
Bishop William Watson
St. John Baptist Church (Westbury, NY)
Bishop Watson has served as the pastor for St. John Baptist Church (Westbury) for more than 40 years and the Free Will Baptist Church (Freeport) for the past 10 years. He was elected President of the Long Island Conference of Clergy in 2016, and in that same year became one of the founding members of the Black Jewish Coalition for Justice (BJCJ). He transitioned this life on April 18 at the age of 73.