Bill Pfister accepts position with Samaritan’s Purse

Bill Pfister, who served as senior pastor of Locust Hill Baptist Church in Travelers Rest for five years, has accepted a position as international regional director for Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child. He has previously served churches in North Carolina and South Carolina and has served with the International Mission Board in Argentina. He will be working with national leadership teams of volunteers in 18 countries in the Americas and Caribbean and will lead a team of management staff and international field representatives in the areas of relationship building, recruitment, selection, training, equipping, and leading of year-round, long-term volunteer teams. He and his wife, Tricia, and their children will be based in Boone, N.C. Pfister has served the past two years as a trustee of The Baptist Courier.