PASTOR OF
MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
REVEREND DR. WILLIAM GILLISON
Pastor Gillison is a native of Beaufort, South Carolina was called into the ministry in August 1980 and became Pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Buffalo, New York in June 1981. In 1994, Dr. Gillison led God's people into its present three-million-dollar home. The sanctuary seats approximately 1200 persons with a chapel overflow, 16 classrooms and an all-purpose hall for lectures and dining. In December 2001, the 20-year mortgage was paid off in six years.
Pastor William Gillison the founder and President of the Mt. Olive Development Corp., founded in 1991, a Community Development Corporation. Moderator of the Great Lakes Baptist Association, an association of churches, in Dunkirk, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Lackawanna, Albion, Rochester and beyond. He recently received the Rev. Sandy F. Ray award, from the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, for dedication and leadership.
Pastor Gillison has served as President of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Buffalo and Vicinity Area Vice President of the Empire State Convention, an Instructor in the State and Local Congress of Christian Education, Ecumenical Chair of the Black Leadership Commission On Aids [BLCA] of Buffalo, New York Board Member of the Erie County Medical Center; Grace Manor Nursing Home Foundation; Campus Ministries at the Recipient of Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Jesus the Liberator Seminary, Buffalo, New York and Triune Biblical University and Seminary, Kelso, Washington; first recipient of the State of New York e University of Buffalo and Advisory Board Member of Group Ministries. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award; National Conference Brother/Sisterhood Interfaith Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Community Service Award from the Buffalo Lutheran Employment Service. Outstanding Service as Pastor, Preacher and Community Leader from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Theological Seminary and the Erie Community College-Community Collaboration Award.
Pastor Gillison was also honored by SADOO Enterprise, INC. as a Distinguished Citizen and by The Samaritan Center as a "Good Samaritan.
Pastor Gillison can be seen or heard on a number of different broadcasts. "THE ANSWER" on TCT (Total Christian Television,) a National / International Broadcast. A Weekly Live Broadcast on Sundays, The Radio program "JUST A VOICE" on 1080 WUFO Radio - is a weekly broadcast that deals with local, State, and National Issues, and a weekly broadcast of the Church service.
Pastor Gillison is the husband of the former Antonia Davis, the father of four children: Mia, Dwayne, Crystal and Russell, a grandfather and great-grandfather. Out of all, he has experienced, Pastor Gillison recognizes that God has allowed him to accomplish much in a short span of time. God has brought him on the wings of eagles.
To God be the Glory!
