William’s Bio

Prior to his work with FaithSearch and Cypress Creek, William led growth and innovation in churches in North Carolina, Alabama, and Houston. During his time in Alabama, William had the chance to help rebuild and relocate an ailing congregation, and lead them to new levels of growth. At 31, he was elected Senior Pastor for the First Presbyterian Church of Houston, a church about 5000 strong and Houston’s oldest congregation.

William is regularly invited to speak across the country in both church services, and as a resource to churches and conferences on leadership.

William holds degrees from Wake Forest University and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Besides helping  connect churches with key staff and preaching, William spends a whole lot of time with family, and connecting with people.

William is an avid social networker. Whether connecting with friends, candidates for searches he is doing, or church members, he loves to network, and he would love to interact with you through Facebook and/or  Twitter

William, his wife Adrienne, their seven children, and their two poodles (one small who thinks she’s big, and one big who thinks he is a lap dog) live in Houston. They are expecting a baby (and seventh child) in January, but have declined all requests to consider a reality TV show.

In his free time, William enjoys running, working out, and caddying for his kids, who are now better golfers than he is.