IN WERL. ONCE THEIR TOUR WAS OVER IN GERMANY, SHE WAS THEN DEPLOYED TO FORT STEWART, GA, WITH HER HUSBAND WHERE THEY STARTED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES, INC. AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING A LOCAL GOSPEL RADIO BROADCAST ON WGML AM 99, CALLED THE PARADE OF GOSPEL. THEY CONTINUE IN THAT MINISTRY UNTIL DEPLOYED TO PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.

 

SHE SERVED AS THE LEADER OF THE WOMEN'S AND EVANGELISTIC DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR ROBERT WILLIAMS IN THE HOWARD/KOBBE GOSPEL SERVICE AT HOWARD AFB FROM 1990 TO 1992. THROUGH THE MANY PROGRAMS WHICH ELDER WILLIAMS INSTITUTED FOR THE WOMEN IN THE GOSPEL SERVICE, SHE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAND UP BOLDLY AND BE WITNESSES FOR THE LORD AND KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.

 

ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER FAMILY WERE THEN DEPLOYED TO ABERDEEN, MD. IN 1992. THEY ATTENDED HIGHWAY HOLINESS APOSTOLIC CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP C.J. BARNES, AS AN ASSOCIATE EVANGELIST. WHEN THEIR ASSIGNMENT WAS OVER, ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER FAMILY THEN MOVED FROM ABERDEEN, MD. TO HINESVILLE, GA.

 

ONCE ARRIVING IN HINESVILLE, GA. ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER FAMILY UNITED WITH ZION TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH IN MIDWAY, GA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELDER NATHANIEL WALTHOUR AS AN ASSOCIATE EVANGELIST.

 

ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER FAMILY MOVED FROM HINESVILLE, GA TO CLEVELAND, OHIO IN 1998. SHE AND HER HUSBAND STARTED THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES, INC. THEY CONTINUED TO WORK THEIR MINISTRY BY HELPING OTHER CHURCHES IN THE AREA.

 

ELDER WILLIAMS AND HER HUSBAND THEN BEGAN TO WORK WITH BISHOP C.G. JOHNSON, PASTOR OF CHRIST TEMPLE APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. THEY CONTINUED WITH THE OPERATION OF REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES INC., HELPING OTHER CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE CLEVELAND AREA UNTIL UNITING WITH TRINITY OUTREACH (C.O.G.I.C) MINISTRY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR ANDREW D. CLARK SR.

 

ELDER EDNA D. WILLIAMS PRESENTLY IS SERVING WITH HER HUSBAND AS PASTORS OF THE REHOBOTH OUTREACH APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES, INC. LOCATED AT THE MOSLEY SUITES 28500 EUCLID AVE, WICKLIFFE, OHIO "WHERE GOD HAS MADE ROOM FOR US.

 

ELDER WILLIAMS AND BISHOP ROBERT WILLIAMS IS CURRENTLY WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BISHOP C.L.JONES, OF THE 7th EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST (APOSTOLIC).

 

ELDER WILLIAMS IS THE FOUNDER OF I NEED YOU, YOU NEED ME TO SURVIVE MINISTRY, STARTED IN MAY OF 2000 WHICH IS STILL CURRENT TODAY. ELDER WILLIAMS ATTENDED ROBERTS INSTITUTE OF HAIR DESIGN IN ABERDEEN MD, GRADUATING IN 1993.

 

 

ELDER WILLIAMS IS ASLO THE PROPRIETOR OF EDNA’S EXECEPTIONAL GIFT BASKETS “DESIGNIGNG BASKETS FOR ALL OCCASIONS” AS WELL AS THE PROPRIETOR OF BODY IMAGE TRANSFORMATION BY ARDYSS INTERNATIONAL.

 

 

ELDER WILLIAMS IS THE FOUNDER OF OPERATION HELPING HANDS WHERE SHE HAS STARTED THE FOOD PANTRY AS WELL AS SUPLYING SCHOOL SUPLIES FOR UNDER PRIVILEGE CHILDREN AS WELL AS MAKING SURE FAMILY RECECIVE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS BASKETS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

 

 

 

ELDER WILLIAMS IS MARRIED TO BISHOP ROBRT WILLIAMS THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN TERRENCE, ROBERT, AVI AND ANGELICA. THEY HAVE 17 GRANDCHILDREN. ELDER WIILLIAMS FAVORITE QUOTE IS “BUT WHEN I THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF JESUS AND ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME MY SOUL CRIEDS OUT HALLELUJAH, I THANK GOD FOR SAVING ME”

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