North Greenville University Chapel

Jody Jennings serves as the Vice President of Campus Ministries and Student Engagement at NGU. 

Justin Brown serves as the Associate Vice President of Campus Ministries at NGU. 

Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. is the eighth president of North Greenville University. He is also a leader in Christian higher education and a prolific writer.Since arriving at NGU in June 2017, Fant has prioritized rethinking the university’s organizational chart and encouraged the graduate school to be innovative in imagining new programs. Fant’s other priorities have included strengthening NGU’s academic programs and residential life. Under his leadership, NGU celebrated its 125th anniversary.

Joshua Gilmore serves as the director of Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) at North Greenville University.  Gilmore earned both his BA and MA at NGU (Christian Studies - 2005 & Christian Ministry - 2007).  Gilmore continued his study at Columbia International University and earned his Educational Specialist degree (Ed.S) in Higher Christian Education in 2016.

LaVelle McCray is the Pastor of Rocky Mount Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, SC. He also serves as a professor in the Educations Dept. at NGU. 

The panel discussion is moderated by Dr. Nick Higgins, Chair of the Political Science and Criminal Justice & Legal Studies Dept.

Panelist:

Staci Rollins

Joshua Styles

Julius Nfor

Dr. Jared Thomas is the Associate Vice President of Student Engagement - a position he has held since June 2019. He also serves as a faculty member in the College of Humanities & Sciences. Thomas is originally from Gastonia, NC, and earned his bachelor's degree in Christian Studies from North Greenville in 2009. From NGU, he attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. While at NOBTS, he earned a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and a secondary Master of Theology. He then completed his PhD. in Psychology and Counseling through NOBTS in 2017.

Web Drake serves as the Dean of the College of Communication and the Fine Arts. Drake earned the B.A. in History and Communication from Mississippi College (’92), the M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of North Texas (’96) and the Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Louisiana State University (’04). Before coming to NGU, Drake served as Debate Coach and Department Chair at Union University and as Debate Coach and Director of Theater at Mississippi College.

Freissle is President of Polydeck Screen Corporation with a work force of over 200 employees providing synthetic screen media to the mining industry worldwide. In 1994, he moved from South Africa to Spartanburg, South Carolina to lead the successful growth of the company which was founded by his father.

Peter, along with several other Christian Business leaders, formed His Way At Work to help other businesses learn how to successfully follow-through with Christian Values in the Workplace.

Peter also serves on the Board of Corporate Chaplains of America and is one of the founding Board members of Spartanburg Interfaith Hospitality Network, a ministry helping homeless children and their parents.

Dr. Crouse serves as a professor and Senior Campus pastor at NGU. He joined the NGU team in 1991. Through these years, his heart and fervent mission is to equip the next generation of leaders for Christian ministry. Dr. Crouse has two doctorates from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with concentrated studies in church missions, evangelism, ministry, theology, leadership, discipleship and campus ministries. He holds a M.Div. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a B.S. in psychology from Gardner-Webb University.