Bill Wilson
July 30, 2008 – 7:00 am
At the age of 12, Bill Wilson was abandoned, on a street corner, by his mother. It was out of that experience of pain and lonliness that he developed a deep compassion for hurting children, and for the last 30 years he’s made it his life’s work to replace their pain with joy and peace.
In 1980 Wilson established Metro Ministries in Brooklyn’s Brushwick neighborhood, an area infamous for its drugs, gang violence, and poverty. For his efforts to improve the plight of impoverished youngsters there, Wilson was beaten, stabbed, and even shot in the face, yet he refused to leave. Over the years he continued his weekly services, home visits, food distribution, tutoring, and more. His consistency has led to dramatic changes in the area, and helped many children rise out of disaster to success. In addition to the Brooklyn outreach Wilson’s organization now has programs operating in 150 U.S. neighborhoods and nearly 60 internationally, where a heavy focus is put on rescuing child sex slaves.
Overall about 45,000 kids per week are impacted by Metro Ministries thanks to one man chose to turn his loss into love.
-JH
One Response to “Bill Wilson”
I met this Guy, he has a huge heart for kids and an incredible ministry but he needs a hair stylist.
By smurr on Aug 5, 2008