CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: Rev. Chette Williams, Longtime Auburn Football Team Chaplain (1963 – 2024) [#ChetteWilliams #BrotherChette #RevChetteWilliams]
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: Rev. Chette Williams, Longtime Auburn Football Team Chaplain (1963 – 2024) [#ChetteWilliams #BrotherChette #RevChetteWilliams]
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Rev. Chette Williams, Auburn football’s team chaplain for 26 seasons, died Sunday in an accident at Lake Martin, AL at the age of 61.
Williams, affectionately known as Brother Chette, has served as Auburn football’s team chaplain since 1999, and will complete his 26th season in 2024.
A former Auburn linebacker from 1982-84, Williams helped the Tigers win 3 bowl games, including the 1984 Sugar Bowl to cap the 1983 SEC championship season.
Williams was licensed as a minister in 1987 and ordained in 1988.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education from Auburn University in 1985 and a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993.
Before coming to Auburn, Williams was the former president of IMPACT Ministries in Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1995 to 1999, following pastoring New Covenant Baptist Church in New Orleans from 1993 to 1995 and co-pastoring New Song Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama from 1991 to 1993.
Williams has written two books: “Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and Triumphs” (2007) and “The Broken Road: Finding God’s Strength and Grace on a Journey of Faith” (2013).
Williams was the Auburn football chaplain, the Auburn campus director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the state director for FCA’s Urban Ministries.
Williams is survived by his daughters Lauren and Caitlyn. Chette Jr., his son, died before him in 2019.
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