Pastor Travien L. Capers is a native of Hampton, South Carolina and a graduate of Wade Hampton High School. He has studied at the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was a Business and Accounting major. He received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Religion from Charleston Southern University in the fall of 2004 and was also named Mr. Charleston Southern University that year. In the spring of 2007, he received his Master of Arts with a concentration in New Testament Studies from Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina.  
 

Reverend Capers was licensed to preach the Gospel at age 19 at Bethlehem Baptist Church. The Nazarene Baptist Association ordained him at age 20 in 2002. He was appointed as the Assistant Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church and served in that vocation until 2006. In October 2006, Reverend Capers was elected as Senior Pastor of Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church where he faithfully served until March of 2010 when he accepted the pastorate at Zion Benevolent Baptist Church in Hopkins, S.C.  
 

Reverend Capers is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated where he actively serves in the Camden Alumni chapter. He has served on advisory councils in Richland and Allendale Counties and has been featured in newspapers, radio and national television. He currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina with his family.  
 

Pastor Capers loves to preach and teach the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He personally ascribes to the following scripture, “Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding,” Quoted from Proverbs 4:7.

You can contact Pastor Capers at caperstravien@hotmail.com