Laurinburg Pastor to Deliver Message at Easter Service

     Doctor Luther D. Kimrey, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Laurinburg, NC, will deliver the message at Campbell University’s annual Easter Worship Service, Wednesday, March 23, at 11 a.m. in Scott Concert Hall of the Rogers Fine Arts Center. The public is invited.
     Kimrey graduated from Wake Forest University in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He spent the first 33 years of his career working in the private sector. From 1969-1987, Kimrey was vice president of sales and marketing for Rutland Plastics. He later became a personal financial planner, specializing in life insurance and investment products. He left the financial industry in 1993 to enter the seminary, and earned both Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR), VA. From 1996-2001, Kimrey was pastor of Warsaw Baptist Church in Warsaw, VA. He became pastor of First Baptist Church of Laurinburg in 2002.
     “God’s call for me to go to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond was just that: go!” Kimrey said. “During the first two years of study, there was no indication of a call to pastoral ministry. That call came during the third year, and it was a clear as the call to go to seminary.”
     Kimrey serves on the Board of Ministers for both Campbell and Wingate universities. He is a Rotarian and member of the boards of Childcare Directions and Project Jubilee. He is also active in the Scotland County Ministerial Association and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina.

Bulletin 0072-3/21/05