Terry has been married to Pam for 55 years. They have 2 wonderful sons, 4 grandchildren (2 & 2), and 2 great granddaughters.  Terry & Pam have been believers for 50 years and have both served in many areas within the churches they have attended over the years. Terry served as an Overseeing Elder and as the Secretary and Treasurer for 10 years at the last church he attended, before moving to Columbia. Terry retired in October 2016 after spending 47 years in management within the metals distribution industry. Terry enjoys reading, watching sports, and digging daily in the word of God for nuggets of truth and light. He has a passion to take these truths to others to help them to better know the God of the Bible. Terry and Pam enjoyed travel in younger years, especially to the Holy Land in 2005.

Lester is a founding member of Sandhills Community Church, serving the church in many different ministries. He has been married to Margarita Badillo for 42 years and still counting! They have 2 adult children, Marles and Isaac, who are active members of this church. Lester just retired after 44 years in the IT industry including 4 years in the US Army. Academically, Lester possesses two masters degrees in Public Administration and Business Administration, and starting this August, he will be pursuing a PHD in Organizational Leadership at Columbia International University. Lester and Margarita enjoy having quality time with their 4 grandkids. Lester also likes to ride his motorcycle and to play Pickleball in his free time.

Victor was born in Cali, Colombia, South America. He is currently a Professor of Intercultural Studies at Columbia International University. He is also very involved in global missions, serving in different capacities at Crossover Global. This church-planting organization desires to see God glorified by providing gospel access through the planting of multiplying churches among unreached people groups. Victor has been involved in pastoral ministry, church planting, and global missions for over thirty years. His wife Isabel is also from Cali, Colombia, and they have been married for 30 years. God blessed them with an amazing daughter; her name is Eliannah, and she will be a junior at Ben Lippen.

Keith is from Augusta, Georgia and relocated to Columbia after marrying his wife Lindsay nine years ago. He accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior over twenty years ago and is passionate about helping God’s church remain holy and set apart from a sinful world and culture. Currently, Keith serves as Director of Financial Compliance for the South Carolina Technical College System at their system office here in Columbia, SC. He enjoys spending time in the Word daily, exercising, traveling and watching his Georgia sports teams – Univ. of Georgia Bulldogs, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons.