JESUS VS. RELIGION: WHY THE GOSPEL IS DIFFERENT
Many people assume that being a good person, believing in God, or growing up in a Christian home automatically makes someone a follower of
March 12, 2026
Pastor Chris is living his dream as the Pastor of Fellowship Church. His desire is to help men and women lean into their mission on purpose and for great purpose. He’s served his local church since 2014. Under his leadership, Fellowship Church has grown from a fledgling replant to a thriving spiritual family of well over 1000.
Pastor Chris has shepherded Fellowship Church to embrace healthy body life of active discipleship living out the one another statements of scripture, applying the gospel to learn to flourish in a fallen world. To be a church on mission on purpose to expand the Kingdom through replanting dying churches and planting new ones. Since 2018, Fellowship Church has seen 65 churches around the world live for the first time or live again. They have sent 15 members out into the mission field as pastors or missionaries since 2014.
Pastor Chris has earned a Bachelor’s in Theology, a Master’s in Theology, and a Master’s in Divinity. He is the former President of the Missouri Baptist Convention, a network of 1721 churches with over 400,000 members. He hosts the Beyond Preaching Podcast with Pastor Chris Williams and Co-hosts The Better Man Podcast.
He is the proud husband of Kate and the dad of Max, Cooper, Jack, Judson, Lincoln, Lottie Kate, and Jude.
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