Bill Wilson (born 1948) is the founder and senior pastor of Metro World Child.
Biography When Bill Wilson was 12 years, his mother abandoned him on a street corner in Pinellas Park, Florida.Laurie Davison, Pastor Visits Pinellas Park Street Where He Was Left as a Child, baynews9.com, USA, December 24, 2018 He later converted to Christianity and worked at a church as a teenager. After his high school graduation, Wilson was encouraged to attend a seminary. He studied at Southeastern University and obtained a degree in theology.
In 1979, Bill Wilson moved to Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York. In 1980, armed with a bull horn, a station wagon and Yogi Bear costumes, Bill created Metro World Child (formerly Metro Ministries). Shawn A. Akers, Metro Hope for Kids Helps Build Bill Wilson's Dream, charismanews.com, USA, 02 juillet 2012 In 1988, he created the idea of a Sidewalk Sunday School, in which he converted trucks to serve as portable stages from whence his team of ministers could share their message. George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 1404 References
External links Metro World Child website Review of Bill Wilson's Book "Whose Child is This?