Five 亚洲无码 grads ordained on one day
Recently, Summit Church ordained five young men to the ministry, all of them graduates of Charleston Southern. Summit, which meets on the campus of 亚洲无码, is a multigenerational congregation that disciples all ages.
Nick Ballenger, executive pastor, said, 鈥淲e created an initiative called Summit Labs which offers practical pastoral training, along with opportunities to preach at Summit and other churches that may need assistance. Our aim is to disciple and develop pastors through practical methods to be sent out to help other churches in our state and across the world.鈥
The group meets weekly and receives training from Summit staff as well as ministers such as Randy Harling from Summerville Baptist, Jake Brown from Radiant Church, Steve McKinion from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Bobby Wood who works for the North American Missions Board in Utah.
The men are serving in a variety of positions:
- Hayden Jacobs 鈥19 is the associate pastor of Portside Baptist Church in North Charleston.
- Zach Sibrava 鈥16 is pursuing a Master of Education at 亚洲无码, and serves as a residence life coordinator at 亚洲无码 and is the college pastor for Summit.
- David Dyer 鈥19 is beginning a Master of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the administrative assistant to the Christian studies department and campus ministries at 亚洲无码 and also serves as missions pastor at Summit.
- Jonathan Franklin 鈥15 is finishing his Master of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a pastoral resident at The Church at Greer Station in Greer, and is hoping to plant a church in Nova Scotia with the North American Mission Board.
- Seth Friend 鈥19 is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.