
Communicating good news utilizing social media. Seasoned by 48 years of ministry in every conceivable venue. Author of For Those in Dry Places, The End From the Beginning, and eDevotional. Lives in Helena, AL.
Bill Phares, D.Min.
Dr. Bill Phares is an ordained minister and is the founder and international director of Stir the Fire Ministry. He has preached and taught as an evangelist for fourteen years in over twenty countries, with a focus on Zambia and Poland. His twenty-eight years of pastoral ministry has equipped him to minister to "hurting" pastors and to bring renewal to thirsty congregations. In addition Dr. Phares has served seven years as a fulltime Hospice Chaplain. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.
KEY SEASONAL EVENTS
- Vietnam January 1970 - January 1971
- Call to proclaim the Gospel April 1973
- Ministry staff at Bayshore United Methodist Church, Tampa, FL June 1975 - January 1977
- Living Sound International Evangelist Eastern Europe and UK March 1980 - March 1982
- Conference Evangelist, North Alabama Conference UMC, June 1998 - June 2002
- Ministry in Uganda, Zambia, United Kingdom, Mexico June 1998 - June 2002
- Hospice Chaplain Ministry January 2007 - March 2010, June 2015 - May 2017, March 2018 to December 2019 Retirement
- Evangelism utilizing Social Media January 2020
- The Gospel & Hymns of Charles Wesley video series April 2021