About The Waynesville United Methodist Church

Reverend William O'Neal (Pastor Bill) and his family came to Waynesville United Methodist Church on July 1, 2007. He served as Associate Pastor until 1 July 2010 when he was appointed as the Lead Pastor.

Born in Missouri, Bill has always been a United Methodist. Actually, he was only a Methodist from his birth until he was three in 1968, “That’s when we became United Methodist,” he says.

Bill grew up in Kirkwood, MO and worked as a cook in one of the best Italian restaurants in the Saint Louis area while in high school. He served in the United States Air Force during the first Gulf War. He holds a BS in Business Management, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Wilmington College in Delaware. He also holds an associate in Maintenance Production Management from the Community College of the Air Force. Bill graduated from Saint Paul School of Theology in January of 2007 with a Masters in Divinity and was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church on 5 June 2010..

Prior to going into the ministry, Bill worked in sales and marketing. He owned a small farm in Ava, MO where he raised horse, chickens, peacocks, rabbits and other animals that you can’t really do much with. He sold the farm along with the animals so that he could begin Seminary in Kansas City. While in Seminary, Bill was the associate pastor at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church from 2004-2007. Waynesville UMC is his second appointment since first starting the ministry.

He is married to the very beautiful, fun and gracious Dawn O’Neal. They have three kids – Ashley, Jonathon and Grace. Bill’s hobbies have been working out, fishing, hunting, horse back riding and reading. It’s a good thing that reading is one of his hobbies because that’s all he had time for up in Pleasant Hill, what with attending Seminary full-time, holding a ¾ appointment (which means working full-time but showing 30 hours on paper) as associate pastor and having a family.

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Reverend Bill Kenagy (Pastor Bill - Confusing huh?)  Pastor Bill joined the Waynesville United Methodist Church family on July 1st, 2011.  He came to us from Rockville United Methodist Church were he served as the lead Pastor for 10 years. Pastor Bill is a Licensed Local Pastor who, in 2007, received his Associates degree in General Studies from Crowder College in Missouri graduating with honors. He is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Business Management and Administration at Kaplan University while continuing his Course of Study work with Saint Paul School of Theology.

Pastor Bill has a long history of serving his community. Previously he has held positions as Chairman of the West Central Missouri Community Action Agency Head Start Policy Council and School Board President for the Hudson R9 School District. Prior to entering the ministry in 2001 Pastor Bill worked as an inside sales manager for a local plumbing supply company, park ranger supervisor, and assistant fire chief.

Pastor Bill has been married to his wonderful wife, Lucinda, for 23 years. Together they were blessed with three children; Amber of Lee’s Summit, William IV and his wife Sarrah of Appleton City, and Jariel of Appleton City. The Kenagys have also been blessed with one grand-daughter, Mia.

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