Meet The Supply Pastor
Rev. Sean H. Palmer
Family First
Sean married his classmate, the former Jhaniqua Farrar of Cary, NC. She is a graduate of both Bennett College for Women and Duke Divinity School. They have one son, Zachary K. H. Palmer, who keeps them on their toes. Jhaniqua currently works for YWCA USA, YWCA's national office on the Executive Leadership Team, and is an active member of the Wilmington community through service in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is the current Wilmington chapter president of Jack & Jill of America, and serves on The Advisory Board for the Cape Fear Museum, and YWCA Lower Cape Fear's Grandparent Support Network. She previously served on the advisory board of Smart Start, and Community Counseling Center. She has been honored for her work in our community by WILMA, and received awards from the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce 40 under 40, Gamma Kappa Lamba Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and the New Hanover County Equity Awards.
Christ, Culture & Community
Like his wife, Sean is active in a variety of organizations that capture his love for the church, culture and community. Beyond his work at the church, he is the director of UNCW's dynamic Upperman African American Cultural Center. He is also a member of the Gamma Kappa Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. As well, Sean serves as an executive board commissioner of the National Parks Services' Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. Sean is an award winning cultural center educator who is the Vice President of the Association for Black Culture Centers. He is a member of the NAACP and a patron of the arts. He has been given awards by UNC-W, the NAACP, the Association for Black Culture Centers, his fraternity, Jack & Jill, and New Hanover County. Sean is an avid reader, writer, and singer. His love for community is rooted in John 15:13, where it says "Greater love hath no man than this, than a man lay down his life for his friends." To this end he is a mentor of young people, a developer of budding leaders, and an advocate for the disenfranchised.
License & Ordination
Rev. Palmer was raised by both his foster grandparents , Mr. & Mrs. James and Thelma Payen, and maternal grandmother, Ms. Lucy A. Hampton. His early years were spent as a child of Second Calvary Baptist Church in downtown Columbia,SC. However, he spent his teenage years in his family's "home" church, New Bethel AME in Lexington, SC, where his family can chart their heritage to the founding of the church in the 1860s. Originally, Sean is licensed and ordained as a minister in the Progressive Baptist Convention, having realized his calling at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia in 2006.
Sean has worked in several denominations, including both United Methodist and Presbyterian. As the Stated Supply Pastor of CSPC, Coastal Carolina has granted Rev. Palmer rights and privileges to serve in the Presbyterian church.
Ministry Experience
Both Rev. Palmer and his wife share a love for music ministry, having met in the choir! Sean has served as a Minister of Music and Director of Youth Choirs, in other church contexts. Sean's natural talents for vision casting, relationship building and creativity are at the hallmark of Sean's ministerial background, as he has served in congregations as large as 5000, and as small 50. Sean has never met a stranger.
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Rev. Palmer is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He is currently enrolled in a PhD program at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, North Carolina, that focuses on Education and Leadership.
CSPC
