Our Pastors

 
 

Pastor Terry is a licensed and ordained minister in the Upper South Carolina Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Bible from Holmes Bible College in Greenville, South Carolina and a minor in Pastoral Theology graduating as the class Valedictorian. He has taught Study Skills, Geography, World History and American History at Greenwood Christian School and has been working with pre-teens and teenagers for the last 9 years. He served in the United States Air Force for 4 years at home and overseas. He came here part-time in September of 2003 and full-time in January of 2004.

He is married to Mary Jo Carpenter of Greenwood, SC. She is a University of South Carolina graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. As a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in April of 2007, she is the Administrative Assistant for the City of Greenwood Police Department Detectives Division. They have two sons, Cameron, born July 15, 2008 and Hayden, born May 4, 2010.

Welcome

Our prayer is that you would be blessed and strengthened by the power of Jesus Christ and that you will live a life of abundance in fellowship, joy and liberty. Ninety Six Pentecostal Holiness Church is here for you. It is not just a church building. It is a fellowship of believers coming together to declare the glory of the Lord and celebrate Jesus as King. We study the Word, practice what we learn and in the process grow together. May God richly bless you!

~ Rev. Terry A. Carpenter

Pastor Terry, Mary Jo, Cameron, and Hayden

Pastor Christina is an ordained minister in the Upper South Carolina Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. She has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Christian Ministries from Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. She completed her last semester in South Africa and London with the IPHC World Mission’s SAFARI program. She also toured with the Emmanuel College Singers for 3 ½ years leading worship.

Pastor Christina