Matthew Williams

Matthew Wesley Williams is the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE). Matthew is a member of FTE’s senior leadership team and provides leadership, management and oversight for FTE’s strategic initiatives to cultivate diverse leaders for the church and academy. He leads with a passion and interest in leadership formation, scholarship and social change. He brings to this role over ten years of experience within the organization in recruitment, program development and administration.

Prior to coming to FTE, Matthew served at the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer at Morehouse School of Medicine. There he coordinated the research, advocacy, and educational initiatives of sixteen community cancer coalitions in ten states in the American South. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Atlanta’s Interdenominational Theological Center and bachelor’s degrees in both psychology and in philosophy and religion from Florida A&M University. He is a facilitator with the Center for Courage & Renewal and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Matthew builds partnerships and directs the doctoral program with a passion and interest in leadership formation, scholarship and social change. He brings to this role over ten years of experience within the organization in recruitment, program development and administration.

Prior to coming to FTE, Matthew served at the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer at Morehouse School of Medicine. There he coordinated the research, advocacy, and educational initiatives of sixteen community cancer coalitions in ten states in the American South.

He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Atlanta’s Interdenominational Theological Center and bachelor’s degrees in both psychology and in philosophy and religion from Florida A&M University. He is a facilitator with the Center for Courage & Renewal and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).