Advocacy for children has been Ms. Fidlin's life work. Billie relocated in October of 1999 to serve the Desert Southwest Conference as Associate Council Director in Care of Children, Youth and Young Adults.  This position was created specifically for the purpose of managing outreach ministry to the poor and marginalized, focusing on Sidewalk Sunday School Ministry.  In 2006, Billie’s responsibilities were expanded to Conference Director of Outreach Ministries. Included in Fidlin's portfolio: Sidewalk Sunday School Ministries, Church Revitalization, Urban Coalition of Ministries, AIDS Task Force and Bishops Initiative on Children & Poverty, Conference Board of Global Ministries, Church and Society, Religion and Race, Status and Role of Women (COSROW), Church Unity & Interreligious Concerns, as well as the conference Evangelism Board. Ms. Fidlin served as an elected lay delegate to the 2004 General and Western Jurisdiction Conferences, and was elected again in 2007 to serve in the 2008 conferences. In October, 2004, Ms. Fidlin was named "Distinguished Evangelist for 2004" by the Foundation for Evangelism, in Lake Junaluska, NC.  This honor is denomination-wide recognition for outstanding achievement in evangelism, and Billie was the first lay person to singularly receive the honor in its history. She has produced six books and has penned a variety of articles for print media regarding her street ministry work and immigration.