Larry Rice, Minister of Music & Missions

   Larry and Kay Rice served as foreign missionaries in Venezuela for 26 years, with the International Missions Board, of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was a music missionary teaching at the Baptist Seminary in Los Teques and the Bible Institute in Caracas. For 15 years he served as the music promoter for the Venezuelan Baptist Convention.  He and Kay also worked with the convention’s international radio Ministry, with an audience of over 3 million daily listeners throughout Central and South America. Larry served as the recording engineer/producer for the ministry while Kay worked in the follow-up department, and also taught puppetry and drama at the Seminary. The last 10 years in Venezuela, Larry served as the Minister of Music of Central Baptist Church in Caracas.

   Upon their return to the US, Larry was called as Pastor of two Hispanic Baptist Churches: Emanuel in Easley, and Hope in Central. Kay was a teacher and the director of a child development center for several years.

   After retirement, Larry was called as Music and Missions Pastor of Six Mile Baptist Church in November, 2006.  The music ministry includes the Worship Choir, Heart’s Desire, a ladies trio, as well as a dedicated group of Gospel soloists.

   Six Mile Baptist Church follows the ACTS 1:8 command of our Lord, with on-going mission work in our own community, in different parts of South Carolina, in Kentucky and in Peru, working with the Quechua people who live in Junin State. They are an unreached people group.

   If you would like information about music or missions opportunities you can email Pastor Larry by clicking here.

Daniel Graybeal, M.Ed., Student Pastor

   Daniel and Debra Graybeal moved from Richmond, Virginia to Liberty, SC in 2006 where Daniel took a position as a Special Education Teacher in the School District of Pickens County.  Prior to that Daniel earned his degree in Special Education from Appalachian State University and worked in Special Education in Columbia, SC and Richmond, VA.  Debra worked for Capital One as a mailings designer.  They met while attending Grace Community Baptist Church in Richmond and were married there shortly before moving to Pickens County, where Daniel grew up. 

    Daniel continues to work as a Special Education Teacher at Easley High School, specializing in reading disorders and at-risk kids with learning disabilities.   Debra is a stay-at-home mother, raising their 3 children Sarah, Ashton and Brenna.  In the summer of 2009, Daniel and Debra began to feel a strong call to work in Youth Ministry.  Shortly after, they began contacting churches about possibilities and areas of need in Youth Ministry. 

    Daniel & Debra came on staff at Six Mile in February of 2010.  The focus of the youth program at SMBC, called Youth to the Extreme (or Y2X), is helping young people come to know Christ, gain a better understanding  of the scriptures, and discover the plans God has for their lives in ministry for Him.  This includes a strong emphasis on Evangelism among youth in the schools and communities around SMBC.  If you would  like more info on Y2X you can visit the ministry website by clicking here.  You can also email Pastor Daniel for more info by clicking here.

Ray Longnecker, Senior Pastor