Rev. David Charles Williams, 83, of Oak Park, died on May 13, 2024. A Reformed Christian Theologian, he loved to teach the truth of scripture. Born in Chicago on March 4, 1941, he and his family moved to Oak Park in 1951. A proud Oak Park and River Forest High School alumnus (1959), he graduated from Millikin University and then attended the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, the University of North Wales, and the University of Oxford Harris Manchester College.
Following his ordination, he started his ministry in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania in 1967 at the Presbyterian Church of Pitcairn. In addition he helped organize the Philadelphia Conference of Reformed Theology with James Montgomery Boice.
In 1984, he moved back to Oak Park to be close to his family and continued to spread the word and teach. He started a small group Bible study which grew in numbers.
He always loved the city and enjoyed downtown Chicago where he became acquainted with a group of professionals who had started a PCA church that met in rented spaces in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. He became their pastor and in 1993 they purchased the former All Saints Cathedral in the Bucktown neighborhood where they remain today as Covenant Presbyterian Church. He retired from Covenant and was asked to assist and mentor young pastors in dealing with pastoral issues. He was then called to Westminster Presbyterian PCA Church and School in Elgin, IL where he served from 2007 to 2016.
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David Williams, 83 - Wednesday Journal (oakpark.com)
