Leadership

Interim Pastor 

Thurman Smith is currently serving as Interim Pastor at Blaney Baptist. He came to SC in 1983 with his family to attend Columbia Bible College, now CIU. He was ordained into the ministry in 1991, and has served churches in South Carolina and Arkansas in various capacities for 35 years including pastor, Interim pastor, supply preacher, and interim worship leader. All of his ministry experience has been bi-vocational. He loves music and plays the guitar.

Contact Thurman
thethurmanator@yahoo.com
 

Associate Pastor

Jake Sanderson was raised in a loving Christian home and came to faith in Christ as a teenager at Calvary Baptist Church in Sylva, North Carolina. Frequent military moves brought his family to Fort Jackson in 2011, where he was called to preach at age 16 while attending Alpine Baptist Church in Columbia. Since then, Jake has served in various church roles, including teaching and pulpit supply. He married his college sweetheart, Megan Rae, in 2019, and they live in Rembert with their pets. Jake enjoys blacksmithing, woodworking, theology, and playing bluegrass music with his band, BlueFaith.

Contact Jake:
jakes@blaneybaptist.com