Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
  • 1333 Penderboro Road
    Marion, South Carolina  29571
  • (843) 423-6018
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  • Senior Pastor
    Reverend Dr. A.C. Robinson


Reverend Dr. Alvin Costello Robinson

 

OUR PASTOR:  We Offer A Visionary Profile:

 

Professional & Business Achievements

 

  • Spearheaded a 3.6 million dollar grant from HUD for a 53 unit housing project for the elderly and mildly impaired, which is completed and occupied.
  • Encouraged the expansion and development of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church through a $300,000 building phase; The New Pleasant Grove Church values at $1.5 million.
  • Pleasant Grove Academy and ACR Family Resource Center valued at $1.3 million; received an $80,000 grant for the Little Pee Dee Baptist Association from the office of Governor of South Carolina for water and sewage for the Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc.
  • Founder and organizer of the Youth Department of the Chesterfield County Union
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Pastorate Experiences 51 Years; Preaching 53 years

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Marion, SC - 46 years

Piney Grove Baptist Church, Patrick, SC

St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Latta, SC

Round-O Baptist Church, Darlington, SC

Affiliations

SC State Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention

SC Baptist State Congress of Christian Education 

National Baptist Convention, Inc.

Vice President NAACP, Inc. & Past Chairman Operations PUSH

The Pee Dee Regional Council 

Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc. Board Chairman, 20 years 

Hyman Lodge #138 & Notary Public for S.C. 

Pee Dee Chapter #32 Masonic Order 

Past Laubuch Literary Action Society 

Past United Teacher Profession

Who Who’s Among American Education - 1989-90 & 2004

Former Middle School Teacher, 15 years

Past Habitat for Humanity of Marion County

Pee Dee Continuing of Care

Past United Way of Marion County 

Little Pee Dee Association Moderator, Emeritus

Marion County Strategic Planning Commission

Pee Dee Transitional Shelter

Cathedral Bible College

Friendship Junior College Board Member

Kiwanis Club - Marion

L.C. Richardson Scholarship Committee, Past

Marion County Schools Faith Base Advisory Board

NBC USA, Inc. Evangelism Board, Past

Former Vice President #5 Baptist State E&M Convention of S.C. 

Past Board Member of Evangelism Board both State & National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.

Education

1966 - A.A. Degree, Friendship College, Rock Hill, SC

1968 - B.A. Social Studies, Allen University, Columbia, SC

1970 - Honorable Discharge, US Army

1978 - M.Ed., Francis Marion University, Florence, SC

1980 - B.D. Morris College, Sumter, SC

1994 - Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Morris College, Sumter, SC

2004 - Doctorate of Christian Education 

Other studies: USC, Appalachian State University (Ext.)

 

Highlights of Qualifications 

The Little Pee Dee Manor, Inc. & Resident

Chairman of the Board - 1992-Present

The Late Night Service - Committee Member

Baptist State E & M Convention

Pamplico Elementarty School Retired Teacher

Marion County IMPACT

Marion Area Ministerial Alliance President, Past

Morris College Alumni Board Member, Past