Senior Pastor

The Reverend Dr. William E. White was born in Gainesville, Florida, and was reared in Pompano Beach. His home congregation is Zion Lutheran Church in Deerfield Beach where he was baptized in 1965 and confirmed in 1969. Pastor White attended Georgia Southern College for one and a half years. He transferred to Mississippi State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration / Marketing. Pastor White attended Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis for two years, before graduating from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. He most recently served his third parish having been called as Associate Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Cape Coral, FL. Previously, Pastor White served as Senior Pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church of Jacksonville, FL, and as Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tampa, FL.

In 1979 Pastor White met and married Cheryl Lee Denley of Coldwater, MS. They have two children, Mark and Lydia. Cheryl is originally from Memphis and comes from a large family in the area. She is a Health and Physical Education teacher certified in grades K-12.

"Convictions about life and theology life: We were created to love and glorify God by loving ourselves and loving and serving others (Matthew 22:34-40). The God we are to love, serve and glorify with our lives comes to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, revealed to us in three persons, yet the one true God. This theology is grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and this Gospel is the "Good News" of what God had done, and continues to do for us through the life, earth, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Those who have received God's gracious gift of faith in this Gospel of Jesus Christ have the promises of forgiveness of sins, deliverance from evil and death, and eternal life (John 3:16, 17; Romans 3:19-31; Ephesians 2; 8-10). All Christians are called to share this Gospel and invite others to participate in it (Matthew 28:16-20). All Christians are called to a life of Christian love (Matthew 22:34-40)."