• Born August 29, 1950 to Elder Jewel R. Withers Sr. and the late  
   Mrs.Erma Lee Withers

• Saved in 1964

• Called to the ministry June, 1967

• Ordained September, 1969

• 30+ years of District/Jurisdictional and National servant hood:

• Jurisdictional Secretary

• Comptroller, National Council of Pastors and Elders

• Executive Committee Member, National Pastors and Elders Council

• Dean of Charles Harrison Mason Jurisdictional Institute

• Jurisdictional Administrative Assistant

• Jurisdictional Ways and Means

• Jurisdictional Ordination Committee

• Chairman of Jurisdictional Executive Committee

• District Chairman

• District Y.P.W.W. President

• Pastor, 31 years, Williams Temple, C.O.G.I.C.

• Master of Ecclesiastical Studies, 1985Jackson Theological Seminary

• Diploma in Christian Ministry, 1986 Boyce Bible School of the  
     Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Certificate in Effective Speaking and Human Relations, 1978 Dale 
     Carnegie Course

• Completed two years at Little Rock University 
     (presently University of Arkansas at Little Rock) majoring in    
     accounting.

• United Arkansas Federal Credit Union
     08/96 – Present Board of Director