Willie James Webb started seeking God as a pre-school age child in Macon County, Alabama. He received his ministerial call while a senior at Tuskegee Institute High School where he graduated as president of his class. Webb graduated from Morehouse College as the most outstanding student in religion. He received the covenanted Benjamin E. Mays Debating Prize and was honored to deliver the Senior Sermon to the Morehouse Student Body upon his graduation. It was the daily chapel services at Morehouse College, the mentoring of President Benjamin E. Mays and the religious instruction from Professor Lucius M. Tobin that gave Webb his foundation for understanding the American culture crisis and that also contributed to his literary, pastoral and professional efforts to find answers for the mounting culture crisis in the 21st Century. Webb's educational experience at Clark Atlanta University, Georgia State University and the ITC (Interdenominational Theological Center) helped to clarify and refine his thoughts about public theology.