From staff reports
Holy Trinity Classical Christian School (HTCCS) announces the continuation of their Aletheia Speaker Series on Thursday, Feb. 29 with guest lecturer Rev. Abraham Murray of Brick Baptist Church. Rev. Murray’s lecture is titled “The Brick Baptist Church: From Humble Beginnings to the Reconstruction Era National Park.”
Brick Baptist Church’s heritage is woven into the rich tapestry of African American culture and history of the South Carolina Sea Islands. Built by slaves in 1855, Brick Baptist Church is the oldest church on St. Helena Island. The legacy of Brick Baptist Church is closely connected to the historic Penn School, established as one of the first schools for freed slaves by the Pennsylvania Freedman’s Aid Association. Rev. Murray will speak about the journey from the church’s humble beginning to where it is now.
Rev. Murray is a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and retired early from the Charleston Naval Shipyard due to base closure. He is a graduate of Trident Technical College, Baptist College of Charleston, Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary, Webster University, and Erskine Theological Seminary. His Doctoral Dissertation is titled “A Biblical and Theological Approach for Evangelism Through the Fostering of Relationships.” Rev. Murray is licensed in the state of South Carolina as a Professional Counselor and is also a Certified Grief Facilitator.
Currently, Rev. Murray serves as Pastor of the historic Brick Baptist Church, St. Helena Island. He is President of the Beaufort County Ministerial Alliance, Professor of Practical Theology at Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary, and a life member of the NAACP.
Rev. Murray and his wife Vernell, a retired Registered Nurse, have been married for 46 years and have one daughter Erica, and two grandsons, Kai’shon Abraham and KaDeem Armard.
The lecture will be hosted in the Great Hall at HTCCS, 302 Burroughs Avenue from 11 a.m. to noon. Admission is $10, and registration in advance is required so that we can comfortably accommodate our guests. To register and learn more about the speaker series, please visit www.HTCCS.org/speaker-series/.
Founded in 2012, Holy Trinity Classical Christian School (HTCCS) provides students from preschool-12th grade with a distinctly Christian and distinctively classical education in Beaufort. Since 2020, the school has produced five National Merit Scholarship Finalists, two National Merit Commended Scholars, and 16 Palmetto Scholars.
