Pastor at Williamsburg Alliance Church

Williamsburg Alliance Church

Williamsburg Alliance Church is a family-centered congregation of the Christian & Missionary Alliance, rooted in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania since 1926. From its beginnings in the upstairs of a hardware store to the campus it occupies today, this has been a church that grows as its people grow — "called to build each other up in love."

About 100 people gather for worship on a typical Sunday, with a congregation that skews toward families: roughly half have children  church is known in its community for vibrant children's ministries — Awana and VBS — a strong heart for missions, and a habit of caring for people through every season, from a frozen-meal ministry to a Widow & Widower outreach.

The congregation is praying for its next senior pastor following the retirement of Dr. Paul Campbell, who served faithfully for more than 27 years. What follows is their own profile — the church's history, ministries, values, facilities, and hopes — prepared prayerfully by the board to help the right shepherd find them.

When and how the church began, and the road that led here.

Williamsburg CMA was founded in 1926. The church first met in the upstairs of the Metz Hardware building. From there it moved to a church on East 3rd Street, and then — outgrowing that space — to an empty church on West 2nd Street. While there, the congregation built its present church building on five acres. An additional five acres was purchased in 2012.

The Community Life Center was added and completed in 2018, and a children's playground was completed on the property in 2026.

Pastor Paul Campbell served the congregation faithfully and retired in the spring of 2026 after 27 years of ministry.

Other churches within a five-mile radius include Grace Pointe, Clappertown CMA, Fairview Brethren, Royer United Methodist, Independent Bible Baptist, the Catholic Church, Living Water Church, and Yellow Springs Mennonite. The congregation estimates that 75–80% of the surrounding community is unchurched.

Our mission, our worship, and the convictions that shape us.

"Our mission is the same mission that Jesus gave to His followers: 'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.' We are called to build each other up in love, and hope to be more mature in that calling in five years. As our congregation matures, so will our ministries."

Strengths

• Awana, VBS & kids programs
• A friendly congregation Support for missions
• Sharing the Community Life Center with the community
• Widow & Widower Valentine Ministry
• Operation Christmas Child

Opportunities

• Community service work with other churches
• Growing Sunday school & discipleship
• Growing Awana & VBS

Weaknesses

• Need new people to serve
• Outreach to youth and teens
• Outreach to singles and young married couples

Threats To Guard Against

• Stagnant, fleshly leadership
• A narrow, one-track music focus
• Non-Biblical teaching

Achieve
· Preserve
· Avoid

Achieve

• New members
• More men in leadership
• More women in mentoring
• Young adult ministry

Preserve

• Contemporary & traditional music
• Biblical teaching
• Prayer ministry
• Children's programs
• Family atmosphere

Avoid

• Unbiblical leadership
• Conforming to worldly values and ideals

A typical Sunday service opens with a musical prelude, prayer, and a congregational call to worship. It moves through a first hymn and a congregational greeting, a second hymn, an Old Testament reading, a third hymn, announcements and the giving of tithes and offerings, a New Testament reading, and several contemporary worship songs. Children are then dismissed for children's church, followed by an expository sermon, a final hymn, and a benediction song.

Sermon style varies with the speaker; content is Bible-focused and relevant to daily living. Sermon helps include computer aid and projection.

Preferences

• Casual but modest dress
• Freedom in worship format & expression
• Variable service length

Convictions

• Involvement in current events
• Raising the family as a priority
• Biblical creation &…