Dr. Darren Williamson is the founding Director of the Northwest School of Discipleship based at Southwest Church of Christ in Tigard, Oregon. Darren is a native of the Pacific Northwest who has served in ministry for over thirty years, working with congregations in Oregon (Portland, Keizer, and Tigard), British Columbia, and Texas. He has taught for twenty-six years as an instructor at several Christian Universities and community colleges, including Cascade College. Darren serves as the Board Chair of Leadership Training for Christ Northwest and is a member of the Northwest Ministry Fund Board. He holds advanced degrees in Biblical Studies and History and is fascinated and inspired by followers of Christ throughout history, especially the sixteenth-century Reformation. Over the years Darren has published a handful of articles on Church History, but his most recent interest has turned to more practical themes of discipleship. Darren is the author of the Family Worship Guide: A Handbook for the Christian Home (2020) which inspires and equips parents to disciple their children through regular family worship in the home. Most importantly, he is striving personally to grow as a disciple of Jesus. He and his wife Melody have eight children and live on a little farm outside Salem, Oregon.