PASTOR RAYMONDA R. SPELLER

Senior Pastor

 

Called to love and lead people into a deeper relationship with God and a deeper love for themselves and others with the aim of experiencing the fullness of the Kingdom in daily life, Pastor Raymonda R. Speller is the 12th Senior Pastor in the history of the Second Baptist Church of Aiken, SC.

 

A native of Suffolk, Virginia, and the eldest child of Michelle Speller-Glover and Deacon Bennie Beamon, Pastor Speller matriculated at Howard University as a Legacy Scholar and a BET Communications Scholar where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Culture in 2009 while successfully leading two campus ministries. Upon graduation he attended Duke Divinity School as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar and a Pearl and Robert Seymour Scholar, earning his Master of Divinity degree along with a graduate certificate in Baptist Studies in 2012 while serving as a student coordinator of the Baptist House of Studies program. While in divinity school, he had the privilege of serving in supervised ministry under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Prince R. Rivers at the United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, NC.

 

Ordained in 2013 by the historic St. Paul Community Baptist Church of Brooklyn, NY, famed for its community development and political engagement, Pastor Speller’s ministry has focused on leading progressively and with a heart for community transformation and engagement of political, economic, and spiritual needs.