The Rev. Dr. G. Gil Watson

Denomination: United Methodist Church (UMC)
Organization: Northside United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

The Rev. Dr. G. Gil Watson is senior pastor of Northside Church, a United Methodist congregation in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gil is a graduate of Oglethorpe University, where he now serves on the board of trustees. He earned a master of divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, and a doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Seminary in Chicago.

Before coming to Northside in 1994, he served churches in Decatur, LaGrange, Lithonia, and Hiram in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.