Rev. Phyllis A. Williams is Executive Pastor of Upper Room Church. Pastor Phyllis is charged with the general oversight of all ministries and the day-to-day operations of Upper Room Church. She stands courageously alongside her husband and Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Bruce Williams and was licensed into the Gospel Ministry at the Upper Room in December 1995. She also serves as a support and sounding board for Pastor Williams, assisting in fulfilling the vision and call of Upper Room Church.
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Pastor Phyllis is an energetic visionary “par excellence,” never tiring from fulfilling the call of God on her life.
In her capacity as the Executive Pastor, she oversees the operations of the church ministry and global outreach efforts. She serves as a guest lecturer in the church’s Leadership Training Institute. Pastor Phyllis serves as the Chief Operations Officer and Spiritual Director of the Esther Project, a global women's empowerment movement, where she mentors and motivates women to discover their life purpose through the Essence of Esther Empowerment Circle, and The Esther Institute for the Advancement of Women and Girls. In providing spiritual oversight, she provides advice in developing programming, empowerment conferences, and global outreach efforts.
Pastor Phyllis empowers pastors wives, female pastors, and women ministers to lead their congregations with passion and purpose. In the past she has lent her leadership to serving as the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Kingdom Empowerment Corporation (KEC). Through KEC, she coordinated and mentored girls in the Kingdom Leadership Academy. Previously, she served as the Public Relations Coordinator for the Eastern Atlantic Diocese of the Church of the Living God. In recognition of her life’s work, The Phyllis A. Williams Elementary and Junior School in Liberia West Africa was named in her honor.
Her most important accomplishment after giving her life to Christ, is being the wife of the love of her life, Pastor Bruce Williams. She is the mother of 5 adult children, Tiffany, Bruce Jr., Jeff, Mike and Timothy, the “mother-in-love” to Brittney, Jordan and Eric, and grandmother to Jeff II, Kian, Kellan, Milani, Cameron, Micah, Khyra, Marley and bonus granddaughter, Elana.
Pastor Phyllis recognizes her family and church family are special gifts from God to her.
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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11