Skip Owens retires from CSU staff

James W. “Skip” Owens has retired as director of denominational relations at Charleston Southern University. The 1976 CSU graduate had served his alma mater since 2001 and was previously a pastor in South Carolina. He is a former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and has served as a trustee at CSU and at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Meggett, where he will continue to serve in retirement.