On Sunday, Sept. 8, Midway Baptist Church elected Rev. Peter McDonald to become the full-time senior pastor.

McDonald, his wife, Tara, and son, Micah, have been at Midway serving in the role of associate/ youth pastor since Sept. 2011.

McDonald’s hometown is Roxboro, N.C. He became a follower of Jesus Christ at the age of 14 at a youth camp in Toccoa, Ga.

God called McDonald into the gospel ministry during his junior year of high school. He attended Fruitland Baptist Bible College (A.A. 2009), North Greenville University (B.A. 2011) and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (working on a M.A.R with a pre-pastoral concentration).