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kind of suffering and pain yet has come through it . Someone who has experienced the love and hope of a renewed life in Jesus and can bring that same hope to others .
The Process & Progression . 50 years ago Pastor Bill took his first steps into full-time ministry ; he started his ascent on what would become his mountain of ministry – founding the world ’ s largest
Sunday School . As he embarked on his ministry journey he was given the right equipment and tools . He even had a few key Godly men guide him along the way ; helping him , believing in him and pointing him in the right direction . And from that point on , from his “ base camp ” so to speak , he climbed .
However , the path that he chose to take was anything but the easy route .

Mountain of

1968 - PASTOR BILL ENTERS FULL-TIME MINISTRY . 1968 / 69 - PASTOR BILL STARTS UP NBC
( NEIGHBORHOOD BIBLE CLUB ).
EARLY 1970 ’ S - PASTOR BILL BUILDS UP BUS MINISTRY AT HIS HOME CHURCH UNDER PASTOR RIPPY . LATE 1970 ’ S - PASTOR BILL CONNECTS WITH 

PASTOR TOMMY BARNETT & BUILDS UP BUS MINISTRY
IN DAVENPORT , IOWA .
 PASTOR BILL BEGINS TRAVELING & TRAINING ACROSS THE COUNTRY . 1980 - PASTOR BILL MOVES TO NEW YORK CITY & STARTS THE NOW FAMOUS 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL . EARLY 1980 ’ S - PASTOR BILL HAS TO SHUT THE
MINISTRY DOWN FOR NEARLY 1 YEAR . EARLY 1980 ’ S - PASTOR BILL GETS HIT WITH A
BRICK / BLIND IN ONE EYE & ALMOST QUITS . GOD MIRACULOUSLY HEALS HIM .
1986 - SIDEWALK SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTS IN NEW YORK . 1995 / 1996 - BOXES OF LOVE PROJECT IS STARTED .
1996 - PASTOR BILL ’ S BOOK ‘ WHOSE CHILD IS THIS ?’ IS PUBLISHED .
 HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO OVER 31 LANGUAGES .
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