Our Leadership
Pastor Daniel Waters
Hello, I’m the pastor of Good News Baptist Church. My wife Gail and I and the members would love to see you in church at any of our four services. We will make you welcome. Our folks are friendly and open to having new friends. Will you sincerely consider visiting our assembly? Thanks for taking the time to search for us on the internet, but nothing is like the personal experience of being in the pew at Good News. Why not give us a try?
In Christ, Daniel G. Waters
Daniel G. Waters graduated from Laurens High School in 1968 and from Bob Jones University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Education. He also graduated from Faith Bible Institute, a three-year Bible course, in 2014.
Gail Campbell Waters graduated from Ford High School in 1968 and Cecil’s Business College in Greenville, SC in 1970. Later in 1981, she received a Bible degree from Faith Evangelistic Bible Institute.
Daniel and Gail were married in August of 1971 Together, they have five children: Tonya (1973), Cynthia (1976), Daniel (1980), Alison (1983), and Elizabeth (1991), and several grand children.
Pastor Benj Melton
Pastor Benj received Christ as a 5-year old, in Japan, where his parents still reside as GNBC-supported missionaries. His passion is to help believers cultivate a passion for God and a compassion for others that will motivated them to serve both faithfully. His desire as pastor is to equip believers of all ages with the tools and knowledge available to them through the Scripture to live Godly lives and to help them reach the lost around them.
Pastor Benj holds a BA in Cross-Cultural Service, an MA in Biblical Counseling, and is currently enrolled in a Master of Divinity program. Some of his favorite classes have been Greek, Hebrew, Systematic Theology, Family and Marriage Counseling, Field Methods of Linguistics, and World Religions.
Pastor Benj is happily married to his beautiful wife, Kate, whom he met in college, and they have two beautiful daughters and two dogs. In his free time, Pastor Benj enjoys hunting, shooting, woodworking, hiking, and riding his motorcycle.
Pastor Benj is currently bi-vocational and is self-employed as a pressure washer and handyman contractor.