Under the New Testament, our Lord at first collected His people out of different nations, and united them to the household of faith by the ministry of extraordinary officers who received extraordinary gifts of the Spirit and who were agents by whom God completed His revelation to His Church. Such officers and gifts related to new revelation have no successors since God completed His revelation at the conclusion of the Apostolic Age.

The ordinary and perpetual classes of office in the Church are elders and deacons. Within the class of elder are the two orders of teaching elders and ruling elders. The elders jointly have the government and spiritual oversight of the Church, including teaching. Only those elders who are specially gifted, called and trained by God to preach may serve as teaching elders. The office of deacon is not one of rule, but rather of service both to the physical and spiritual needs of the people. In accord with Scripture, these offices are open to men only.

Book of Church Order, Ch. 7

 

"...Christ, as King, has given to His Church officers, oracles and ordinances; and especially has He ordained therein His system of doctrine, government, discipline and worship, all of which are either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary inference may be deduced there from; and to which things He commands that nothing be added, and that from them naught be taken away..."  PREFACE TO THE BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER

Elders

 

Nate Arnold          

e-mail   

843.764.2451

Bob Gillgrist        

e-mail   

843.851.2888

Jim Johnston         

e-mail   

843.7672390

Brian Kath               

e-mail   

843.871.5522 

Bill Thompson       

e-mail    

843.797.2503

 

 Deacons

Jim Ashworth -Deacon Emeritus

e-mail 

 N/A

Cecil Taylor             

e-mail   

843.729.7487

Mark Olson               

e-mail   

843.569.0268

Dave Cantrill            

e-mail   

843.797.3453

Ken Dorian               

e-mail   

843.832.9392  

Joe Felber                

e-mail   

843.797.0429

Ryan Davies                          

e-mail   

843.797.0114

Lee Inocente                         

e-mail   

843.832.6093

Mike King                              

e-mail   

843.572.2526

Ron Pitsinger                         

e-mail   

843.572.1905

 

Staff

 

Pastor                                       

Bill Thompson           

e-mail   

843.797.2503

Worship and Student Ministries    

John Schley              

e-mail   

843.824.8511

Dir. Family Ministries                  

Susanne Grose         

e-mail   

843.478.4918

Preschool Director                      

Linda Swanson          

e-mail   

843.553.9579

Administrator                             

Carol Mayhue           

e-mail   

843.824.5556