Bill Lockwood has been preaching the gospel for more than 30 years in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Arizona, Kentucky, and Texas. He currently preaches for the Iowa Park church of Christ, a suburb of Wichita Falls where he and his wife Anita now reside. Bill and Anita are parents of four children: Seth, Megan, Dan and Kelsey.

Lockwood was reared in the churches of Christ having been baptized into Christ when he was 12 years old. His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother has been a life-long faithful Christian who now lives with Bill and his wife. It is largely due to her influence that Bill is a preacher and a faithful Christian today.

In 1982, Bill graduated from Oklahoma Christian University with a B.A. in Bible and a minor in Greek. He also attended two years of undergraduate college at Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, Alabama, and one year at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He earned a Master’s degree from Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1989.

Later, Bill obtained a Texas teaching certificate from East Texas Baptist University. In addition to his preaching in Iowa Park, he is also employed by the Wichita Falls Independent School District as an instructor in the Juvenile Detention Program. Through the years, Bill co-edited a gospel paper, Hammer & Tongs, and participated in 15 public oral debates with various individuals, such as atheists, Muslims, and Pentecostals. You can read more of Bill’s current articles pertaining to his Ministry on the Iowaparkcoc.org website.

Bill and his wife Anita show Quarter Horses in the Stock Horse of Texas Association (SHOT). SHOT is the oldest versatile stock horse association in the country, sponsoring competitions all around the state of Texas.