Bill took an early retirement from ministry and entered real estate, putting his license with KELLER WILLIAMS® Town & Country Realty--an office known for its excellent training program.  He won the office's annual "Young Lion" award that year, basically "Rookie-of-the-year" in an office that added over seventy agents that year.

Bill then got his Real Estate Brokers’ License and a Mortgage Brokers’ License.  When he did, he changed companies to work with a new office, Family Realty Group, L.L.C., which was affiliated with Family First Mortgage Group.  This change allowed him to begin working with the financing side of the transaction, thus being able to give his customers more and better service. He also gained some “small office” experience which was helpful in starting his business, Groover Realty, L.L.C., now doing business as Call Your Neighbor Complete Real Estate Services.  In his first year he added five new agents.

Bill's commitment to being the best REALTOR® for you that he can be is seen in his commitment to professional education and training.  He is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and a member of the Council of Residential Specialists, a Graduate of the REALTORS® Institute (GRI), holds the e-PRO designation, a Certified Leadership Graduate (CLG) from the Tallahassee Board of REALTORS®,  and has met all the requirements (except paying the fee)  to be an Accredited Buyers' Representative (ABR).  He has begun the Certified International Property Specialist coursework (CIPS).  He is a member of the Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers and has earned enough points to qualifiy for the Certified Residential Mortgage Specialist (CRMS).

In his first partial year as a REALTOR®, Bill barely missed earning a Bronze Award for production with the Tallahassee Board of REALTORS®, in spite of only being active seven months.  After his first full year, Bill received a Silver Production Award, and in his third year his sales qualified him for a Gold Production Award.

Prior to entering real estate, Bill was a Pastor for over twenty years.  He also taught several disciplines at the seminary (masters degree) and college levels.

Pastoral Experience
PASTOR, East Hill Baptist Church, Tallahassee, FL, November 1998, until July, 2003
PASTOR, Bethany Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, March 1992, until November 1998
PASTOR, Oak Park Baptist Church, Jeffersonville, IN, November 1986, until March 1992
PASTOR, Highland Baptist Church, New Albany, IN, March 1981, until November 1986

Teaching Experience
BOYCE BIBLE SCHOOL, DIVISION OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Professor, 1992-1998

CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY, LOUISVILLE EXTENSION
Professor, Fall 1996

THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Adjunct Professor, Spring 1993
Adjunct Faculty Assistant/Campus Supervisor for Supervised Ministry Experience, 1984-1995
Garrett Fellow (Professor's Assistant) in Evangelism, 1985

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, MINISTRY TRAINING INSTITUTE, NEW ALBANY, IN
Director and founder of the New Albany Center, 1990-91

SIMMONS BIBLE COLLEGE (National Baptist Convention), LOUISVILLE, KY
Instructor in New Testament, 1986

Bill’s Education
Doctor of Philosophy, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988
Master of Divinity, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983
Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Business Administration, McKendree College, 1976
Attended West Georgia College, 1970-73, Majored in History


Other Work Experience
U. S. Air Force, 1973-1980, Search & Rescue Controller and Computer Programmer

Hobbies and Interests
Golf, scuba diving, traveling, home brewing, reading, writing, bird watching with my wife,                                                   and especially repeating good things I hear said about other people.

Links to Sermons and Writings
All of these sermons are copyrighted, but feel free to use them as long as you acknowledge the source, don't sell them, don't publish more than 100 copies, and identify any changes as yours. I didn't preach a lot of monologues; these manuscripts just lent themselves to publication easier than most sermons. These and other sermons can be found at Sermon Central. Go to http://www.sermoncentral.com/contributor_profile.asp?ContributorID=6615.