Eastern Nazarene College announced Montague Williams will serve as chaplain to the college. Currently the chair of ENC’s Division of Religion and Philosophy, Williams will continue in that role while assuming leadership of campus efforts to strengthen and unify the college’s academic and spiritual character.

“I have full confidence in Montague’s commitment to Eastern Nazarene College and her mission,” said Timothy Wooster, provost and dean. “It is gratifying to affirm the call of God on his life and to partner toward the academic and faith formation of our students.”

Williams first came to the ENC campus in 2009 as a speaker and adjunct professor before joining the college’s tenure-track faculty in 2012. As chair of the Division of Religion and Philosophy, he oversaw a thorough reexamination of its model of theological education that resulted in a greater emphasis on the role of worship in students’ lives. The division also plans to create a new major in intercultural studies and mission and a summer conference for high school students who sense a call toward missions.

Williams said he is looking forward to strengthening the connection between ENC’s Office of Spiritual Development and the Division of Religion and Philosophy.

“I believe this opportunity to reunite ENC’s efforts in theological formation and theological education is quite timely,” Williams said. “It’s an important move as our college students prepare for lay and vocational leadership in the life of the church in society.”

Williams holds a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in religion from Olivet Nazarene University and a Masters of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary. He is currently completing a doctorate in theological studies at Boston University, where he has served in residential life. He has also served as director of the Summer Institute for the Gifted on the Harvard University campus and pastored youth and families in Chicago, Illinois, and Kansas City, Missouri.

He and his wife, Jennie, live near the ENC campus in Quincy with their newborn daughter, Sophia.

--Eastern Nazarene College