GARRETT ALBERTSON
Rev. Garrett Albertson spent his early years in the farming community of Hope, New Jersey. His undergraduate education was at the King’s College in New York. Seminary education was at the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Gordon-Conwell and Andover-Newton Seminaries in Massachusetts. His Doctor of Ministry degree is from Fuller Theological Seminary in California.
Rev. Albertson’s 36 years of ministry in the Presbyterian Church were in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh and Long Island. In 2006 and 2007 he was interim pastor of the Oak Island Presbyterian Church. He is currently serving as one of the pastors of Trinity Methodist Church.
Rev. Albertson’s 36 years of ministry in the Presbyterian Church were in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh and Long Island. In 2006 and 2007 he was interim pastor of the Oak Island Presbyterian Church. He is currently serving as one of the pastors of Trinity Methodist Church.
Sid batts
Rev. Sid Batts is a retired Presbyterian minister who was the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC for 18 years. Prior he served churches in Mobile, Alabama, Atlanta, Dunn and Lowell, NC. He has degrees from High Point University, Princeton Theological Seminary and McCormick Seminary in Chicago. He is the author of several books and is often a guest preacher in churches across North Carolina. A native Tar Heel, he and his wife, Cathy, (a former educator and principal), have 2 daughters, five grandchildren and have lived in St James since 2018. Rev. Batts enjoys golf, reading, genealogy and The Beatles.
Wade Brinkopf
Rev. Wade Brinkopf is a resident of St. James. He was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in 2014 out of his home church, St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner, Iowa. He received his Master of Divinity from Wartburg Lutheran Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He is currently serving as Associate Pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Southport.
Jim Brown
Rev. Jim Brown is a resident of St. James. He was born and raised on a dairy farm in Stanford, Kentucky, near Lexington. He graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas in 1965 with a major in the Bible and minors in Greek and English. After being ordained in the Churches of Christ in 1965, he served as a full time minister in London and Corbin, Kentucky. He moved to Oak Island in 1975 and to Southport in 1984 where he served on the Southport Board of Alderman for 24 years. Rev. Brown has been conducting worship services, weddings and memorial services for over 30 years in the Bald Head Island Chapel. He also has performed weddings, memorial services and worship services here in our Chapel.
Chris CarlisLe
Rev. Chris Carlisle was educated at Maryville College in Tennessee; SUNY Plattsburgh in New York and Union Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He has served Presbyterian churches in Virginia, West Virginia, and North & South Carolina. He is currently pastoring White Plains Presbyterian Council, North Carolina. As a couple, Linda and Chris take daily walks and bicycle several miles most days. Their four children live in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Fredericton in New Brunswick, Canada. They currently have 11 grand and 4 great grandchildren. Chris is President of annapublications.org, which is a site that promotes and distributes easy to understand Bible Studies to third world countries
Bill Eberle
Father Bill Eberle is a resident of St. James and has been an Episcopal Priest since 1975 pastoring churches in Maryland, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. He has been a supply preacher for Episcopal Churches in Wilmington and guest preacher at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church’s summer service at “Register Park” in Oak Island on the Intracoastal Waterway for several years. For the past eight years, he has served as Lead Facilitator for a grief support group “Walking Through Grief.” Father Eberle is also lead facilitator of “EnCompass,” a workshop sponsored by Brunswick County to help people navigate the wilderness of addition. He is also a member of the advisory board of St James NEST and Chairman of the Brunswick County Substance Use, Addiction and Mental Health Commission.
Carrie Evans
Pastor Carrie Evans is an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) teaching elder and has served the denomination since graduating from Union Theological Seminary in 2000. Currently, she serves as head of staff at Southport Presbyterian Church since September of 2023.
Pastor Carrie has two children – Jacob and Isabelle and moved here from Virginia with her chocolate labrador – Winnie Bug and kitty cat – Holden. Every Wednesday, Pastor Carrie and her critters publish a Winnie Wednesday devotional video online that speaks to faith, God, life and the love of animals.
Pastor Carrie has two children – Jacob and Isabelle and moved here from Virginia with her chocolate labrador – Winnie Bug and kitty cat – Holden. Every Wednesday, Pastor Carrie and her critters publish a Winnie Wednesday devotional video online that speaks to faith, God, life and the love of animals.
JIM Hobbs
Jim Hobbs is a native of eastern North Carolina, having grown up in Rocky Mount. A resident of Boiling Spring Lakes, he has served the Brunswick Church of Christ for the past six years as a minister and teacher. Before his time in Brunswick County, Jim served as the minister at the Rutherford Church of Christ in Rutherfordton, NC for nine years. He received his undergraduate degree from UNC-Wilmington and attended graduate school at East Carolina University. Jim is a graduate of the NC School of Biblical Studies in Winston-Salem.
Ann Jahnes
Rev. Dr. Ann Jahnes recently retired as the Pastor of Southport Presbyterian Church. Previously she served churches in Wilmington, Greensboro and Yadkinville, North Carolina; and international ministry in Paris, France and Iona, Scotland.
Rev. Jahnes studied at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Princeton Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary. Her doctorate degree was in Christian Spirituality.
Rev. Jahnes studied at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Princeton Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary. Her doctorate degree was in Christian Spirituality.
Bob Lee
Rev. Bob Lee is a retired Presbyterian pastor having served churches in Baltimore, Maryland; Lebanon and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He retired after 23 years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Whippany, New Jersey, where he is currently Pastor Emeritus. He moved to St. James in 2003. He served 10 years with the St. James EMS, and as St. James Fire Department Chaplain. He has officiated many St. James Chapel marriage ceremonies and funeral services. He is a member and Past President of the Board of Directors of Providence Home, and is a Certified Counselor for the Critical Incident Stress Management Response Team. He is a member of the Southport Presbyterian Church, singing with the Chancel Choir, serving on the Welcome & Fellowship Committee, and preaching when called upon.
Jimmie Perryman
Rev. Jimmie Perryman has been a resident of St. James since 2003. After moving to this area, Rev. Perryman attended Liberty University receiving his Masters of Arts in Theological Studies. He was ordained into the Gospel ministry and licensed as a Pastor in 2014. He is a member of Beach Road Baptist Church in Southport where he serves as the Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care and Senior Adults. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree with a focus in Pastoral Counseling at Liberty University.
richard stone
Rev. Richard Stone is an ordained UM Elder. He was raised in Hamlet, NC. Rev. Stone has degrees from UNC Pembroke and Duke University Divinity School. He and his wife Diane have been married for 55 years. They have two children and six grandchildren. They both served the church for 45 years before retirement.
Agnes Taylor
Rev. Agnes Taylor is a native of The Netherlands and has been an American citizen since 2013. She received her Doctorandus in Theology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in 1991 and was ordained to ministry in 1994. Since 2009, Rev. Taylor is the Assistant Pastor at Oak Island Evangelical Presbyterian Church.