West Side Baptist Church Leadership
West Side Baptist Church is blessed to have a leadership team who are truly dedicated to Christ and accomplishing His will. Following are brief bio's of our leadership team and their qualifications for ministry.
Pastor Samuel E.A. Dawkins
Senior Pastor
[ Pastor Dawkins ] was appointed to serve as West Side Baptist Church's Senior Pastor [ 9-08-06]. Prior to that, he served as [ Senior Pastor ] of [ Come and See Baptist Church] in [ Fontana, CA].
The attributes that best describe [ Pastor Dawkins ] as a pastor are strong preaching, leadership development and counseling. He has expressed a burning desire to lead a church like West Side Baptist Church where biblical views are embraced and encouraged, with members who care about the needs of those around them and who want to connect others to the body of Christ. [ Pastor Dawkins ] takes worship and preaching very seriously, spending the first hours of his day focused on Bible study.
He graduated from [ Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College }, San Dimas, California in [ 1983 ] with a Bachelor's degree in [ Theology & Pastoral Ministries ].
[ Pastor Dawkins ] has been happily married for [ 35 yrs] to his wife, [ Sonja Mann Dawkins ]. They have [ three Children ]: [ Jonathan, Candace and Jared Dawkins ] and they are the proud grandparents of Isaiah 9, Sinaiah 7, Jonathan 4 and Jeremiah 6mos.