Pastor Bill Cropper is in his 15th year as the Senior Pastor of the Uprising Church at St. Paul's in Hebron, MD. The ministry at the Uprising began in 1996 with a small 40-member congregation and has grown to between 600-700 people in 15 years. The Uprising is a growing, healthy church with powerful worship, challenging biblical teaching, and thriving children's, youth, college and family ministries along with outreach and feeding programs.
Pastor Bill is a graduate of Lee University with a BS in Biblical Education and a Course of Study Graduate Degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. He is a devoted family man, married to his wife Ruth for 19 years. They have 3 children - Rachel, age 18, Canaan, age 16, and Victoria, age 9.
Pastor Bill, known as Coach Bill in the Salisbury area, has coached:
- The 2010 MD State Champions Wicomico County Post 64 American Legion Baseball (31-9).
- The 2009 14U USSSA World Champion and #1 Nationally Ranked Diamond Dreams Travel Baseball. (50-4)
- The 2007 West Salisbury Little League All-Star Team that represented the Mid-Atlantic region in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA.
- 2004 - 2005 back-to-back MD State Championship All-Star Teams
His passion for Christ and for baseball has created Man Up Ministries which includes youth baseball camps, frequent speaking engagements at various athletic events, and men's conferences that incorporate biblical principles and life lessons for youth and adult alike. |
