BISHOP LAWRENCE M. WOOTEN, SR.
EDUCATION
Harris Stowe State Teacher’s College
BA, Education – 1964
St Louis University
MA , Education – 1972
St. Louis University
PhD – 1979
New World Theological Seminary
Honorary Doctor of Divinity – 1994
Midwest College of Theology
Honorary Doctor of Theology – 2011
EXPERIENCE/CAREER
Public School Educator 1964 – 1994
• Performed as Teacher and Administrator
Pastor of Williams Temple Church of God In Christ
- Oversees over 50 ministries 1979 – Present
- Bishop of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Eastern Missouri Western Illinois. 2000 – Present
- Elected to the General Board of the Church of God In Christ 2012 – Present
- Reelected to the General Board and currently holds the position of Assistant Secretary on the Board 2016 – Present
ACHIEVEMENTS
- President of Ecumenical Leadership Council of Missouri 2011 – Present
- Former member of the St. Louis Black Clergy Coalition
- Former Chaplain of the St. Louis Police Department, 7th District
- Board of Directors of the nationally acclaimed, Father’s Support Group 1997 – Present
- Appointed to the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners 2014 – December 2019
He remains involved in many community improvement projects within St. Louis; as demonstrated by his successful rehabilitation of the properties surrounding the intersection of Union Blvd. and Dr. M. L. King Dr. Additionally, Bishop Wooten was instrumental in the establishment of two (2) charter schools.
MINISTRY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Under Bishop Wooten the Williams Temple COCIC complex is currently valued at over $13 million dollars.
Williams Temple supports over 50 ministries i.e., Drug Rehabilitation, Health and Nutrition Program, an award-winning GED program, Housing, Financial Management classes, Feed the Hungry program, an Adult Daycare, Family Life Center recreation complex, Family and Marital Counseling and more.
Bishop Wooten has ministered internationally in Uganda East Africa and Trinidad/Tobago. For many years he fully sponsored over 200 orphans in Uganda and yet continues to support 25 orphans there. He and Lady Wooten adopted two of the beautiful orphans as their youngest daughters