Captain Bill Walters of the Salvation Army was awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award by the Faulkner County Citizens for Good Government for his compassion, leadership and integrity in the Faulkner County Community.
Captain Ben Walters on Left, Silas Valdez, member of fccgg.com, on Right
Captain Walters has a very interesting background.
Ben Walters, Jr. is the son of Salvation Army officers. He was born in Georgia, but spent time growing up also in North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. In 1989, he graduated from Harrisonburg High School in Virginia.
In 1992, Ben moved with his parents to Oklahoma City, OK. This is where he met and began dating Rhonda Biggs. It was love at first sight. In January of 1993, Ben moved from home and began attending school at Oklahoma Baptist University in Rhonda’s home town… Shawnee.
Ben and Rhonda married on July 31, 1993 at The Salvation Army chapel in Shawnee, OK. He completed school at DeMarge College (Oklahoma City) in 1996 with a Professional Computerized Accounting diploma. In September of 1996, Ben and Rhonda accepted job offers at The Salvation Army in Fort Smith, AR. Ben became the Administrative Assistant, with Bookkeeping and Human Resource responsibilities; and Rhonda became the Christian Education Director.
During their time in Fort Smith, Ben and Rhonda realized the call to full-time ministry within The Salvation Army. In 1998, they were accepted into the “Forward 2000” Session of The Salvation Army’s Southern Territory Evangeline Booth College in Atlanta, GA. They were ordained and commissioned to be Assistant Corps Officer Administrators/Ministers in Columbia, SC in June of 2000.
Since that time, they have served as Corps Officer Administrators/Ministers in Statesville, NC; Baltimore (Middle River), MD; and Conway, AR. They have been responsible for The Salvation Army’s diverse ministry, including evangelical church programming & outreach; social services programs; Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club programs; Emergency and Transitional Shelter programs; Adult Rehabilitation programs (assistant role); and Thrift Store operations.
In March of 2011, Ben graduated from Arrow Leadership in Vancouver, British Columbia. Arrow was founded in 1991 by Dr. Leighton Ford. Personally mentored by Billy Graham, Dr. Ford was an associate evangelist and vice president with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Today, with over 1400 alumni, Arrow is training leaders in twenty countries of the world, and has graduates leading major ministry organizations worldwide.
As an Arrow Alumni, Ben is certified to facilitate Arrow’s Mentoring Connection workshop. The Mentoring Connection is a dynamic new training workshop created for use in the local church. This 3.5 hour workshop is designed to equip and encourage people in the local church to intentionally invest in others through mentoring.
Ben and Rhonda have 4 children… Bailey Nicole (16 yrs old); Ben, III (15 yrs old); Raegan Leigh (13 yrs old); and Rorie Laine (9 yrs old). They are currently the Corps Officer Administrators/Ministers of the Conway, AR Salvation Army and holds the rank of Captain.
