William and Kate Word currently minister primarily to pastors and their wives. Kate has always said of him that he is a pastor’s pastor. Their ministry together began when they were married in 2013.
Prior to their marriage, “Bill” was a missionary in Guatemala for 5 years, served the Corpus Christi community as an associate pastor at Faith Temple along with Warren Piersol and later with Rick Malm.
Together they served as facilitators for a Christian business group called Alliance for Biblical Culture (formerly Christian Leaders’ Quorum) which met monthly for Corpus Christi business leaders, civic and government leaders and local NPOs, (Christians in the marketplace,) but is temporarily suspended.
After conversations with our state representative, Todd Hunter and under Bill’s initial leadership, another group named Moral Compass Initiative formed with a small group of local pastors who still meet monthly to strategize about and attend meetings with local, elected government leaders willing to help guide our community in godly ways. This group is now led by Pastor David Bendett, Rock City Church, Corpus Christi, TX.
A little more about Kate. Her ascension gift is a pastor’s calling. “I learned that I have a pastor’s heart that God used for many years while I was a salon owner. I spent 43 years in the cosmetology industry and owned my salon for 15 years. My staff and my clients were the flock God trusted me with. Within our local church, I’m one of 3 leaders for our Ladies ministry called, “Open House”, founded on the Message version of Matt 5:14 which calls us to be an open house welcoming and drawing others to the Father. Open House is about providing a safe place for our ladies to confide and confess, and be an open book before the Lord and us. We meet once a month and the 3 leaders alternate monthly bringing a devotion. I host our fellowship in our home and provide refreshments. In her “spare time” Kate is a practicing artist, working with abstract expressionism. Her artwork can be seen at www.kateword.com if interested to see more.”
After four strokes and sight-impairment, Bill’s ministry opportunities might seem limited, but neither he nor Kate allow these limitations to limit them. Their home named Aerie Hall, is a high, safe cleft in the rock for missionaries on furlough, girls in transition from street life, weekly city-elder meetings, life-coaching, Bible study and worship. Their ministry life continues.
God has now added another ministry to their busy lives. They pray for CMN missionaries, ministers and ministries each week, by name. Then they communicate to them so they know they were prayed for.