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| Our Pastor ALBERT AIKEN NEAL Ed.D., M.Div., Ph.D., Ed.S., M.Ed., D.D., B.D., B.S. Albert A. Neal was born in Camden, lived in Kershaw, graduated from C.A. Johnson High School and received his B.S. degree from Benedict College. He earned the M.Ed., from South Carolina State University, and received his B.D., degree from the Theological Seminary of Florida State Christian University. He was granted an honorary D.D., degree from California Pacific University. He was awarded the Ph.D., degree in Religion from the University Life Monarch, Modesto, California. He completed the Ed.S., degree at the University of South Carolina. On May 21, 1987 he satisfactorily completed his first Extended Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Richland Memorial Hospital. He earned the M.Div., degree from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. He earned his Ed.D., in Health Education Administration from the University of South Carolina. Albert Aiken Neal was called by the Spirit of the Lord to preach the gospel and anointed by the Holy Spirit to prophesy the soon coming of the Lord Savior Jesus Christ. He was licensed to preach from his home church, Antioch Baptist Church in August 1968, and was ordained by the Wateree Baptist Association, Upper Division, in 1969. He is an affiliated Minister of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina. He holds membership in various professional, educational, civic, and social and community organizations. First job after receiving his degree from Benedict College in 1966 was that of a mathematics teacher at Fairfield High School in Winnsboro, South Carolina. After four years Dr. Neal accepted a position with the University of South Carolina, as an Assistant Professor of Public Health. Dr. Neal serves as Project Administrator for USC/NCAA National Youth Sports Program. As a bi-vocational pastor/educator he has served as Interim Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Ridgeway, SC; the Saint Dorcas Baptist Church, North, SC; and Zion Baptist Church, Columbia, SC. He served for more than sixteen years at the Sutton Branch Baptist Church of Lugoff, S.C. As of July 1986, Dr. Albert Aiken Neal accepted the call to follow his Father and Grandfather at the Antioch Baptist Church of 5715 Koon Road, Columbia by becoming the Seventh Pastor. A.A. Neal is the son of Reverend Doctor and Mrs. James P. Neal Sr., and is married to the former Virginia L. Miller from Orangeburg, S.C. They are the parents of Erica Denise and Aleta LaValle Neal. Pastor Neal is as near as your telephone. He is a proud, strong minister who stands stately, tall and independent. He is humbled in his reverence to his God and Albert Aiken Neal is gallant in his personal affairs and in his relationships with humanity. He lives with dignity. In retrospect, Albert Aiken Neal vividly remembers and cherishes so many families and friends who have given so much to his life and his ministry, and who inspired him to go on and achieve his potential. His formative years were enhanced by his teachers and his dear Christian parents who constantly admonished him to "take good care of today that tomorrow would not be marred!" Albert Aiken Neal has adopted as his motto from J.B Phillips translation of 1 Timothy 4:14, "CONCENTRATE ON YOUR READING AND ON YOUR PREACHING AND TEACHING." |
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