Pastor Jarvis was raised on a farm in the mountains of Western North Carolina. He was saved by the grace of

God at twelve years old and surrendered himself to the ministry of the gospel at the age of twenty. In October

of 1995 at the age of 25, he became the pastor of Welcome Baptist Church and moved to Union, South Carolina.

He studied two years in the Engineering program of the University of North Carolina in Asheville. He is a gradu-

ate of Trinity Baptist Bible College in Asheville, N.C. and earned his Master of Biblical Studies Degree from the

Believer's Institute for Biblical Studies in Gaffney, S.C. He earned his Doctorate in Theology from Andersonville

Theological Seminary. He taught for four years at Calvary Baptist Bible Institute in Greenwood, S.C. (Aug 2004 to

May 2008) under the direction of Pastor Joe Chapman and served as a teacher and the Dean of Students for

the Believer's Institute for Biblical Studies (B.I.B.S.) from September of 2008 until November of 2012 under the

direction of Dr. Edward McAbee. He served as a teacher and the President of B.I.B.S. from December 2012 until it

combined with Grace Baptist Bible Institute to form the Advance Bible College in 2020. He has served on the

Board of Directors and as an administrator and teacher for A.B.C. since its inception.