South Carolina H 3721: Dr. James McCoy 25 years as pastor

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2025-2026 Bill 3721 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3721

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. John T. MCCOY, PASTOR OF 
NAZARETH BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROCK HILL, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR TWENTY-FIVE 
YEARS OF MEANINGFUL MINISTRY AND SERVICE TO THE CONGREGATION.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Dr. John T. McCoy 
will celebrate twenty-five years of ministry to the congregation of Nazareth 
Baptist Church on October 20, 2024; and

Whereas, the son of Dr. 
James McCoy Sr. and Mary F. McCoy, he was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, 
the fourth of nine children, and was educated in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg 
School System; and

Whereas, Dr. McCoy 
attended Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina; J.W. Teamer School 
of Religion and Metrolina Seminary Extension, both in Charlotte; Shaw 
University School of Divinity in Raleigh, North Carolina; Liberty University in 
Lynchburg, Virginia; and Jacksonville Theological Seminary in Florida. He 
graduated summa cum laude from the Institute of Biblical Studies at Liberty 
University; and

Whereas, he holds a 
Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religious 
Theology, Doctor of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy in Christian psychology; 
and

Whereas, Dr. McCoy 
served as the associate pastor of the New St. John Baptist Church in Charlotte 
for six years and was formerly pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 
McConnells. He is an instructor for the Congress of Christian Education for 
the State of South Carolina and a former professor of religion and psychology 
at Clinton College in Rock Hill; and

Whereas, he served his 
denomination as the dean of the Upper Division of the Sandy River Baptist 
Association and as its past moderator. He is the former Region Five vice 
president of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South 
Carolina; and 

Whereas, a proud member 
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., he is married to Machele McCoy. For the 
last twenty-five years, Dr. McCoy has served as the pastor of the Nazareth 
Baptist Church in Rock Hill with his life motto that "the noblest thing a man can 
do is his best." Under his leadership the church has purchased one hundred 
seventy-seven acres of land, and the congregation is involved in the Pack the 
Lunch Program for School District 3 and serves the community in various 
outreaches; and 

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for Dr. McCoy's many years of 
service to the people of God, and the members are pleased to wish him many more 
years of service on his twenty-fifth anniversary of ministry at Nazareth 
Baptist Church. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize 
and honor Dr. John T. McCoy, pastor of Nazareth Baptist Church in Rock Hill, 
and congratulate him for twenty-five years of meaningful ministry and service 
to the congregation. 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to Dr. John T. McCoy. 

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