THE PENDER ONICLJ

Rev. Kreston Named WBA General Secretary

Rev. Paul .Kesterson has ac· j School, Pineville, Kentucky; cepted a call as General Secre- Carson-Newman College, Jef• tary of the Wilmington Baptist I rerson City, Tenneuee: South•

ssoclation, He "Ill begi~lr eastern 8 a p t I s t Theological on the field October 1. Seminary Wake Forest, North

RPv. Kest<'rson and his v,lfe, Carolina: From the Seminary Lucille, were present for the h~ received lhis B. D. Degree WBA's General Board mcetln i with languages.

onday night 11nd wrrc intro- Mr. Kresterson ls married to <fu<·ed to those prt>srnt. I the former L~llle Burress of

The reconimeni ation to ex- Clinton. Tennessee, They !have tend the call to Re\•, Kesterson one son, David, who is 24 years c.-amr from Rev. D. E. Parker- of age.

n. <"hairman of the new Gen- Before aolng to the ~art-eral Secretary Committee. ment or Christian Education or

Other memot"1'S on the ,com- the D. c. Convention. Novem• mlttce ~,·ere ·. R<•V. Stancil Bau• her, 1967, be had served almost com, chaptam , Baptist Student six vears as an Associate in the

nion, Univcr11tty o( North Car- Sundav School Department or olana al Wflmln1,t1on, and pas· the Baptist State Convention of tor of Riley's Creek Baptist North Carolina There he was Church. Roc.-ky Point: Melvin Director or A;soclational Pro-Hall. mcmbrr or PJne Valll'y motion and Enlargement. Prior Br plist Churt'h, Wilmington: to this, he tiad served some Mrs. 8. F. Wllli11ms. member eleven years as pastor or ,chuch-or Moore's Creek Baptist Chur• es In Tennessee and North Car-l'h, near Cur~ie: and Mrs. Ka· llna. His last pastorate <was therlne G<><!Wtn, member of Cal- Swepsonville Baptist Church. vary Baptist Church Wllmlng- Swepsonville, N. C. ton.

Howard Hnlly or Burgaw, As Director or Christian Ed-moderalor, presided al the ucation £or the D. C. Conven-meellng. tlon, Rev. Kesterson !lives dJr- 1

Rev. Kesterson. Director or ecUon to Sunday School, Church Chris tian Edul'atlon (or the D.

1 Training, Church Music, Church

C. iDistrlct or Columbia > Bap- Administrtion, Church Building list Con, ention, Is a native of Planning. Vocational Guidance, Anderson County, Tennessee. Family Ministry, Audio-Visual

e wns fborn May 6, 1921. He ls Education, and Church Reerea-grndua~ or Bell County High Uun.

BN vArd:. TnMylv~Tirriil Bryson C!tr- hoky Mt. 'Ii.mn -, W•t.aop D•mocrat Bure.aw: P....S.r O.rooucl<t

SEP 8 1971

BEV. m5TERSON

Rosemary ~,t Church v::~.~:~~- •i ' fflO ~~'!:~, .,u, be beard durmg .Rosemary Mount Zion Asaoclatfonal Sua-Bapwt Church'• 8:45 a. m. and day School organbatlou. 11 o'clock aervicea Sunday. Ill llarcb of 1182 he joined

Bia topic will be "Chrbt the Baptist State Convention of Makes A Difference." N. C .. u associate in dlar.ge of

A native of AnderlOD County. usoc1atioaal work. Tenn., the Rev. Keaterson hu The miDilter ts .t ,nduate served a1 usoclational S1U1d17 of Carson Newman College at School aupaintendent in t be Jefferson City, Tenn and uth, Beulah Association and .Region- eu Baptist al I 911Perintendent with t h e Semina tale department 6ince 19511. He .be received the B. . degree.

~noke Rapids lie u ld llocky Aouiit teJ.osr -Salisbury Poat Sanford Harald Sbdby St.ar Stacu1rille lecord • wndaar 1'ar'biero Southll'ns.er Tlu>111asvi 11• Tl-• ~ Tryoa llullet ln 11..,hlngtun Dally N,,,. . IIU.l11gton Star \lllaioRtan llevs IIU,1.ington Sur•Meva Wibon Cia.ily Ticca Winatoa•S.ld Journal W1.oa tco-$al"" Sentinel t:octolk: \'a, Pl lot ~-r-r;-~G

Pastorates held the Rev. Kesterson st LaFoJ. Jette Baptist r.,,.,..,.,.1•1n Tennes-see; Front Ba pt ht Church .in Ro ; and Swep. sonville Baptist Church in Swep-sonville.

other 'lervicu at the church SUDday include Sunday School at 9:45 a, m 'Die cburdl li-brary will be as,ea durlq th1a lffl'lee.

The Brotherhood will mlt Romob llesl Home at 2 o'clock.

Tu Trawq UnJcm ud li-brary Hour will be conducted at 1:30.

WY apealtf!'!' for flle •DIIIII sen1ei wm be Arlniw:

Monday at r-o _.. t.be U ebapten will meet with COUil· 1

~ hater})l'i!... crJau ,,_lllrlt -Is

dasll'OOm. Tuesday aipt •t t o'clock the

Lucille Thoma Class ri1 meet with Jin. WDllam ........, at iao l\'oodlanll. 'Road

At 9:30 Wednesday, tbe church hllrary is open and the Chlldren' s Story Hour ls con dueled by Mn. JohD J . Priest. The JUIIIOI' Choir will .meet al i& o'clock. Meeting at 6:30 will be the Chapel Choir and Lillian Bell Jenkins GAs. At 7:30 a prayer service will be held un- I der the leadership of the GA I and llA ~~rs. Chancel Choir will meet al 8:15. Also meellng at this hour will be the Brotherhood ExecuUve Comm.lUee.

The Rev. and lln, B. liar• .shall White-Hunt are expected to retum home from Germans I around Aua, 24.

ST A TE Nor th Carol i na.

BAPTIST BIOGRAPHY DATA FORM

Please read carefully t he Instruction Sheet and then list the appropria te informa tion as it directs.

Kesterson Paul Carte r 1. NAME _____________________________ _ (Last) Cf in;t ) (Second)

Give full name . For a married woman please put maiden name in paren theses. !EXA MPLE: Cole. Mary Ann (Smit h ). J

2. BIRTH Route l Anderson Tennessee (Place) (County ) ( tate l

May 6, 1921 (Date)

DEATH __________ ______ _ _ ___________ _

3. PARENTS Sam W. ~~Wp{i~~le~n~??",)fu~;ia~B~~ffl~~I Father's occupa tion Coal Miner/Farmer Mother's occupa tion _ Ho_ us~e_wif'~·=e ____ _

4. BROTHERS ( 1 ) List full names and year of birt h _______ _ (Living or deceased) Number

Samuel (deceased) 1937 5. SISTERS (5 ) List full names and year of birth

(Living or decea ed) 1 umber

liJXJXXJII.JXIQ Grace 511:!e t l 919 ; Dorthy Ri gga 19 23 i Martha Hi J l J 9 25 ; Helen Christopher 1931 ; Huth Iacke7 1936

6. CHILDHOOD RESIDENCE: (Please list each residence of 3 years dura tion or more, up to t he time of the 18th bir thday)

Type of Community Post Office County State Dates Rural (R ); town under 2500 pop. (T ); ci ty 2500 or more pop. (C). Check one.

R ~ TOC 0 __ 0_l_i~~=r~S~p=r=inga=~-=A=n=de=N~o~n~--R O T ~ C D _ _,_.Cl....,1=a .. 1 rf ...... 1 .... e,-..J .... d._____ Cl a ibor?l9_,____

R bJ T D C D _ __,_.Ql_,;1...,.,~ff'el!-..ll'- S.w,pl't",ic1EB!boSl&!b----- -,11AcH&u,de""'rs-omn1c----

Tenne ss.,,.e ..S/S/21-1929 'T'ennessee 929-1931 'I'enneooee- 1931 194 2

R D T D C D ------ - ----- - --- ---7. EDUCATION:

Grammar school: Graduate? Yes ( x ) No ( High school: Graduate? Yes (X ) No (

Year graduated _ _.1...,.9..,,.3.,,J.5 ___ ___ _ Year graduated __ 1_9_51 _ _ ____ _

School attended: ----- -r<T""-,---- - - --~--- -- - --- .,,....,..~ - --(Name) (Place I (State) (Whether graduate or not; if mor~ 1J1an one was attended, show th e last one. )

College: Years attended: None ( ) One ( ) 2-3 ( ) Graduate (x: ) Whether graduated or not, list college(s) a t tended: (EXA MPLE: 1935.·3 )

Carson Ne11i!Dan Jefferson City TrJ . 1951-54 B.A. (Name) (Plsce) (S la te ) (Years at tended) (Degree)

(Name) (P lace) (Sta te ) (Years attended ) (Degree)

Graduate-/,evel: List college(s) , seminary (ies), etc. a t tended; earned degrees (Name) (Place)

Southeastern B. T. Sem. Wake Forest - ----- ----

(State)

N. C. (Years Htt.ended )

1954-58 (D f(reeJ

B.D.

8. SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION RECEIVED: (Honorary degrees, such as : D.D., Howard College, 1948; citations, such as: Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1939; honorary positions, such as: "Man of the Year"-Pryor, Okla., 1943; etc.)

9. MARITAL INFORMATION: Spous Birthdate Place of Marriage Date of

of pouse (Town and St.ate) Marriage

(1) :WOille Burress Kes terson 2/17/21 Clinton. 'T\.i. ahr:.. lti.r:.. (2)

Number of children ( ). List their full names and birthdates: (an example of a married daughter would be: Mrs. John Alan (Mary Lou) Ross, 3-7-1918)

David Carter Kesterson 3/11/47

10. VOCATIONAL HISTORY (List all vocations, occupations, trades, or professions engaged in for t wo or more years) Coal ine r l yr.; Army 4yrs .; Carpenter a nd

Carpente r Foreman 5 yrs11 • Minister 22 yrs. (11 Y'rB• pastor, 6 yrs. S. S, Iept. N. c. , 4 yrs. Dirao tor, Dept . of Chr. Ed., District of Columbia Baptist Conv., 9 mos . s.o.1r1.

11. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: Wilmington Baptis t .A.ss 'n.). Conversion Trlai~ ?eel Baptism~~-) _ Ne~cfe~ BaptT~o! atio~ c1.~~)n Co. , Tn. L'st any church, other than Baptist, with which formerly affiliated Ordained as: Minister ( ) Deacon ( ) Other _______________ _

(Date ordained) (Church) (Place) (State )

12. LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITY, UNSALARIED (Place the number of years service, in the space provided, for each office ever held.)

Gen. Supt., Dept. Supt., Teacher, List below other Other Offices Director, Director, Counselor, offices or service, (1,<ive number of yeans ervice) President Circle Chm. Sponsor, such as: Sec.,

Leader Assoc. Supt ., etc. Deacon - Ch. T reas. -T rustee - Ch. Library -Usher - Ch. Recreation_

S.S. Ch. Clerk - Choir Mem. -Other - Choir Direc. -

T.U. Ch. Committee Chm_

V.B.S. Li t completed Study Course d iplomas (Indicate related organizations, such as: S., ., T . U., etc.)

Broth.

W.M.U.

13. DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE, UNSA LA RIED. (Please list positions held in Baptist associations, conventions ( state or Southern), national and world -wide organizations, such as; modera tor, presiden t, clerk, trustee, board, commission or commit.tee members; etc.) Example: S.S. Superintendent

(Position)

s. s. Sup I t. Re ·onal S. S. Su 't.

Bethel Association (Organization, board , agency, etc.)

Beul.ah Baptist Ase 1n. Begion 4

Kentucky (State)

N. C. N. c.

1942-1944 (Date)

1956-58 1957-62

14. TO BE FILLED OUT ONLY BY THOSE WHO ARE, OR HA VE BEEN, IN SAL-ARIED CHURCH-RELATED VOCATIONS. (Including pastors, denominational work-ers, missionaries, ministers of education and music, church secretaries, faculty members or employees of Baptist institutions, agencies, etc.) TYPE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE: List all positions of such service with one or more years of duration; check F (full-time) or P (part-time). Examples:

(Posi t ion) (Church, agency, area, institution, place of service ) (Da te of service)

F D P ~ 1. pastor County Line Baptist Church, Turkey Creek, La. 1925-1929 F [Kl P D 2. m1Ss10nary Ogbomosho, Nigeria, W. Africa 1930-1952

F D P 0 _________________________ _ F o P o ________________________ ___ _ F o P o ________________________ _ F D P 0 _ _______________________ _ F D p O _____ --------------------F D P 0 ________________________ _

15. OTHER TYPES OF RELIGIOUS SERVICE: (In associations, assemblies, colleges, con-ventions (state or Southern), national or world-wide meetings, such as : speaker, music director, committee chairman, etc.)

(Position) ( Place of Service) (Date of Serv ice)

16. AUTHORSHIP (Include books, booklet s, lesson courses or curriculum material, and t racts) (Book, item, etc.) (Publisher) (Date published)

17. CLUB OR GROUP MEMBERSHIP: (Service organizat ions, fraternal, P.T.A., Civic, etc. ) List important positions of leadership held

18. HOBBIES AND LEISURE INTERESTS: Favorite ______________ Others ______________ _

19. PUBLIC SERVICE: (Military, educational, political, etc. not previously listed) __ _

T he information for items # 1-19 has been filled in by _______________ _

Mailing address -------------------------------Sources used in compiling the information are: (Example: per ·onal knowledge; minutes, Cal-

vary Baptist Church, Wi ner, La.; Court Record , Copiah Coun ty, Miss.; etc.)

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WILMINGTON BAPTIST ASSOCI ATION MINUTES, 1981

PAUL CARTER AND LUCILLE BURRESS KESTERSON

The Wilmington Baptist Assoc iation dedicates the 1981 Minutes t o the Reverend Paul Carter and Lucille Burress Kesters~n for the outstanding leadership Paul has provided this associ at i on and f or t he support Lucille has given Paul as he has fulfilled God's c all as Direc t or of Missions for the past decade.

Paul Kesterson, a native of Anderson County, Tennessee , is a graduate of Bell County High School. Pinevill e, Kentucky ; Carson Newman College , Jefferson City , Tennessee ; Southeas tern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake forest, North Carolina. He s erved eleven years as pastor of churches in Tennes s ee and North Carolina . Reverend Kesterson came to Wilmington a f t er serving four years as Director of the Depar tment of Christian Lducation, District of Columbia Baptist Convention, Washington, D. C. Before that he served a s Associate Secretary of the Sunday School Department., Baptist Stat e Convention of North Carolina .

Reverend Kesterson came to Wilmington as Director of Miss i ons October, 1971. Through his leadership , t he present associational center loca ed at 610 South College Road, Wilmington, N. C. was constr ucted . Paul was instrumental in establishing Resort Ministry in the area. During his time of leadership two churches , Greenfield and Scotts Hill , were organized . United Christian Campus Ministry at UNC- W with offices located in the associational building, called the first full-time Campus Minister during Paul's leadership . roperty was purchased on Wellington Avenue in Wilmingt on which will someday be the location of a Children's Home Emergency care Center . Mr . Kesterson brought the first Christian Social Ministries Director t o Wilmington a s well as increasing the office staff to two full-time secretaries . Paul's last year as Director of Missions proved a need for an Associate Director in the area of Christian Education and this position was filled . OUJ"ing his almost ten years, the Wilmington Baptist Association grew in membership from 19,511 to 23, 394, and in associational missions giving from $27,781 to $128,673 . Paul's hobby is photography . With this hobby, he recorded the history of the association on film which will prove to be invaluable in the years to come .

Mr. Kesterson loves the people of Wilminbton Baptist Association and Christ so much tha he has given almost ten years of his life challenging us to move fo:rwar for the cause of Christ in reaching the people in our area .

fau l Kesterson has officially retired as Director of Missions, but unof f icially he is still a volunteer worker in the associa ion that he loves so dearly . PauJ and Lucille still reside in he home they bought ten years ago. lt is located at 710 George Trask Drive, Wilrr~ngton, N. C. Th~ ~estersons have one son, David, whc lives in Raleigh, N. C. with his wife K.athe~ine, and their two chi dren, Erin and Matthew.

aul and Lucille Kesterson will a l ways be loved by he people of Wilmington Baptist Association .