Bishop Theodore Jenkins, Sr. pastors the Progressive Church in Lugoff, SC. He is the eldest of ten children born to Mrs. Sarah Gold Jenkins and the late Mr. Simon Jenkins. He was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ at the Progressive Church in Columbia, SC in the late 1950's 

Bishop Jenkins graduated from C. A. Johnson High School in 1966.  After graduating, he served in  the United States Army for two years during the Vietnam Conflict.  While serving in Vietnam, he received thirteen honorary medals, including the three Bronze Stars, the Vietnam Gold Star , the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.  Upon his return home, he resumed his studies at the University of South Carolina and Midlands Technical College where he received his degree in Engineering Technology. 

Bishop Jenkins is very active in community and church projects.  He was named to Who’s Who in American Religion and was a recipient of the Save Our Community Award. In 1967, he was called into the ministry and was licensed as a minister. During the 30th Annual Holy Convocation in 1974, he was ordained as an elder. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed to serve as assistant pastor of the Headquarters Church in Columbia, SC by the late Presiding Bishop Joel G. Washington, Sr. He was later appointed pastor of the Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Lugoff, South Carolina. Bishop Jenkins served as Vice-chair of the Board of Presbytery from 1983 to 1988. In 1988, he was appointed to serve as Vice-chairman of the Advisory Council of the Progressive Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc., and later serves as Chairman. On July 2, 2007 he was consecrated as a Bishop and appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Bishops of the Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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