Chandra Williams

DR. CHANDRA  WILLIAMS IS A DYNAMIC PREACHER, TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER, AND TRAILBLAZER FOR WOMEN IN MINISTRY AND MARKETPLACE LEADERSHIP. SHE SERVES AS THE FOURTH AND FIRST FEMALE PASTOR OF UNITED MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN BREWERYTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, INSTALLED IN 2012, SUCCEEDING HER FATHER, THE LATE REV. CHARLES I. WILLIAMS SR., WHO LED FOR 54 YEARS.

ROOTED IN A STRONG LEGACY OF FAITH AND EMPOWERED BY THE INFLUENCE OF HER MOTHER, DR. LOUELLA WILLIAMS, DR. WILLIAMS IS A PIONEERING VOICE FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, CONSISTENTLY BREAKING BARRIERS ACROSS NATIONAL PLATFORMS. SHE HAS HELD SEVERAL HISTORIC ROLES, INCLUDING FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE EASTERN REGION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION AND REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS NBCUSA, INC.).

IN 2026, SHE WAS SELECTED TO PREACH ON THE MAIN STAGE AT THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION MIDWINTER BOARD MEETING, PLACING HER AMONG A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF WOMEN ENTRUSTED WITH THAT PLATFORM. HER MISSION IS CLEAR: TO ELEVATE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TO LEAD AND BE HEARD.

BEYOND THE PULPIT, SHE IS A CIVIC LEADER, EDUCATOR, AND MENTOR-SERVING AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT MISSIO SEMINARY AND LEADING CHANDRA WILLIAMS MINISTRIES, EQUIPPING CLERGY

NATIONWIDE.

DR. WILLIAMS HOLDS A MASTER OF DIVINITY FROM VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY AND A DOCTOR OF MINISTRY IN TRANSFORMATIONAL PREACHING. SHE IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF BERNARD "TRE" LAMBERT,III, A WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR.

KNOWN FOR HER BOLD VOICE AND PROPHETIC INSIGHT, DR. WILLIAMS IS A SOUGHT-AFTER PREACHER, SPEAKER, AND LEADERSHIP STRATEGIST SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FAITH, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.