Chadwick Ivester began his duties as senior pastor of Mullins First Baptist Church on Jan. 1. A 2001 graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute, he has pastored churches in North Carolina and South Carolina. He has also served on the South Carolina Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee and the SCBC Order of Business Committee. Ivester and his wife, Tina, have four children: Gracie, John-Winston, Isaac and Elisha.