Assistant Pastor Dr. James A. Jamison

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 http://www.brooklandbaptist.org/uploads/Rev-Jamison-2016.jpgReverend James A. Jamison, is a native of Cayce, South Carolina. He attended the public schools of Lexington School District #2.  He is a graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School.  Prior to his graduation Reverend Jamison received and accepted the call to the gospel ministry.

            Upon graduation, he entered Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and Philosophy; he graduated with the highest average in Religion and Philosophy and was a member of the National Deans List.  He was named in the 1987 and 1989 Editions of Outstanding Young Men of America.

            He pursued seminary studies at Morehouse School of Religion of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia and received a Master of Divinity Degree (M.Div.) in 1990; in May of 2014, Reverend Jamison earned a Master of Sacred Theology from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.  Reverend Jamison completed one certified year of residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Columbia Area Academy in 1991. Reverend Jamison received his Doctor of Ministry Degree at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston Illinois, May 2019 where he was awarded the Styberg Preaching award for the best Dissertation.

Reverend Jamison has preached and taught abroad.  In 1989 he was invited to do research in African and Europe in the following countries; Rome, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya.  In June of 1994, he participated in the Kenya Partnership as preacher, teacher and group leader.  In 2007 Reverend Jamison traveled to Liberia, West Africa on a preaching and mission trip.  He is also in demand as a lecturer, and teacher on the State and District level.  He is a member of the faculty of the State Congress of Christian Education and recently served as the director of the minister’s division. Reverend Jamison has served the Gethsemane Congress of Christian Education in several capacities: instructor, dean, and president as well as the former Commissioner of Education with the Gethsemane Congress of Christian Education.  He has also served as Dean of the Gold Hill Association in Forest City, North Carolina, and as an instructor for the Southern Region of the Progressive National Baptist Convention.

In addition to being a graduate of Benedict College, he has had the distinguished honor of serving as a former instructor of religion. He now serves as an instructor of religion at Morris College where he was selected for “Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” 2003-2004. He has also taught at Claflin University. He now serves as a peer group facilitator for the Styberg Preaching Institute.

Reverend Jamison is the former pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church of Forest City, North Carolina, Hall Hill Baptist Church of Pelion, South Carolina and New Hope Baptist Church of Crawfordville, Georgia, and is currently the Assistant Pastor at the Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, South Carolina.  He is married to the former Marilyn Garvin.

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Rev. Charles B. Jackson, Jr., B.S., M.Div., Co-Pastor Charles B. Jackson, Jr. was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina.  He is the older of two offspring to Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Jackson, Sr.  He is the father of three sons:  Charles, III (affectionately called, “Tre”), Caleb Adolphus and Carter Alexander; and one daughter, Kayla McKenzie Jackson.

Rev. Jackson matriculated through the Richland District One school system, graduating with honors from A.C. Flora High School.  He later received an academic and athletic scholarship to attend South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, where he participated in a number of college activities including the South Carolina State University Concert Choir, Student Government Association, and Men’s Basketball Team, just to name a few…along with pledging Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, and Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business fraternity.  He graduated from SCSU in May 2000, Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.

Reverend Jackson continued his education at the Morehouse School of Religion on the campus of the ITC in Atlanta, Georgia, where he maintained Dean’s List status with a 3.5 GPA.  He was selected by the staff and students to give the sermon during the annual ITC Conference on Ministry on February 20, 2003.  Reverend Jackson is a Fall 2002 inductee into the Theta Phi National Honor Society for Seminary Students.  He graduated with Honors on May 10, 2003, and earned the Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Homiletics.  He was presented the Memphis Award for academic excellence and nominated as one of the nation’s Top 40 Seminarians to appear in the prestigious The African American Pulpit magazine. He currently serves the United Way of the Midlands as a member of its Board of Directors.  Reverend Jackson is also clinically certified by Palmetto Health, having completed an extensive unit of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Reverend Jackson received his license to preach the Gospel on September 23, 2001, at the age of 21, and was officially ordained into the ministry on August 14, 2002.  He is presently the happy and humble Co-Pastor of Brookland Baptist Church, West Columbia, South Carolina.  He is the Assistant Dean of the Gethsemane Baptist Congress of Christian Education, as well as Vice Chairman of the South Carolina Baptist Fellowship of the Progressive National Baptist Convention.

However, above all of his accolades and accomplishments, he believes that fulfilling God’s Will is primary, everything else is secondary.  Reverend Jackson loves God, loves the people of God, and loves preaching God’s Word.  He lives day-to-day testifying that “God’s Grace is sufficient and His Mercy is everlasting!”  His favorite passage of scripture and firm conviction is Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to His purpose!”

 

Northeast Campus Pastor

REVEREND CHRIS LEEVY JOHNSON

http://www.brooklandbaptist.org/uploads/cljohnson.jpgThe Reverend Chris Leevy Johnson is the husband of Cynthia Richardson Johnson, the father of Leah Denise and Ian Samuel and the son of Attorney I. S. Leevy and Doris Wright Johnson.  Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he is a 1996 Honor graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  While attending the University of North Carolina, he served as a Manager for the Men’s Basketball Team and during his senior year, he was the Head Manager for legendary Coach Dean Smith.  He was also initiated into Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

After graduating from the University of North Carolina, Reverend Leevy Johnson attended Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, graduating with an Associate’s Degree in Mortuary Science.  He has a Masters Degree and an earned Ph.D. in American History with a concentration in African-American Religion from the University of South Carolina.    He served as an Adjunct Professor of African-American History and is currently the Chaplain for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams at the University of South Carolina.  A fourth generation funeral director, he is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer and is the Managing Director of the Leevy’s Funeral Home.

 Reverend Leevy Johnson was ordained by the Brookland Baptist Church where Reverend Charles B. Jackson, Sr. is the Senior Pastor and currently serves as the Campus Pastor of Brookland Baptist Church, Northeast; a thriving ministry in the Northeast community of Columbia, South Carolina.  

He has served on various boards and commissions including: Board of Directors for the Brookland Foundation; Board of Directors for the Columbia Community Development Foundation, Board of Directors of the Township Auditorium and Board of Directors for the Central Carolina Community Foundation    His faith is sustained by the promise in Romans 8:28 “that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”