William C. Wilson was a minister and general superintendent

General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene)

General Superintendent is the highest elected office within the Church of the Nazarene. General Superintendents are elected by the General Assembly of the denomination for a four year term to expire at the end of the next General Assembly....

 in the Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene

The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th century Holiness movement in North America with its members colloquially referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of 2010, the Church of the...

. A native of Kentucky, W. C. Wilson was a Methodist pastor and evangelist before joining the Church of the Nazarene on the West Coast in 1903. He served as pastor and district superintendent until 1915. Dr. Wilson died shortly after his elections as general superintendent in 1915.

Works

• 1905 "Sketch of My Life and Travels." Unpublished MS. In the William C. Wilson Collection, Nazarene Archives, Kansas City, Missouri.

Further reading

• Wilson, Mallalieu. William C. Wilson: The Fifth General Superintendent. Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House, 1995. http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/2501-2600/HDM2594.PDF