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Dr. Rhett G. Payne, III, a native of Jackson, AL, did his undergraduate work at Oral Roberts University. Dr. Payne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Bible from ORU in 1977. From there, Dr. Payne received two masters’ degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO – a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies in 1981 and a Master of Divinity in 1985. Finally, Dr. Payne received the Doctor of Ministry degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL in 1995. Rhett, as he prefers to be called, spent eleven years in youth ministry, serving four different churches. Rhett began his pastoral ministry as a church planter in Marshall, TX, serving as the founding pastor of EPC of Marshall, from 1985 until 1991. Rhett then served as the reorganizing pastor of Grace Church, which later changed its name to CrossPointe Community Church, from 1991 until 2002. In the summer of 2002, Rhett became the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Meridian, MS. Rhett has served in the Presbytery of the Central South his entire pastoral ministry. In 2006, he served as the Moderator of the Central South Presbytery. Rhett and his wife, Donna, have been married for thirty-four years. They have three adult children, and three grandchildren.
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