Thirteen students with ties to South Carolina were among the 204 December graduates of Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville. The students and their home churches include:

Master of Divinity in Christian Education

Amy Burke, Laurens, Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Laurens.

Master of Arts in Christian Education

Amber Strickland, North Myrtle Beach, Living Water Baptist Church, Longs.

 

Master of Arts in Missiology

John Crunkleton, Mt. Pleasant, First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant.

 

Master of Divinity

Larry Furtick, Moncks Corner, Santee Circle Community Church, Moncks Corner.

Wendy Jones, Abbeville, First Baptist Church, Abbeville.

Lawrence Ledford, Cary, N.C., First Baptist Church, Clinton.

William Sandifer, West Columbia, Pineview Baptist Church, West Columbia.

Stephen Schwarz, Hampstead, Md., Lake Bowen Baptist Church, Inman.

Jason Sturkie, Lexington, Green Hill Baptist Church, West Columbia.

Craig Thompson, Spartanburg, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Spartanburg.

 

Doctor of Education

Melissa Nethery, Fort Mill, Carolina’s Cornerstone, Fort Mill.

 

Doctor of Philosophy

Robert Lister III, Mt. Pleasant, East Cooper Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant.

William Ostrom, Ware Shoals, Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Ware Shoals.

 

Nine students with ties to South Carolina were among the 113 December graduates of Southeastern Baptist Seminary and College in Wake Forest, N.C. The students and their hometowns include:

Master of Arts

Cameron Wayne Wooten, Fountain Inn, intercultural studies; William Martin Miller, Greenville, Christian school administration.

Master of Divinity

Gordon Lee Barnhill, Florence, advanced biblical studies.

William Jonathan Chandler, Simpsonville, Christian apologetics.

Holly Heath Chilton, Clio, Christian ministry.

Jonathan Ryan Parker, Mount Pleasant, international church planting.

Brian Burton, Summerville, pastoral ministry.

Lee Alexander Clamp, Barnwell, pastoral ministry.

Brent William Kendall, Camden, pastoral ministry.

Cameron Wayne Wooten, international church planting.

 

Two students with ties to South Carolina were among the graduates at New Orleans Baptist Seminary:

Master of Divinity

Stephen Cannon, minister to families, East Gaffney Baptist Church, Gaffney.

 

Doctor of Ministry

Dwight Moody Easler Jr., pastor of Corinth Baptist Church, Gaffney.

 

One student with ties to South Carolina was among the graduates of Golden Gate Baptist Seminary:

Diploma in Theology

Charles Rivers, former member of Zion Baptist Church, Green Pond.