{"id":1304,"date":"2011-03-30T17:43:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T17:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/?page_id=1304"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:29:48","slug":"meet-the-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/?page_id=1304","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pastor-Jenkins-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" style=\"width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pastor-Jenkins-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pastor-Jenkins-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pastor-Jenkins-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lockhartbaptistchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pastor-Jenkins.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/herman.jenkins.127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reverend Herman Nehemiah Jenkins, Pastor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Pastor Jenkins<\/strong> is a native of South Santee, South Carolina.&nbsp; He is the son of the late Ernest and Ethel Jenkins and the seventh child of their ten children.&nbsp; Rev. Jenkins was educated in the public schools of Charleston County where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1974.&nbsp; He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC.&nbsp; He taught for one year in Augusta, Georgia, and then entered the University of Miami at Oxford, Ohio.&nbsp; He received his Masters of Arts Degree and then returned to the state of South Carolina and his Alma Mater Claflin College, where he taught and coached for two years.&nbsp; In 1983, he began working in the Orangeburg public school system at Edisto High School.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In August of 1982, he married his high school <strong>Sweetheart<\/strong>, Betty L. Powell and in 1984 their first child, Deven, was born.&nbsp; Dannin was born in 1986 and Phillip arrived in 1988.&nbsp; Rev. Jenkins accepted his calling to the ministry in December 1992.&nbsp; Pastor Jenkins is a retired educator and has worked&nbsp; in several teaching, administrative and coaching positions during his many years of employment in the Orangeburg School Districts. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In 1995, the Lord greatly blessed him when he was provided with a team of Christian players that toured the country of Kenya, East Africa, teaching basketball and spreading the<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.&nbsp;<\/span> <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Jenkins is a native of South Santee, South Carolina.&nbsp; He is the son of the late Ernest and Ethel Jenkins and the seventh child of their ten children.&nbsp; Rev. 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