Chad Watkins, Minister
Chad is from Douglasville, GA and graduated from Berry College with a degree in Music Education. After finishing his studies at Berry he participated in a one-year internship with Campus Outreach in Thailand. During the course of his internship Chad developed a love for the Thai people and desired to return to Thailand for further ministry. He returned to the States to raise support in order to join Campus Outreach Thailand on a full-time basis. It was at this time that he married Michelle, the Campus Outreach staff girl at Berry College. They moved to Thailand together in 2005.
In their second year of ministry in Thailand Chad began to sense a strong desire to preach and he recognized the need for formal theological training to increase his effectiveness in ministry. The Watkins returned to the States and Chad enrolled in seminary at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Atlanta. After three years of intense study the Watkins moved to Columbus, MS where Chad took his first call as an Assistant Pastor at Main Street Presbyterian. Following four and a half years of fruitful ministry they moved to Asheville, NC to serve at Arden Presbyterian Church. The Lord was pleased to use both of those opportunities to prepare Chad for service here at Westminster. He became the senior minister at Westminster in June 2018.