About
the Pastor
Pastor,
Rev. Dr. John W. Wilkins, M. Min. is a humble,
visionary man of God. He serves as Pastor
of the Mountain View Missionary Baptist
Church in  Campobello,
SC. We are a family and we believe that
God is to be worshiped in spirit and truth.
We believe in praise and worship giving
God all the glory and honor that He so richly
deserves, where He is exalted, glorified,
edified; Jesus is lifted up and the Holy
Spirit is given full reign.
Pastor Wilkins is the author of "Sermons
From Above"a book
compiled of various sermon messages that
the Lord God has allowed him to preach to
not only the Mountain View family, but to
other congregations of numerous churches
near and far.
Pastor Wilkins is the son of the late Daniel
and Josephine Glenn Wilkins of Wellford,
S.C; growing up in the Campobello,
Wellford, Holly Springs and Inman areas.
He is the seventh of nine brothers and sisters;
Lee Daniel, DeWitt, Isaac, Noah, Catherine,
Vennie, Hattie and Sarah Jane who is deceased.
He has been serving for 28 years now as
Pastor of Mountain View Missionary Baptist
Church.
Pastor
Wilkins is married to the former Marilyn
D. Hawes with three sons; Cartez, Desmond,
and Jaston; and C. W. Wilkins reared in
the home. He is the grandfather of seven wonderful grandchildren.
Pastor
Wilkins received and accepted Christ in
his life at the early age of 10, soon after
joining Mountain View Baptist Church. At
this early age, Pastor Wilkins served as
an usher and soon as teacher of the Sunday
School youth class, trustee, and then deacon.
On August 17, 1981, God called Pastor Wilkins
into the gospel ministry and he preached
his initial sermon on October 11, 1981 while
serving under Rev. J.C. Luster of Simpsonville,
S.C at Mountain View Baptist Church.
Pastor
Wilkins then enrolled into the School of
Religion to further his knowledge and attended
extension courses at Cornerstone Baptist
Church, Spartanburg SC, where the Late Rev.
B.T. Sears was pastor. He was under the
instruction of the Late Rev. Dr. E.C. Crouch,
President of the institute. While attending
the School of Religion, he served as Associate
Pastor of Mountain View Baptist Church,
Campobello SC from 1981 to 1986, ordained
by the Council of Churches of the North
Enoree Baptist Association,
Rev. J. E. Young was Presiding Moderator
in 1996, elected as pastor and then installed
as Pastor of the Mountain View Missionary
Baptist Church in January 1987.
Pastor Wilkins graduated and received his
Diploma in June 1972 from Chapman High School,
Inman, S.C. He then attended Cornerstone
Baptist Church in Spartanburg, S.C taking
Extension Courses in September 1981. He
then attended Columbia Bible Institute in
White Rock, S.C. from September 1981 to
May 1987 and received his Bachelors of Ministry
Degree with Honors; and a Master of Ministry
Degree in October 1990. Then after, he attended
the American Baptist Theological Seminary
in Nashville, Tennessee and received his
Degree in Christian Education and a Theology
Degree in 1996 being listed on the Dean’s
List from 1991 to 1996.
Awards
received are Daily Guide Posts in August
1987; Certificate of Fellowship for Counseling
– Crisis in Today’s Family from
the Columbia Bible Institute in December
1989; Certificate of Appreciation given
by the Mountain View Youth Group for Ministering
the Word in December 1992; Best All-Around
given by the North Enoree Youth Auxiliary
in 1993 and 2001 Youth Advisor; Emeritus
President of I.M.A.
of Greer
& Vicinity
in February 2002; Pastor & Church
of the Year given by the North Enoree Missionary
Baptist Association of Greenville and Spartanburg
County in September 2004; Who’s Who
Award Metropolitan in January 2006; Supreme
Award Cooperative Board Member, Greenville
County of Churches in April 2006; Pastor
and Church of The Year 2011; and Sunday
School Teacher of the Year North Enoree
Association 2011 - 2012.
Pastor Wilkins served as Secretary and Assistant
Secretary of the North Enoree Union, Spartanburg
County from December 1987 to December 1996;
Cooperate Board Member of the Greenville
County of Churches 1992 to 2005; 2nd Vice
Moderator of the North Enoree Association
of Union 1997 to 2000; President of the
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
of Greer & Vicinity (I.M.A.) 1997 to
2001; 1st Vice Moderator of the North Enoree
Association of Union 2001 to 2002; Moderator
of the North Enoree Association of Union
2002 to 2005; 2nd Vice President of the
North Enoree Missionary Sunday School Congress
2006 to 2012; 2nd Vice Moderator of the
North Enoree Missionary Baptist Association
of Greenville/Spartanburg 2006 to 2012;
Member and attendee of the National Baptist
Convention, U.S.A. from 1986 to Present.
Pastor
Wilkins currently serves as Moderator of the North Enoree E&M Baptist Association since 2015. He has served as First and Second
Vice President of the North Enoree Sunday
School Congress; First Vice Moderator
of the North Enoree Baptist Association
of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties;
North Enoree Sunday School Congress Teacher.
Mountain View Baptist Church Adult Sunday
School Class Teacher; Lead Singer and
member of The Rock of Ages Gospel Group
of Wellford, S.C. since 1970; Instructor
at the N.
J. Brockman School of Theology;
Advisor of the North Enoree E &M Baptist
Association Brotherhood; Chairperson of
North Enoree E&M Baptist Association
3-Night Revival Committee; Advisory Council
member of the Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance (I.M.A.); and serves as Pastor
of the Mountain View Missionary Baptist
Church.
On
May 22, 2015; Pastor
Wilkins was one of five recipients
to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Theological
Studies Degree from the Martin-Webb Learning
Center, Inc., & the N. J. Brockman
School of Theology, Greenville SC.
Although
listed, nothing about all these alcolades
that have been established are so much more
important than Pastor Wilkins just being
born again, accepting God's Call into the
ministry, a child of God, a man of God,
a Christian, a servant, a warrior for Christ,
and a humble messenger for the Most High
God.
One of Rev. Wilkins favorite passages of
scripture is Proverbs 3:5-6 .... "Trust
in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding. In
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
direct thy paths."
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