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Rev. Bill Young
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Contact Information 7132 Portland Ave. Suite 136 |
BACKGROUND AND CALL
Bill grew up a Presbyterian in Mississippi. While he was working as an electrical engineer God called him to seminary and to the gospel ministry. All through his time as a pastor, both in an older congregation and as a new church development pastor for 10 years, he and Judi felt called to serve cross-culturally. From 1989-1998 they served as Presbyterian missionaries. Their first assignment was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After having to be evacuated from there, returning, and experiencing further turmoil, they spent a year at the Fuller School of World Mission, where Bill earned a ThM degree in Missiology. Their next assignment was in Ghana at a lay training center, in a part of the country with many unreached people groups. Upon their return from Ghana, Bill served for seven years as the Coordinator for International Evangelism for the PC(USA). In April of 2005 Bill came to PFF as the Executive Director.
Bill and Judi have three married children and eight grandchildren.
MINISTRY FOCUS
Bill’s current work with PFF focuses in several areas. He spends part of his time directing and providing vision for PFF and its staff, equipping and enabling them to spread the frontier mission vision and help churches engage in it. He also serves as the focal point in keeping frontier mission a priority within the PC(USA) mission structures. At the same time Bill connects with churches in much the same way as the other staff, albeit on a smaller scale. In the International Evangelism office Bill supervised the frontier mission program of the PC(USA), so he has a good overview of the whole program.
HOW BILL CAN HELP YOUR CHURCH
- Preaching on frontier mission
- Teaching seminars and classes
- Teaching Perspectives classes
- Special focus on cross-cultural issues in evangelism and other work
BILL WRITES
“I believe that my past experiences have equipped me for this role. I also believe that I bring organizational gifts, a team-building leadership style, and an understanding of the frontier mission vision. Underlying all this is my basic commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and to following him in obedience in every part of life. Part of this is a commitment to see the gospel proclaimed and the church established in every ethnic group, in order to accomplish what I see is the overarching message of the Bible.”