Peter Gilliland
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| Location | Rocky Mount, NC, United States |
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| Introduction | Born & reared in Nigeria. Missionary parents. Furman, BA in History. Army – made it to Captain. MA, Indiana U., in African and Recent American Histories; minor in Afro-American History. London School of Oriental and African Studies. Married Patsy Johnson, a beautiful and talented singer from the IU Music School and former Miss North Carolina. In ‘79, God re-directed me into the ministry; held a series of Baptist pastorates in North Carolina. Started Church of God’s Glory in ‘85. Have been active in disaster response since the Rwandan crisis of ’94. Currently active with local Red Cross, North Carolina Baptist Men, and with a couple of international Baptist agencies. Led local Habitat for Humanity during recovery from Hurricane Floyd. Mission/disaster-response trips have included Ivory Coast and Nigeria, with two to Sri Lanka and one to South Sudan. Disaster response comes easy – I watched my parents do it virtually every day. |
