Students with South Carolina ties recently graduated from Southern Baptist seminaries. Those earning master’s or doctor’s degrees included the following:
Southern Seminary
Master of Divinity: Brent Judson Bennett, Andrew David George, Matthew Wilson Shirley, Chris Hardeman Smith Jr., and Joshua Michael Thomas.
Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling: Chin-Lo Hahn.
Southeastern Seminary
Master of Arts in Christian Studies: Landon Alan Hobson, Clemmons; Jennifer Lauren Petty, Gaffney; and Keith Wall, Georgetown.
Master of Church Music: Christopher Matthew Pressley, Florence.
Master of Divinity with Advanced Biblical Studies: Dustin Mitchell Huff, Pickens.
Master of Divinity with Christian Ministry: James George Burke IV, Columbia; John David Earle, Mt. Pleasant; Ryan Phillip Edwards, Conway; Kyle Deane Franklin, Charleston; Thomas A. Henderson, Williamston; David Benson Kiehn, Manning; Robert O’Neal McKinney, Pickens; Thomas Matthew Meadows, York; Joshua R. Moss, Longs; and Jay Anthony Simpson, Rock Hill.
Master of Divinity with Worship Leadership: Jonathan D. Holliday, Spartanburg.
Doctor of Ministry: Gregory Dean Batchelor, Hartsville; Jeremy Blue Bryan, Greenville; and Larry B. Owens, Ware Shoals.
Doctor of Education: Randall Richard Douglass, Mt. Pleasant; Paul William Pinson, Iva; and Roger Lee Weaver, Mt. Pleasant.
Southwestern Seminary
Master of Christian Education in Children’s Ministry: Will Easler, Spartanburg and Kingsport, Tenn.
Master of Christian Education: Ross Waddell, Lexington.