From staff reports
Holy Trinity Classical Christian School begins its Annual Aletheia Speaker Series on Tuesday, Oct. 10 with guest lecturer Pastor Alex McBride. His theme will be “Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” from 2 Corinthians 3:17.
Since its beginning as a “praise house” during the Civil War, First African Baptist Church has been a pillar of faith and strength in the Beaufort community. McBride will speak about the history of First African Baptist and the significant role it has played in spreading “the freedom of the Lord.”
Born in Greenwood, Miss. in 1958, McBride was raised in a single-parent home by his mother, Dollie L. McBride. He entered the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and became one of the first integrated Blacks to be on President Carter’s Presidential Guards, one of the first Black Sergeants Major to serve aboard nuclear aircraft carrier U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, and chosen as the second Black Sergeants Major of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. He participated in several conflicts across three timelines – the final months of the evacuation of Cambodia, Operation Kuwaiti Freedom, and the Gulf War.
An honor graduate of three schools – Bachelor of Science in Management from Wayland Baptist University, Master of Science in Early Childhood Education from Boston University, and a Master of Science in Theology from Liberty University. After 33-years tenure in ministry, he now gratefully has his heart’s wish fulfilled as the full time senior Pastor of The Prestigious First African Baptist Church where his motto of teaching is, “Above All Else, Sound Doctrine …”
The event will be hosted in the Great Hall at HTCCS, 302 Burroughs Avenue from 6 to 7 p.m. Admission is $10, and registration in advance is required so that guests can be comfortably accommodated. To register and learn more about the speaker series, visit www.HTCCS.org/speaker-series/.
