Our Pastor

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Betty, Philip, Katharine & Rusty Douglas

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     Dr. Rusty Douglas has served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Greenwood since September 1998. He was born in Charlotte, NC, and received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Appalachian State University. Dr. Douglas received his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Columbia Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister of Word and Sacraments in August of 1980. He has served congregations in Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. Prior to coming to Greenwood, he served as Minister of Evangelism and Discipleship at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, the largest Presbyterian Church in the United States.

     Dr. Douglas and his wife, Betty, have two children, Katharine and Philip. Katharine is a sophomore at Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead. Philip is in the eleventh grade. Betty teaches Bible/ethics courses and Math at Pillow Academy. Dr. Douglas has been active in the community, serving two terms as president of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, as president of the Greenwood Rotary Club, and on the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He is an avid golfer (a 6 handicap, especially if he keeps score!). He enjoys watching reruns of the Andy Griffith Show and following the University of North Carolina basketball team.
     Since arriving, pledges from 1998 to 2008 have risen from $310,000 to $647,000; 10 yr. income total equals $8,560,329; some 225 persons, counting confirmands, have joined the church; the church has expanded its work with Habitat for Humanity, was instrumental in organizing and funding the Community Kitchen which is now feeding on average some 200 persons a day, five days a week; a $1 million renovation of the Education Building has been completed and paid for, the church buildings are in their best shape in fifty years; and 49 persons participated in a week-long mission project in Belize in 2003.

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