Steve Wilkinson

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: Elder Steve Wilkinson Of San Antonio, Texas. Born September 9, 1953, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the son of Elder Lamar Wilkinson and Ollie Wilkinson. Brother Steve began to feel the weight of his sins in his early teens. Joined Bethany Church in Yazoo County, Mississippi, in December 1971. Baptized by Elder Lamar Wilkinson (his father), he remained a member of Bethany Church until he began his ministry. - His first impressions to preach were about 15 years of age. First Attempt to speak was at age 21. The first effort to speak was frightening, yet blessed by God. First labors before ordinations were with Bethlehem Church in Kenner, La, Bethel Church in Baton Rouge, and Ephesus Church near Port Gibson, Mississippi. - Elder Wilkinson was ordained to the full work of the ministry on March 28, 1981. Immediately, he began serving the aforementioned churches as pastor. Soon after ordination, he resigned from the Ephesus Church in Mississippi and confined his labors to Baton Rouge and the New Orleans area. The belief that his labors should be confined to one church, as in the biblical examples, moved Elder Wilkinson to pray for direction in his labors, which would lead him to the one church that God would have him serve. Elder Wilkinson's labors in Louisiana lasted approximately 3 ½ years. - The providence of God led Elder Wilkinson to meet members of a church in San Antonio, Texas, called Eastside. After he filled an appointment with Eastside that same year, 1984, Eastside Church called him as pastor on the same day as the appointment. Accepting the call, Elder Wilkinson moved to San Antonio to serve the one church, fulfilling his desire to devote his ministering time to it. Eastside Church has been renamed Bethany Church, and Northside Church has been consolidated with Bethany, forming a single church in San Antonio. Elder Wilkinson has also pastored churches in Florida. 

He was united in marriage to Sister Gayle Wilkinson in 1978, and together they have been blessed with three children.