Mike Seaver and his family were sent to the Summerville, SC area in 2011 to help plant Risen Hope Church. As Lead Pastor, he is responsible for the majority of preaching/teaching, envisioning, and leadership development.
Formerly, Mike was a Pastor at Crossway Community Church in Charlotte, NC for 5 years and before that, Student and College Pastor at Open Door Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC for four and a half years.
He has an undergraduate degree from Carson-Newman College and his Masters of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was also trained at the Sovereign Grace Pastors College.
Mike is married to his best friend, Kristin since 2000. They have six beautiful daughters and three handsome sons. Four of these kids were added to the Seaver clan via Colombia, South America through adoption in 2021. Mike is a die-hard University of Tennessee fan, but also roots for Clemson University-since Kristin is a Tiger grad. He also enjoys going to the beach or pool with his family, reading biographies and doing “daddy-daughter dates” with his girls and playing basketball with his boys.

Samuel Johnson is originally from Michigan, where he and his family served in Life Action Ministries. After High School he went to Boyce College in Louisville, KY, graduating with a B.A. in Pastoral Leadership and Expositional Preaching and also began his M.Div in Theological Studies. While in Louisville, he also became a Member of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, and interned on several fronts before God called him to Charleston. Upon arriving, he began to be further trained and equipped for pastoral ministry, which culminated in his ordination at Risen Hope.

Samuel will oversee equipping and mobilizing Risen Hope to care for each other through biblical counseling, along with vision and leadership over community groups.

He has a love for the outdoors and anything sports related. In his free time you can find him on the soccer field (really called a “pitch”), in a tree stand, or at the beach fishing or surfing. On fall Saturday nights, however, he will be watching LSU football beat the Florida Gators or Tennessee Volunteers (who wants a name like that?).

Jim is the Sunday Meeting Administration Deacon for the church. His responsibilities include ensuring the church facility is ready for use; interfacing with Sunday service ministries (e.g. Set-Up, Ushers, Welcome, etc.); communicating the order of service for ministries to follow, and resolving administrative issues as they arise. Jim and his family joined the church in 2013. He also serves as a Community Group Leader. His career is in government contracting.