Alvin R. (Al) Marguerat is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee and a veteran of the US Air Force. He received his Bachelor's degree in Religion and Philosophy from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC and earned his Masters of Divinity and Masters of Religious Education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Al and his wife Kim, a Goldsboro native, have been married for over forty-seven years and currently live just south of Siler City. Al and Kim have two adult children, Scott and Alyson, and one grandchild, Sophia. Al has pastored two churches in Virginia and two churches in North Carolina. He has also served as a church planter, minister of education, minister of music, and minister of youth in several North Carolina churches. In 2014 Al completed training with the Center for Congregational Health becoming a certified Intentional Interim Minister. He has served as Interim Minister at one church and has done pulpit supply in other churches.
