Putting feet to ‘the Prayers’

Rev. Bill Emery (757) 546-0985 Ext 5 

 Personal Work

• Chairman of The Virginia Round Table, Knitting Virginia’s Church Community 01-08

• Founder and Executive Director to God’s X Gangsters, Urban Ministry to At-Risk-Youth 99-07

• Senior Pastor of Over Jordan Church 2003-2008

• Founder and Director of Passion for Hampton Roads hocpnetwork.org 04-08

• Instructor of Urban School Track at Providence Bible College 2004 -05

• Facilitator of Tidewater Resource Network, connecting committed benevolence ministries 99-03

• Senior Editor for The Kings Highway, Non-Denominational News-Paper to 1,700 Churches 97/99

Affiliations: Global Compassion Ministries, Christians for F/Based Initiatives, We Care America, E.S.A. Network (9:35), Operation Breaking Through, Heart of Compassion Partnerships, The Empowerment Network, Virginia Round Table, Portsmouth Christian Outreach Network., Eastside Christian Community Outreach

Public Service

• Inception Team, for Va. Department of Health’s “The Right Choices for Youth”  2000-04

• Liaison to Va. General Assembly “faith based” task force-Lt Gov. John Hager 00/02

• Member of The Gang Task Force for Va. Attorney General’s 99/07

• Serve the Virginia Fatherhood Campaign, at Conferences and Clinics, with the “Youth Perspective” for Fatherhood Education, 00-04

• Serve the Virginia  Justice Programs and Court systems, with programs for Referred Youth 99-08

• Va. Bully Prevention Program Partner, 01-03

·  Guest Speaker at  Violence Awareness Classes, Virginia Commonwealth University, 00-02

·  Surgeon Generals Report on Youth Violence in Philadelphia, (Gave Testimony) 02.

·  Speaker at U.S. DOJJ (We Care America) Faith Based Gang Reduction conference 05

• Completed Norfolk Police Volunteer Chaplains Training 1999