Early in 1996, God called several Kent Island families together in a
Bible study and began to stir their hearts to become church planters.
This core group of pioneers on the Eastern Shore, most of whom attended
Evangelical Presbyterian church in Annapolis, began to develop a vision
of what a faithful church plant on Kent Island could look like. At the
very same time God was working on Todd's heart up in Pittsburgh,
convincing him to take the risk of being a church planter and
instilling in his mind the very same vision he was giving to the core
group on Kent Island -- a vision that was the answer to the prayers of
so many for so long -- a biblical, evangelistic, reformed, relevant,
spirit-filled church, where the joy of salvation overflows in
passionate worship and faithful lives of service to Christ the King.
In November of 1997 Rev. Williams, with his wife and three young boys,
moved from Pittsburgh to his wife's parent's house in Baltimore, and
began working with the core group to plan for a church plant on Kent
Island. On January 11, 1998 Safe Harbor Mission held its first worship
service. From the core group of 28 members from EP, Safe Harbor has
grown to a church of more than 400. The church has seen a steady stream
of people being brought into a saving relationship with Christ and into
joyful submission to His rule and reign in their lives, and solely by
the grace and blessing of God.
