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Resume:  William Daniel Linville (66)

Contact Information:

    1. Address: Pilot Mountain, NC 27041
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Personal Information:

    1. Birth Place:  NC
    2. Family:  Wife: Mary Jean (65) (married in 1980)
      • We have two grown children and ten grandchildren
    3. Ordination to the Gospel Ministry:  1985
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Educational Background:

    1. Luther Rice Seminary, Jacksonville, FL — Graduated December 1990, Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies
    2. Piedmont Bible College, Winston Salem, NC — Attended Piedmont Bible College 1978-82
    3. East Forsyth Senior High in Winston Salem, NC — High School Diploma 1977
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Ministry Experience:

    1. Senior Pastor of Corinth Baptist Church, Corinth, ME (November 2016 – April 2025)

Pastoral Responsibilities

        1. Speaking:
          • Sunday School
          • Morning Worship
          • Evening Worship
          • Men’s Bible Study
          • Wed. Eve. Bible Study
          • Special Event Devotionals (Seniors, SS Class, Picnic, etc.)
          • Manage pulpit supply in absence.
        2. Counseling:
          • Establish one on one discipleship for new believers and others who are interested.
          • General biblical counseling sessions for those in need. (family and individual)
          • Periodic baptismal candidate classes or consultation.
          • New membership classes or consultation as needed.
          • Premarital counseling sessions. (average 3 sessions per couple)
        3. Men’s Ministries:
          • Men’s Bible Study
          • Activities for men (i.e. Men’s Retreat, Prayer Breakfast, etc.)
        4. Adult Ministries:
          • Visit adult attendees
          • Organize Adult activities
        5. Outreach:
          • Organize and promote a church wide visitation program
          • Compile list of visitation prospects
          • Train and dispatch lay visitors
          • Visit first time visitors to the church
          • Regularly visit those with specific needs. (health, family crisis, etc.)
          • Hospital visitation (daily as needed)
        6. Business Affairs:
          • Preside over all congregational and deacons meetings.
          • Oversee church staff and officers.
          • Ex Officio member of all committees. (i.e. deacons, missions, nominating, budget…)
          • Research and prepare church policy and documentation for deacon approval.
          • Design and print church business related documentation.
          • Research benevolent needs and deliver checks where applicable.
        7. Building and Grounds:
          • Meet regularly (monthly) with the deacon board to discuss plans and activities pertaining to maintenance and improvements on the building and grounds.
          • Help to compile a list of necessary improvement and repairs on an ongoing basis.
          • Participate in church sponsored workdays.
        8. Church Ordinances:
          • Conduct regular communion services.
          • Conduct baptismal services as needed.
        9. Special Services:
          • Plan / Administrate special meetings (3-4 times per year)
          • Funeral Services as needed
          • Wedding Services as needed
        10. General Oversight Responsibilities: (In delegated ministries)
          • Christian Education, Ladies’ Ministries, Library, Missions, Music, Nursery, Ushers, Sound System, Transportation, Youth
    2. Senior Pastor of Miracle Baptist Church, Sanford, NC (March 1, 2015 – October 2016)
    3. Member of Reedy Creek Baptist Church, Lexington, NC (June 9, 2013 – April 30, 2015)
      • Involved in:  Occasional pulpit supply and Sunday School Teaching, Special Music, Visitation
      • During my time at Reedy Creek I had many opportunities to supply pulpits in various churches in several states.
    4. Senior Pastor of Faith Bible Church, Mount Joy, PA  (Baptist in doctrine and polity)  (2003-2013)
    5. Senior Pastor of Valley View Bible Church, Telford, PA (Baptist in doctrine and polity)  (1994-2002).
    6. Assistant Pastor Valley View Bible Church, Telford, PA (1992-94).
    7. Assistant Pastor at Faith Baptist Church, Winston Salem, NC  (1990-92).
    8. Youth Pastor at Urban Street Baptist Church (now Vernon Forest Baptist Church).  (1988-90).
    9. Assistant Pastor of Green Valley Baptist Church (1986-88)
    10. Pastor of Community Chapel Baptist Church in Walkertown, NC (1984-86).
    11. Youth Director at Faith Baptist Church in Winston Salem, NC  (1982-84).
    12. Youth Director at Sedge Garden Baptist Church in Kernersville, NC  (1978-81).
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Testimony of Salvation

  At age seven I made a profession of faith and was baptized, but because of my youthfulness, began to doubt my salvation several years later.  I ended my doubts as a teen by reaffirming my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  I was later baptized again to assure the proper order of events.

  I am saved based upon my acceptance of God’s forgiveness of my sins, made possible by the death, burial and literal bodily resurrection of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  He is alive at the right hand of God the Father where He intercedes for me, and lives to make His promises sure.

Call to the Ministry

  1978 was a year of revival for me.  During special meetings in our church I accepted the invitation of “Chick” Watkins, veteran missionary to Liberia, to surrender to the will of God for my life.  A few months later I was enrolled in Piedmont Bible College and working with the youth group in our church, where I discovered that there is true joy in serving Jesus Christ.

  I have since determined that, in part, experiencing the “abundant life” of John 10:10 is to allow the Lord to open and close doors of opportunity, and to be willing to walk through them or turn from them as He directs.

  During and since my years in Bible College, the Lord has opened and closed doors of opportunity for ministry (as described above) and burdened my heart to move through them.  I feel privileged, but undeserving of the office of Pastor to which I am compelled.

  In my ministry at Faith Bible Church, I personally adopted the motto “Preaching without apology the Holy Word of God.”  I am independent, fundamental, and baptist (in doctrine and polity) by conviction.

Statement of Doctrine and Philosophy

Theology

      1. There is one God who is all powerful, all knowing, and everywhere present.  He is the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Three persons, equal in essence and being, sharing the same attributes)
      2. Scripture:
        • Only One – Gen. 1:1; Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29; Jude 4, 25
        • Omnipotent – Ps. 139:13-17; Jer. 32:17, 27; Eph. 3:20
        • Omnipresent – Ps. 139:7-12; Mt. 18:20; Heb. 13:5
        • Omniscient – Ps. 139:1-6; I Jn. 3:20; 1Sam. 16:7; 2Chron. 16:9
        • Triune – II Cor. 13:14; Mt. 28:19; Lk. 1:35; 3:22; I Pet. 1:2; Jude 1-2

Christology

      1. Christ is the virgin born Son of God.  He is 100% God and 100% man.  He is the Lamb of God slain for the sins of the world;  He was buried and rose from the dead on the third day and is alive today at the right hand of God the Father, making intercession for His saints on earth.  He will, at the end of this age, come back to claim His Bride, reign as the promised King and judge the quick and the dead.
      2. Scripture:
        • All God – Lk. 1:35: Phil. 2:6 Jn. 1:14; Col. 2:9
        • All Man – Jn. 1:14; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 5:7-8
        • Virgin Birth – Gal. 4:4; Mt. 1:18; Lk. 1:27; Isa. 7:14
        • Death, Burial Resurrection – the Gospels; Acts 26:23; I Cor. 15:3-4
        • Coming Again – Matt. 24:29-31; Rev. 19:1-16; Tit. 2:13; II Tim 4:8

Pneumatology

      1. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is come to reprove this world of “sin, and of righteousness and of judgment.”  He is the Comforter, the Spirit of Christ and of God with us.  He indwells, empowers, seals, baptizes, comforts, and guides everyone who places their trust in Christ.
      2. Scripture:
        • God the Spirit – Jn. 4:24
        • Indwells us – Rom. 8:11; 1Cor. 6:19-20
        • Power in us – Acts 1:8; Eph. 3:20
        • Seals us – II Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13
        • Guides us – Jn. 16:13; Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:16, 25
        • Baptizes into Christ – I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 6:3-4; Col. 2:12
        • Comforts – Jn. 14:16-26.

Soteriology

      1. Salvation is by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on Calvary.  There is nothing apart from the presence of faith in a repentant heart whereby a person may enter into a relationship with God and have a home in Heaven.  No part of salvation can be earned; it is a free gift from God.
      2. When a person truly is born again, he becomes part of the family of God and there is nothing he or anyone else could do to cause him to lose his position in Christ.
      3. Scripture:
        • By grace through faith – Eph. 2:8-9
        • Because of shed blood – Rom. 5:8-9; Col. 1:14; Heb. 9:22
        • Faith from a repentant heart – Lk. 13:3; 2Cor. 7:10; 2Pet. 3:9; Rom. 2:4
        • Not of works – Rom. 3:28; Eph. 2:8-9; Tit. 3:5
        • Free Gift – Jn. 3:16; Rom 6:23
        • Eternal Security – Jn. 10:27-28; Eph. 1:13-14; I Pet. 1:4; Jn. 3:16; I Jn. 5:13; Php. 1:6

Bibliology

      1. The Bible came to us by verbal, plenary inspiration.  It is the very Word of God.  The God who inspired the Word has also preserved it so that we can be assured that we have the whole counsel of God today.
      2. The infallible Word of God is the believer’s offensive weapon against Satan and his cohorts.  It is the complete instruction manual for living a life that is pleasing to the Lord.  It contains the answer to every question pertaining to life and living.
      3. Scripture:
        • Verbal, Plenary, Inspired – II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:21
          1. Verbal (very words)
          2. Plenary (in their entirety)
          3. Inspired (God-breathed)
        • Practical Rules for Living – 2Tim. 3:16; Jn. 20:31; Col. 3:16
        • Infallibility – Jn. 10:35: Mt. 5:17-18; Heb. 4:12; 
        • The Christian Offensive Weapon – Eph. 6:17

Ecclesiology

      1. The Church is the Body of Christ, made up of all believers from Pentecost to the Rapture.  The Church is also called the Bride of Christ and is awaiting the Bridegroom’s return for her at the Rapture. 
      2. It is our Lord’s command that we glorify Him by reaching the lost and edifying the saints through what is commonly called the “local church.”
      3. The local church is commanded to maintain two ordinances: baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper.
      4. Scripture:
        • Body of Christ – Col. 1:18; Eph. 4:12
        • Bride of Christ – Eph. 5:22-32
        • Consists of those who are born again – Acts 2:41; Eph. 5:22-32
        • Purpose:  To glorify God 
          1. Win the lost – Mt. 28:19-20
          2. Edify the saints – Eph. 4:11-15; Rom 15:2; 14:19; Eph. 4:29
        • To be Raptured – I Thess. 4:16-17; 2Pet. 3:10
        • Ordinances
          1. Water baptism by immersion – Mt. 28:19
          2. Communion – Mk. 14:22-25; I Cor. 11:23-26

Eschatology:  Bible prophecy reveals that future events will unfold in the following order:

        1. Rapture – I Thess. 4:16-17
        2. Tribulation – Rev. 6-18
        3. Second Coming – Matt. 24:29-31; Rev. 19:11-16
        4. Millennium – Hosea 3; Ez. 34:11-31; Rev. 20
        5. Great White Throne – Rev. 20:11
        6. New Heaven and Earth – Rev. 21-22

Angelology

        1. Angels were created by God and exist today as either non-fallen or fallen angels.  Non-fallen angels minister in the presence of God and before His saints on Earth.  Fallen angels are those led by Lucifer (Satan) who were cast out of Heaven because of their rebellion against the authority of God, and whose eternal state will be torment in the Lake of Fire.
        2. Scripture:
          • Created by God – Ps. 148:2,5
          • Immortal – Lk. 20:36
          • Servants of God – Ps. 103:20
          • Non-fallen – Minister to saints – Gen. 24:7, 40; Heb. 1:14
          • Fallen – Isa. 14:12-15
          • Eternal state – Mt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10

Anthropology

        1. Man was created in the moral image of God.  He chose the way of sin and is a sinful creature by birth and by choice with no hope of fulfilling God’s intended purpose for him except by the grace of God as it is made available to him through the person and work of His beloved Son.
        2. Scripture:
          • Created by God – Gen. 1:26-27
          • In God’s moral image – Gen. 1:26; 9:6
          • Sinners by choice – Gen. 3:1-3; Rom. 3:23; 5:12
          • Without hope – Eph. 2:1

Philosophy of Biblical Separation

    1. The Christian’s life should be ordered by the Lord.  It should be distinctly different from that of the unsaved world.  God’s Word contains the answers to every social, personal and spiritual question and should be embraced by the believer as the absolute authority on all issues of life.
    2. Concerning things that are questionable, the Scriptures clearly teach abstinence.  A believer should not allow himself to become involved in activities that might fall in the “gray area” of questionable behavior, but rather remove himself several paces from such activities and draw his personal lines of conviction based upon his clear understanding of Scripture.

Philosophy of Music

    1. Music is a vital part of our worship for believers, and as such, should be considered in light of biblical principles and precepts. Because worship is an offering of our praise, adoration and reverence to our heavenly Father, and music is an instrument of worship, our music must be considered in light of what God likes rather than what we like.
    2. Christ-honoring music is distinctly different from that offered by the musicians of the world.  A proper marriage of melody and lyrics, harmony that is always subordinate to the melody, and a natural rhythm that supports but never dominates the music, are of utmost importance in the biblical selection of music.

Philosophy of Youth

    1. The God-given responsibility of parents is to raise their children in the “nurture and admonition of the Lord.”  The God-given responsibility of the church is to aid parents in this task.  Whether in spiritual or in secular surroundings, one of the most valuable tools for any would-be teacher is his example.
    2. A “director-centered” youth program in which every youth patterns his life after that of his youth director is unscriptural.  A “program-centered” youth ministry is also unscriptural.  In either of these programs the young people are subject to catastrophic disappointments because both the youth director and his program are fallible.
    3. Christ (the Living Word) and the Bible (the Written Word) must be the center attraction of a church youth ministry.  It is the responsibility of a pastor or youth director to guide the youth into a personal daily relationship with their Lord and Savior, who will never disappoint them.
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