Executive Board
"For I am now ready to be offered up….My task is at hand. A charge to keep I have for He has anointed me to preach the Gospel."
Reverend Law-Gordon is the daughter of the late Gladys Coe Law and the late Mr. David Mitchell. She is a 1986 Graduate of Wilson High School; 1992 Honor Graduate of Morris College; and a 1998 Graduate of Troy State University with a Master's in Public Administration. Realizing there was a greater call on her life she enrolled in Shaw University and graduated with the Master of Divinity in 2006. She has been awarded the Certificate of Advanced Pastoral Studies from Northeastern Seminary and is currently working towards completion of her doctroal project.
She accepted Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior and was baptized at New Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1976 by the late Reverend Dr. W. E. Chaney; was licensed to preach on May 11, 2008 by Reverend Norman Gamble; and was ordained by the Pee Dee Baptist Association on July 18, 2008. She is cofounder and served as director of the Pee Dee Community Youth Choir, a safe-haven for youth ages 5-18 years old and has been a member of the Florence Community Chorale for 20+ years.
On July 21, 2008 she was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant and is currently serving as IMA to the Wing Chaplain at Shaw Air Force Base. She was recently notified of her selection for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, effective April 8, 2022. In addition to Shaw AFB, she has had the privilege of serving/training at Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Hurlburt Fiedl, FL; Joint Base Charleston, SC; Holloman AFT, NM; Maxwell AFB, AL, Hanscom AFB, MA; Grissom ARB, IN; and Royal Danish Air Force, Denmark.
She is the first female to be installed as Pastor of a Baptist Church by the Pee Dee Baptist Association in its 100+ year history and proudly serves as pastor of Open Door Baptist Church, Florence SC, where she has served since July 21, 2009.
She is an advocate for Christian Education and has previously served as Dean and Vice President of the Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Association Christian Education Department, currently serving as President. She has completed the Dean Certification Course through the National Baptist Convention Sunday School Publishing Board, Nashville, TN. She serves as Co-chair of the Youth/College Division for the South Carolina Baptist Congress of Christian Education and as an instructor and previously served on the curriculum committee.
She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Hiram Chapter #181 O.E.S., The Morning News Faith & Values Board for whom she writes monthly columns, and the South Carolina Commission on Minority Affairs.
Her military awards and honors are many to include: Air Meritorious Service Medal with two oalk leaf clusters; and the Air Force "Reserve Chaplain of the Year" for 2019. She has been recognized by the State of South Carolina, City of Florence, Darlington County and the Florence Morning News for her contributions to youth in the Pee Dee Region.
Her motto is "If I can help somebody as I pass along, then my living shall not be in vain."