Dr. McWilliams has been the Senior Pastor at Covenant for most of the last 20 years. His passions are Christ centered preaching, applying theology to the life of the church, and shepherding people. He is a graduate of Mercer University, of Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, PA, M.A.R., M.Div.) and of The University of Wales (Ph.D.) Formerly, he served as Associate Professor of Systematic Theology on the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary and continues to serve as an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology at Redeemer Theological Seminary in Dallas. Pastor McWilliams has authored numerous articles as well as the recent book Galatians: A Mentor Commentary, 2009. Presently he is writing the Hebrews volume for the Lectio Continua commentary series.