Dan WackerhagenDAN WACKERHAGEN recently began duties as senior pastor of West End Baptist Church, Rock Hill. He formerly held pastorates in North and South Carolina, and served as a brigade combat team chaplain in Iraq during both Operation Iraqi Freedom campaigns. He also was senior pastor of the Post Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, and retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel after serving as deputy installation chaplain at Fort Jackson.
JAMES ATKINSON began duties as pastor of Haile Gold Mine Baptist Church, Moriah Baptist Association, on Sept. 26. He and his wife, Linda, have four children and six grandchildren.
Jeromy DeanJEROMY DEAN has joined the staff of Bethel Baptist Church, Lake Wylie, as youth minister. Dean, 27, is a teacher at Clover High School and will serve the church bi-vocationally. Along with world geography, Dean teaches Old and New Testament literature as an elective. Originally from Warrenville, Dean graduated from Winthrop University. His wife Amanda serves as secretary of children, youth and music at First Baptist Church, Fort Mill. The Deans have a daughter, Lillian, 10 months old.