GET TO KNOW US

T. James Williams
Owner, Certified Public Accountant, Broker
Contact
jimw@tjwco.com

Education

Graduated from California State University, Fresno, June 1974
Bachelor of Science – Business Administration

Professional Attainments

  • Certified Public Accountant – passed all four parts of the May 1976 exam. License isued in June 1977.
  • Licensed QuickBooks Pro Advisor
  • Realtor (August, 1999)
  • Mortgage Broker (August, 1999) –
  • Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (2007-2010)

Professional Memberships

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1978)
  • California Society of Certified Public Accountants (1977)
  • California Association of Realtors
  • Fresno Board of Realtors

Personal Interests

Flying, Movies, Fine Dining, Travel, Real Estate, Golf, Computers, teaching the Bible at Church.

Civic Activities

Past member of Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Two years service as an officer of the Executive Committee.

California Baptist Foundation. Four terms on the Board of Directors. Five years as Chairman of the Board, three years as Vice chairman of the board.

Current member of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary trustees.

Member of California Baptist University board of trustees.

Bulldog Foundation member. Assisted with fund drives to assist in raising funds for California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) athletic department.

Exchange Club of Sanger, California. Past president, vice-president and treasurer.

Personal

Married to Debbie Gordon since 1975 – two daughters, Sarah and Christa. Sarah is married to Maxwell Wyatt and we have one grandson, Jacob (2005), and two granddaughters, Kennedy (2007) and Kate (2011). Christa is a Web designer (she made this site) and married to Mike Prentice.

Kenneth Hendrix
Certified Public Accountant
Contact
ken@fbclovis.com

Education

  • Graduated from Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, June 1978
  • Bachelor of Science – Accounting and Business Administration
  • Graduated Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, May 1994
  • Master of Divinity in Theology
  • Currently attending Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California
  • Pursuing Doctor of Ministry degree

Professional Attainments

Certified Public Accountant – Licensed in the states of California and Indiana

Worship Pastor – First Baptist Church, Clovis, California

Professional Accomplishments

Planned and supervised tax and accounting services for over 300 clients

Supervised staff of eight and responsible for an operating budget of over $350,000

Prepared and received approval of Tax Exempt status for various Not-for-Profit organizations

Accomplished guitarist and performer able to use contemporary music to relate to youth and others the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Appointed by Governor Bayh to the Steering Committee for the Governor’s Commission for a Drug Free Indiana in July 1993 and served for 6 years.

Trained and certified as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in order to serve abused and neglected children within the judicial system
Served as facilitator for a volunteer community organization designed to fight Drug and Alcohol abuse. Initiated and developed a plan of action and received funding of a grant proposal for this organization.

Directed fund raising efforts for civic organizations, such as the United Way and the American Cancer Society.

Work Experience

Accounting

  • Self Employed CPA – 1989 to present
  • Schott & Co., CPA’s, Cape Girardeau, Missouri – 1986 to 1989
  • Shahin & Co., CPA’s, Columbus, Indiana – 1984 to 1986
  • Clarkson and Worth, Rushville, Indiana – 1985 to 1984
  • Trane Air Conditioning, & Manufacturing Company, Clarksville, Tennessee, Lacrosse, Wisconsin and Rushville, Indiana – 1978 to 1982Ministry
  • First Baptist Church, Clovis, California – 2001 to Present
  • Mt. Pleasant Baptist, Indianapolis, Indiana – 1998 to 2001
  • First Baptist, Ellettsville, Indiana – 1996 to 1998
  • Kimberlin Creek Baptist church, Scottsburg, Indiana – 1992 to 1996
  • Center Square Baptist Church, Scottsburg, Indiana – 1989 to 1992
  • Reynoldsville Baptist Church, Jonesboro, Illinois – 1988 to 1989

Personal

Married to Kelly-Lee Bartlett on July 17, 1976. Kelly is a Registered Nurse and a home-schooling mom. She works outside the home as a maternity care nurse at Clovis Community Hospital part-time. Four children, Kristen, Kimberly, Kyle and Kaleb; and one grand-daughter, Isabella.

Debbie Williams
Office Manager
Contact
debbie@tjwco.com

Education

Graduated from Fresno Pacific University Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministries

Professional

Worked several years in private education and as an admission advisor for the Center for Degree Completion at Fresno Pacific University.

Personal Interests

Family, movies, music, decorating & fashion.

Civic Activities

Previous coordinator of Mom’s Central of Copper Springs Church. Have in the past served with La Leche League, Christian Home Educators of the Fresno Area, Billy Graham Crusade, and taught children’s choirs and Women’s Bible Studies in my local church.

Personal

Married to Jim with two daughters Sarah and Christa. Sarah is married to Maxwell Wyatt and they have one son, Jacob and two daughters, Kennedy and Kate. Christa graduated from Fresno State and is married to Mike Prentice.

I recently started a blog dedicated to my mother with Alzheimer’s disease called Recipes That Remember. It highlights my favorite recipes and memories from my mom.

Katrina Cruff
Staff Accountant
Contact
katrina@tjwco.com

Bio coming soon.

Christa Prentice
Web Designer & Marketing
Contact
christa@christaprentice.com

Education

Graduated from California State University, Fresno in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication & journalism, digital media option.

I previously attended Fresno Christian Highschool.

Professional

Freelance Web designer/owner at Christa Prentice Design. Previous Webmaster for Fresno State’s student newspaper, The Collegian.

Personal Interests

All things nerdy, techy and fun. Cooking, baking and music.

Civic Activities

Previous coordinator of Mom’s Central of Copper Springs Church. Have in the past served with La Leche League, Christian Home Educators of the Fresno Area, Billy Graham Crusade, and taught children’s choirs and Women’s Bible Studies in my local church.

Personal

I married my husband Mike Prentice on May 29, 2010. We were blessed with an adorable son, Oliver Grey, in 2015.