BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
PASTOR HYVETH WILLIAMS, D. MIN.

Dr. Hyveth Williams, Senior Pastor of Campus Hill Church in Loma Linda, California, is the first black female pastor and the first female Senior Pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Religion on the Loma Linda University Faculty of Religion and Andrews University Theological Seminary.

A graduate of Columbia Union College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology (1984) Pastor Williams received her Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University Theological Seminary (1989). In 1998 she graduated from Boston University School of Theology with a Doctor of Ministry degree. Pastor Williams holds the distinction of being the first non-Episcopalian to receive the prestigious Fellowship from the Episcopal College of Preachers, National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. Honored as Andrews University Alumni of the Year (2000) and the Association of Adventist Women & NAD Women’s Ministries Department Adventist Woman of the Year (1995), Dr. Williams was recently selected as Citizen of the Year for 2007 for Loma Linda and San Bernardino County by the Loma Linda Chamber of Commerce and California State Senate & Assembly. She is also a recipient of the California Assembly Woman of Distinction, 2008 award.

Her autobiography, Will I Ever Learn? was published in 1996 and promoted world-wide by the Review and Herald. Her second book Anticipation, was published in 2000 by Pacific Press Publishing Association and a third book Secrets of a Happy Heart, was published in 2004 by the Review and Herald. Articles by Pastor Williams have appeared in Insight, Signs of the Times, Adventist Review, Ministry, Women of Spirit, Message and Celebration magazines.

Pastor Williams appreciates every opportunity to share the Gospel with others. She approaches her role as a preacher, teacher and counselor for God as a sacred trust.