Leadership
Pastor Phillip & Diana Hamilton – Senior Pastor
Pastor Phillip and Diana Hamilton have a genuine love for people and a desire to see lives transformed and improved as they hear and apply the Word. Their commitment is to invest time and resources in order to see people blessed and successful in all that they do.
From the time Pastor Phillip was saved at the age of nine, he sensed the call of God upon his life. In college, Pastor Phillip met his bride to be, Diana, and they began their first few years of marriage as Pastor Phillip served in the army playing the trumpet. They eventually attended and graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, OK. After Bible school, they returned to North Augusta and Pastor Phillip worked in the secular workplace for twelve years while being faithful to their local church before God separated them into their own ministry.
With a desire to share their knowledge of the love of God and the transforming power of faith through grace, in April of 1992 they began a Bible study in their home. Word spread and the group increased in size, eventually becoming a church family of over 200 meeting now on West Five Notch in North Augusta. Through the faithful example and continuing love of Pastor Phillip and Diana, lives are continuing to be equipped with the Word and eternally changed.
Phillip & Diana have two sons: Jonathan & Andrew.
Jonathan Hamilton – Youth Director / Worship Team Director
Jonathan Hamilton’s passion is to help people and share the same love of God and love of people he saw modeled by his parents, Pastor Phillip and Diana. Jonathan is effectively ministering to the young people of Grace Fellowship through personal relationships and encouraging them to grow in their walk with God and live it out each day.
Jonathan has recently also taken on the challenge of leading the worship team. His love for music makes his enthusiasm contagious to all who hear. We are all excited about the future of Grace worship.
Jonathan is a newleywed, married to Becca Virella this September.
Dexter Lambert – Associate Pastor
After graduation at Southeastern University, Dexter and his wife, Debbie, spent over thirty years in ministry. They have lived primarily in South Carolina and have two children, Kevin and Dawn. They have given Dexter and Debbie four wonderful grandchildren. Presently Dexter is a Chaplain for Trinity Hospice and Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. Over the past year, the Lord has opened a door for Dexter toward Missions. He lead an extremely life-changing and successful missions trip to Costa Rica in April of 2008 & March of 2009, and plans are in the works for future trips.
Christy Heath, Kate Mitchum & Renee Schaufler- Grace Kids Directing Team
Biography Coming Soon
