The Coastal Educational Foundation of Coastal Carolina University has received a pledge of $25,000 from the recently organized Georgetown Baptist Historical Society to establish a church history fund.
The new fund, which was formed to study religious freedom in South Carolina, will focus on the 300-year history of First Baptist Church, Georgetown. Coastal Carolina University professor Roy Talbert will head the project to research and write the church history to coincide with the church’s anniversary celebration in the fall of 2010.
Talbert, longtime history professor and a noted author of numerous books, wrote “Coastal Carolina University: The First 50 Years,” the official history of the institution.