Theme: "Rediscovering the Kingdom of God"
Our Pastor
Reverend Dr. Alvin Costello Robinson
OUR PASTOR: We Offer A Visionary Profile:
Professional & Business Achievements
- Spearheaded a 3.6 million dollar grant from HUD for a 53 unit housing project for the elderly and mildly impaired, which is completed and occupied.
- Encouraged the expansion and development of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church through a $300,000 building phase; The New Pleasant Grove Church values at $1.5 million.
- Pleasant Grove Academy and ACR Family Resource Center valued at $1.3 million; received an $80,000 grant for the Little Pee Dee Baptist Association from the office of Governor of South Carolina for water and sewage for the Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc.
- Founder and organizer of the Youth Department of the Chesterfield County Union
Pastorate Experiences 51 Years; Preaching 53 years
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Marion, SC - 46 years
Piney Grove Baptist Church, Patrick, SC
St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Latta, SC
Round-O Baptist Church, Darlington, SC
Affiliations
SC State Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention
SC Baptist State Congress of Christian Education
National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Vice President NAACP, Inc. & Past Chairman Operations PUSH
The Pee Dee Regional Council
Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc. Board Chairman, 20 years
Hyman Lodge #138 & Notary Public for S.C.
Pee Dee Chapter #32 Masonic Order
Past Laubuch Literary Action Society
Past United Teacher Profession
Who Who’s Among American Education - 1989-90 & 2004
Former Middle School Teacher, 15 years
Past Habitat for Humanity of Marion County
Pee Dee Continuing of Care
Past United Way of Marion County
Little Pee Dee Association Moderator, Emeritus
Marion County Strategic Planning Commission
Pee Dee Transitional Shelter
Cathedral Bible College
Friendship Junior College Board Member
Kiwanis Club - Marion
L.C. Richardson Scholarship Committee, Past
Marion County Schools Faith Base Advisory Board
NBC USA, Inc. Evangelism Board, Past
Former Vice President #5 Baptist State E&M Convention of S.C.
Past Board Member of Evangelism Board both State & National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.
Education
1966 - A.A. Degree, Friendship College, Rock Hill, SC
1968 - B.A. Social Studies, Allen University, Columbia, SC
1970 - Honorable Discharge, US Army
1978 - M.Ed., Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
1980 - B.D. Morris College, Sumter, SC
1994 - Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Morris College, Sumter, SC
2004 - Doctorate of Christian Education
Other studies: USC, Appalachian State University (Ext.)
Highlights of Qualifications
The Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc. & Resident
Chairman of the Board - 1992-Present
The Late Night Service - Committee Member
Baptist State E & M Convention
Pamplico Elementarty School Retired Teacher
Marion County IMPACT
Marion Area Ministerial Alliance President, Past
Morris College Alumni Board Member, Past
Former Pee Dee Regional Transitional Shelter Board Member - 1992-Present
Oratorical Contest - Committee Member, Past
State Congress of Christian Education & Teacher, Past
The Little Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Association Pastor Moderator - 1986-1993
Marion County Strategic Planning
Allen University, Alumni Friendship Jr. College