An ordained minister and the first professor of Reformed Theological Seminary NYC in Manhattan where he serves as Professor of Old Testament and Dean of Students, Bill earned a Ph.D. in Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America, where his research focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, with both New Testament and Old Testament implications. He completed his M.Div. at RTS Orlando and serves as a pastor at McLean Presbyterian Church. His church ministry focuses on community, pastoral care, faith and work, and leadership development. Bill previously had a business career working for Oliver Wyman & Co. as a management consultant. He is certified as a Field Associate for SIMA (System for Identifying Motivating Abilities), a Belbin Team Roles Consultant, and a Highlands Ability Battery Affiliate. Bill and his wife Jill have two children.

Articles by Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Literal Tribalism: The Darkest Chapters in the Bible and How They Apply to a Divided America

| 15 min read

Long ago, the songwriter Rich Mullins, ever the contemplative poet, sang about the Genesis narrative of Jacob’s epically dysfunctional family, “Well it’s right there in the Bible, so it must not be a sin,” not endorsing such a view, but modeling the confusion we often feel when we read the Old Testament and see the...

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Faith • Biblical Reflections

Making Leviticus Matter

| 10 min read

Leviticus, the book where attempts to read through the Bible in a year die. The initial rush of enthusiasm lasts through Genesis, with its primeval history and patriarchal narratives, rides the emotional high of Exodus 1–20, struggles through the legal and tabernacle material that comprises the rest of the book… and then slams into a...

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