William's Story

God first entered Williams' life at a young age. He ran from the presence of the Lord, but God later followed him into a Blue Oyster Cult rock concert at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in 1973. A great spiritual battle took place and William received Jesus Christ. Because this encounter with God was so intense when those feelings left, he thought that God had left him too.

Soon he began a deep spiral into drug addiction that included a run in with the Jacksonville SWAT Team in 1979. The SWAT Team won. Several years later William ended up living like an animal in the woods. He was drinking anything with alcohol in it and carrying a syringe around in his sock. During a three month stay in jail, he was issued a divorce decree and lost custody of his children.

He then found himself in the State Mental Hospital for the fourth time. With no hope and no place to go but down, a lady came into the hospital bringing a life-changing message to him. She proclaimed: "Someone here has laid their burdens down at the cross years ago, but has picked them back up and walked off with them and they are heavier than before."

This was the third time Jesus Christ had come for William. Jesus was saying -- I want you! No matter how low you get, He loves you! That night in 1988, kneeling by his bed in the hospital, he rededicated his life to God. You can do the same right now. You may never have drunk a beer or taken a pill, but Isaiah 53:6 says, "ALL we like sheep have gone astray and the Lord laid on Jesus the sins of us all.

God led William to a church where he met his wife Elizabeth. Together they have served in ministry over the last 19 years, three of which they pastored and pioneered a church. For years William felt a call to travel. In 1999 he started going places. Some times they ask him to come back when he can't stay as long.  He has several  CD’s available and a book of his life before Christ , “A Far Country” .

Thanks to web stations, Whitedoveradio, Christianblues.net and the Nitelight, his music has listeners in over 200  countries. It can  also be heard on radio stations in Canada, Africa, Austraila, Europe, Japan  and the United States. His newest Cd is produced by the Christian Motorcyclist Association and he has traveled extensively with Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries to prisons across America.

William loves Christians, bikers, inmates & homeless people. Or homeless  bikers and Christian inmates with homes but don’t have bikes. It doesn’t matter because when he did not have a bike he rode around in the rain  with his head poked out the car window.

 He was in a revival one night and stood up and said "We are going to run the devil out of here!" Two preachers got up and left. But that's OK because William is not scared of the devil. He was married to his sister for about a year.

Posters, quotes & sound bytes can be downloaded  to promote  your event:

Music slide show promo

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SyAme9Lv8k 

Music video promos

http://www.emc-rally.com/index.php?text_id=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpFXzD3inRw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G45-V4Z0lJk&feature=related