Willie was born in Wilmington, North Carolina and converted to the Christian faith when he was sixteen years old. Six months later he responded to the call of God to enter the Christian ministry. In 1972 he married his wife, Cindy, who is a native of Norwalk, Connecticut. They became forever friends while students at college. Cindy is trained in elementary education and has spent 18 years in the special education field. They have two married daughters.
Willie is an ordained pastor and has served churches in South Carolina, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Willie and Cindy are members of the
Sea Road Church in Kennebunk, Maine where they lead a couple's small group and coach couples and parents in building healthy family relationships.
In 1987, Willie founded Family Builders Ministries as an outreach and educational tool for churches and conference centers in the building of healthy marriages and families. He has conducted seminars, workshops, and retreats for churches and conferences in New England and other states. Family Builders Ministries was incorporated into the ministry of Vision New England in 1994 and Willie joined the Vision New England staff as the Family Builders Ministries’ Director.
Family Builders Ministries exists to build strong, healthy marriages and families that reflect God’s love and grace. We partner with couples, families and churches to build marriages and families with loving, caring, healthy, and lasting relationships from generation to generation. We feel a keen sense of obligation to invest all of our energies and resources in helping the Christian community bear witness to the transforming power of Jesus Christ through family living.
Pastor Willie Batson