A Levite's Legacy: A Conversation with The Reverend Doctor Charles C. Heyward, Sr.
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Reverend Doctor Charles C. Heyward, Sr., is an Honorably Retired Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
He is a native of John's Island and he was one of seven Black students in his class to integrate the all-white St. John's High School in 1965. He is a 1972 graduate of Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Additionally, he is a certified public accountant and is currently serving as Supply Pastor at Edisto Presbyterian Church, (USA), on Edisto Island, SC.
Dr. Heyward is the 12th of 13 children and the son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctorate in Ministry degrees from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He received his first Call to Ministry at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a 20-year pastorate St. James Presbyterian Church,(USA) in Charleston, S.C.
He is a social justice advocate in the Lowcountry, where he currently serves as vice president in the Charleston Area Justice Ministry.
He is married to the Reverend Carolyn Kurtz Heyward, an Honorably Retired Minister of Word and Sacrament, from St. James PCUSA. They have been married for 47 years and are the proud parents of three children and seven grandchildren.
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