Our Pastor
Rose of Sharon Original Free Will Baptist Church is pleased to announce their new pastor, Reverend Bill Groce, as of February 1, 2021.
Pastor Groce comes to us from Wilson, where he served 6 years as pastor and two years as associate pastor of Daniels Chapel Original Free Will Baptist Church in the Black Creek community.
He is married to Danette, and has four adult daughters, one of whom still resides at home.
His passion is winning souls and discipling new believers. He brings to Rose of Sharon nearly forty years of ministry experience, having served many years in the Wesleyan denomination.
The vision which he feels most passionate about is a plan he calls Rescue1:28 based on Colossians 1:28. The four parts of this program are Pray, Reach, Win, Teach.
As such he will be asking God to raise up laborers for the harvest in these four areas to serve as Intercessors (prayer warriors), Bridge-Builders (relationship makers), Harvesters (soul winners), and Disciplers (personal mentors for new believers).
We invite anyone who may not have a church home to come and see what we’re all about. The address of the church is 8000 Bear Grass Rd., Bear Grass, NC 27871. We look forward to meeting you.
Our Youth Minister
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After many months of searching for the right person to minister to our youth, God has provided! We are pleased to announce that Reverend Trenton Loomis will be joining the staff of Rose of Sharon Original Free Will Baptist Church on August 1st as our Full-time Youth Pastor.
Trenton is coming to us from Bay City, Michigan. He is a graduate of Grace Christian University in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a Bachelors of Biblical Studies with emphasis in Youth Ministry. His ordination is with the American Bap-tists.
Trenton has served in various capacities of ministry for sev-eral years. He has served the First Baptist Chruch of Howell, Michigan as Intern/ Assistant Pastor, Youth Intern at Bay Valley Christian Church, Bay City, Michigan, and has served in various volunteer ministry capacities including Elemen-tary Children’s Church Assistant, Radiant Church, Bay City, MI. He has served on two overseas short-term missions as-signments. One of these was in Japan where he assisted missionaries there and taught English to Japanese children. The other was assisting missionaries in Hong Kong working in evangelism and serving at a women’s shelter.
Trenton will work with all ages of our youth and develop meaningful relationships with all of your children and teens. He will be living in Greenville. Welcome Trenton!!!