In 1984, after being in Charlotte, NC for 12 years, as the church began to grow, and having a desire to see churches established in other places and realizing there would be a need for men to pastor these churches, the need for teaching and training them became the nucleus for a training school.

 

There was also a need to prepare men and women to be able to be a ministry and faculty to meet the needs of a growing church having the necessary departments to meet the needs of men, women, and youth. The Joseph D Williams bible institute was first organized, located at 2039 Holly Street, Charlotte, NC. The school had only one large classroom. 3 classes were taught each Monday night. The Joseph D Williams bible institute was first organized, located at 2039 Holly Street, Charlotte, NC. The school had only one large classroom. 3 classes were taught each Monday night.

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There was also a need to prepare men and women to be able to be a ministry and faculty to meet the needs of a growing church having the necessary departments to meet the needs of men, women, and youth. The Joseph D Williams bible institute was first organized, located at 2039 Holly Street, Charlotte, NC. The school had only one large classroom. 3 classes were taught each Monday night. The Joseph D Williams bible institute was first organized, located at 2039 Holly Street, Charlotte, NC. The school had only one large classroom. 3 classes were taught each Monday night.

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(L) 2039 Holly St., (M) Elder/Bishop Lang Priester, (R) New Church Facility at 600 Capps Hill Mine Road.

 

Classes taught were:

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Old Testament Survey, New Testament survey, Poetry and prophecy, New Testament History, Old Testament History, How to prepare sermons, Law and Kingdom, Great Doctrine of the Bible, and many more. The school’s founder, Elder Lang Priester, also at the time was taking classes through correspondence with Southwest International Bible College, at that time located in San Antonio Texas. The school closed its doors because a training class was being organized in Columbia, SC at the Headquarters Church. All Ministers, Elders, and teachers were expected to attend. Not wanting to cause an issue within the body, Elder Priester decided to end the teaching in Charlotte and support the training in Columbia.

 

In 2017, Bishop Priester saw the need for re-establishing the J.D. WILLIAMS BIBLE INSTITUTE in Charlotte. This time with the determined mind and desire for preparing men for the ministry, he decided that the J.D. WILLIAMS BIBLE INSTITUTE will never again close its doors and stop its teaching program.

 

In 2017, Bishop Priester saw the need for re-establishing the J.D. WILLIAMS BIBLE INSTITUTE in Charlotte. This time with the determined mind and desire for preparing men for the ministry, he decided that the J.D. WILLIAMS BIBLE INSTITUTE will never again close its doors and stop its teaching program.

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RE-ESTABLISMENT OF J. D. WILLIAMS, SR BIBLE INSTITUTE

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(L) Bishop Lang Priester (JDWSrBI Founder, (R) JDWSrBI Conference room/Classroom

 

J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute was reestablished in 2018 in Charlotte N.C. Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc., 600 Capps Hill Mine Road. The school offers a certificate of completion and an associate degree program in three specialty disciplines and is accredited by Accrediting Commission International. These degree programs are religious vocation and are not for secular professional development or job attainment.

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How thankful I am that PCOOLJC, Inc. can have an Institute where men and women can start in the undergraduate program and continue through the doctorate level without changing schools. Never before in the history of PCOOLJC Inc has this been the case. We are thankful that God has blessed us and that we can render this service in the field of religion. 

 

At J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute, we desire to teach and train men in such a way as to make them fully capable to preach and defend the gospel of Christ. We need excellence in Bible teachers, Pastors, Sunday School Teachers, and Christian men and women; J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute is capable of helping in these fields. 

 

At J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute the Bible is not treated as just another book. It is treated as THE Book. Men and Women coming from the Institute will believe in the plenary verbal inspiration of the Bible if they follow what they have been taught in the classroom. The Bible is loved, honored, respected, and reverenced in every phase of our work. It will always be this way.

 

J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute is given to academic excellence, scholarship, and Biblical soundness. No person will ever be permitted to teach at JDWSRBI who does not believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God from the first verse in Genesis to the last one in Revelation. 

 

Those attending J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute will find a warm and personal atmosphere between students and faculty. The faculty takes an interest in each student. This is planned and does not happen by chance. This shall ever be our goal.

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