Garwood Baptist to install pastor
Pastor Kevin Carpenter is the new minister at Garwood Baptist Church, 637 Scenic Drive, Daisytown.
He was called to full-time ministry in 1995 and was ordained at Genoa Baptist Church in Ohio in 2004. He completed his undergraduate work in 2002 and graduate work in 2008 at Liberty University.
Carpenter has experience as a youth minister, and was a lead NAMB missionary pastor and church planter. He also has served at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., Living Faith Baptist in Danville, Ind., and in Madison Heights, Va., and Genoa, Ohio.
Formerly of Johnstown, Ohio, Carpenter and his wife, Nicole, have three children, Eden, Emma and Eli.
An installation service will be conducted during the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service. A dinner in the fellowship hall will follow.