Pastor Emeritus
W. W. Morris, SR
Reverend W. W. Morris, Sr. is the former Pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of the Bethsaida Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA. He is husband of the late Mrs. Lucille Barker Morris and the father of four children: Bishop W. W. Morris Jr. of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Mansfield, Ohio; Elder David Morris, Pastor of Tabernacle of Praise Full Gospel Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Georgia; Rev. Kent Morris, and one daughter, Penelope Williams.
Rev. Morris attended Hamilton High School. He furthered his education at Carver’s Bible Institute, Morehouse School of Religion, Turner Theological Seminary, and America’s Baptist Theological Seminary. He had been the pastor of Philadelphia Baptist Church for 50 years.
He has been preaching the gospel for fifty or more years. His favorite scripture is St. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Above all, he is called by God to preach the Full Gospel and is a child of God!